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    Giles and Paula Add a Room Onto the Side of The House

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    • Matty123M
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      That looks spectacular Giles.

      Scaffolding is often the culprit. I can’t tell you how many times I was called to
      A job to be asked why I hadn’t planted or laid my stone yet. I silently walked out of The job trailer over to the scaffolding. with pointer finger extended, I emoted this question “ how the fuck am I supposed to put my material in under this erected scaffolding.

      Maybe so. Maybe not

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      • GilesG
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        Floor insulation going in….

        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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        • GilesG
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          Running ahead of schedule….

          Insulation and vapour barrier complete.

          Tomorrow, underfloor heating pipes get installed.  I have drawn out the layout of the kitchen and dead voids so we don't lay the heating in these areas (warm Cornflakes not on my list of faves....)

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          • louisboscoL
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            omg underfloor heating.. what a dream…  😎

            "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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            • GilesG
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              It's so cheap these days.  We tried under-plinth heaters in the current kitchen, they're useless and we did not want to lose wall space to radiators….

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              • GilesG
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                Underfloor heating in and ready for the screed….

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                • GilesG
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                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                  • louisboscoL
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                    i guess i've never found a right season for it wherever i've lived.. but it'll definitely be in my future house..

                    "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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                    • GilesG
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                      Reclaimed pitch pine boards (sawn from old joists).  Les and I will build the staircase from the existing house (which has ancient pitch pine boarding) to the new kitchen out of these - I manage to get some 11inch wide boards.  What is left over will repair the ones we screwed-up, lifting the boards to run the services to the new build….

                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      • GilesG
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                        A small step for man, but a giant step for us…..It's pissing down today, so we won't be glazing until next week....

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                        • GraemeG
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                          @louisbosco I had underfloor heating in an apartment I rented in London, and it was pretty good.

                          You can hook it up to a heat pump for environmentally friendly heating (not that you'll need it in Perth), or run chilled water through it to cool a room.

                          Though personally I'd prefer to build a Passivhaus, which doesn't need active heating or cooling…

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                          • rocketR
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                            small step looking 🙌🏼

                            rocketrocksrox 🤙🏼🤙🏾

                            It's all humbug, like everywhere
                            R.I.P. Geo

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                            • louisboscoL
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                              @Graeme

                              wouldn't need thick jackets in perth too but it's nice to have 😉
                              haha. i suppose it feel comfy when the floors are heated. especially when i've always loved polished concrete floor and i think they do get really cold when the temps do drop..

                              "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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                              • emceeQE
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                                @Graeme:

                                Though personally I'd prefer to build a Passivhaus, which doesn't need active heating or cooling…

                                Was looking into building a small passivhaus before back in Michigan making the leap to Hawaii.  Love the concept, and the passive homes I've been in were all cozy as heck in the winter…

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                                • GilesG
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                                  First electrics for Jamie (the sparky)….

                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                  • Matty123M
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                                    We have the technology

                                    Maybe so. Maybe not

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                                    • GraemeG
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                                      @louisbosco decent insulation and passive design would allow the concrete floor's thermal mass to hold heat or remain cool in the summer.

                                      @emceeQ you could always build one in Hawaii. The design would be more about cooling, though.

                                      One thing that annoys me about Australia is that building standards are terrible here. Double glazing, which has been standard in Europe for decades is rarely used, and houses are often cold and drafty in winter.

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                                      • GilesG
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                                        It's a funny old world.

                                        The Saturday before last Les, @Steve and I got the lantern onto the roof.

                                        I was ecstatic, we were ahead of schedule.  And I had made a great big list of things that Les could do whilst I was out of the country.

                                        Sunday, Les texts me from hospital, he's on a drip and had he not been bullied into going to A&E by his wife, may have died.  We think it was a spider bite that went bad.

                                        He was let out on Wednesday and told not to work until Monday.

                                        So he was due here yesterday morning.  I got a text "My dad died last night, I won't be in"…....Holy fuck, what a week for poor Les.

                                        He phoned me today.  He'll be in tomorrow.  Trooper.

                                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                        • bryaneidins70B
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                                          Was talking to a friend yesterday, they have a friend who's a painter and decorator, he cut himself at work (nothing big) but ended up in hospital, 12 hrs later he's was in a coma for 9 weeks and has lost both legs below the knee and most of his fingers due to sepsis.

                                          Take care out there.

                                          'Fail we may…Sail we must'

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                                          • steelworkerS
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                                            Jesus Christ.  ^ ^

                                            Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                            Well, I have others.

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