The Crane
The Crane (30/4/25)Sometimes getting in a helper is useful. We had a 7mtrs double-welded 300PFC as well as 20 300x45 LVLs at 12 metres to all go to the back…
Demolition Cleanup
We picked a nice day for cleaning up the old stumps and other rubble. Took Mitch from U-Dig only a few hours and two massive truck loads, all ready to…
Demolition (Day 10)
Demolition done in 100 hours (solo)!12 hour day today, four trips to the dump totalling 2,600kg, which is 5,200kg of lifting, lovin it :-).Next week:fingers crossed Energex will remove the…
Demolition (Day 9)
Massive day today, started at 8AM and Adrian was already on-site to pick up some of the flooring, thanks mate, helps me and we love to see things being recycled.…
Demolition( Day 8)
Today felt like I got very little done, picked up the demo saw to cut a hole in the driveway, thanks Mitch from U-Dig for lending me the saw. Then…
Demolition (Day 7)
Finally got some of the floors demolished, yes! Paid $92 for dumping. Also worked out that lodging the plumbing Form 1 saves $315 when doing it online as opposed to…
Demolition (Day 6)
Weight lifting day... manually lifted more than 4,000kg of timber into and again out of the trailer dumping it at Ferny Grove Refuse Centre while it was bucketing down with…
Demolition (Day 5)
Did a half day today, still got all the walls pulled down and the piles of timber are getting bigger. Also finally closed the house up completely.Tomorrow I'm meeting with…
Demolition (Day 4)
Two aims today, (1) cover the big holes out the back to prevent the rain from flooding the place and (2) start taking down some external walls. Summary... both done,…
Demolition (Day 3)
Today is Sunday, decided to take it easy. Like for many others in Brisbane, it's a perfect day to go to the Ferny Grove Resource Recovery Centre (aka dump). I…
Demolition (Day 2)
Roof structure gone!... and the brand new 40V Makita Recip saw was absolutely amazing, I could not have done it so safely and quickly without it. The only thing was…
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…
Entertainment Area
Entertainment AreaAt the back of the property where the view is the best, we built an entertainment area. It consists of several small (<10sqm) decks which are off, but close…