Demolition Starts
One day after our Building Approval was granted (on 31/1/2025), we started the demolition. First cab of the ranks was the roofing iron. It to 6 hours climbing up and…
Scaffolding
ScaffoldingScaffolding is regulated by the Scaffolding Code of Practice 2021 (see our Reference Materials and Links post).Scaffolding work means: ‘erecting, altering or dismantling a temporary structure that is or has…
Services Locator
Services LocatorThe best $800 you will ever spent during your project. We used CJLocates run by Corey James. He has been fantastic and we highly recommend him. Corey located all services…
Building Approval (BA) by Certifier
Building ApprovalAfter getting BCC Development Approvals on Wednesday 15 January 2025 we needed to get Building Approval (BA) which meant that our Building Certifier has to issue the development permit…
Roofing and Guttering
Roofing and GutteringThis is an outsourcing job. Unless you are an expert, don't do this yourself. We have a corrugated iron roof. There are several reasons for outsourcing:its always working…
Framing
FramingFraming is exactly that, building frames, in our case we used treated pine. Your engineering plans must specify the requirements for framing (e.g. H class, strengths, having double bottom and…