Saturday, November 27, 2010

A little bit of Landscaping

From the 25th to the 27th of November we were down planting some of the front batter of the property. Mel, Dad, Mum & I planted about 350 plants - Travis & Bethany pulled about 30 plants out thought. It was good to see them interested in getting dirty, not that many kids need much of an excuses to roll around in the mud!! All lilly pillies & boobialla. Should look good when they start to grow. We had plenty of mulch left over from all of the loose straw which was handy too. We also measured out where the internal walls were going to intersect to the bale walls.









Sunday, November 7, 2010

Time to Let the Render Dry

Well, what a busy month. It is hard to believe that exactly 1 month ago we had just a slab!!! Thanks again to everyone to get to this stage, we would not have been able to have done it without all of the volunteers, tradies & our families. We still have a way to go with fitting out and everything but to see a structure with a roof put a massive smile on our faces. Thank you!!!

Just the bare minimum jobs now until the 2nd coat goes on in about 3 weeks. Here are some progress shots show you the past month.

1. Starting of the Top & Bottom Plates - 8th to 13th Oct.
2. Up goes the window & door frames - 14th & 15th Oct.
3. The straw bale walls going up - 14th to 18th Oct.
4. Roof trusses on - 20th to 24th Oct.
5. Colorbond on - 27th to 30th Oct.
6. 1st Coat of render - 1st to 5th Nov.






















Friday, November 5, 2010

1st Coat Render - Day 4 & 5

On the 4th day they started on the outside of the house with a lime render. I came down with the kids on the Friday (5th Day) & we were very happy with the progress. It looks like a different house with the first coat of render now.










Wednesday, November 3, 2010

1st Coat Render - Day 2 & 3

Over the 2nd & 3rd day the team finished the inside rendering with a nice clay render.

Monday, November 1, 2010

1st Coat Render - Day 1

Mel headed to the property for this part of the build. I wish I could have been there but I had to work & Mel wouldn't want me there anyway. Mel said she really enjoyed her self and had a good time working hard with all the renderers. Here are a few pictures of the inside render going on after an intense hair cut of the bales.