Renovation activity during April 2003

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almost looks like a building site	tarp covering the roof	view from above	preparing for 1st floor joists
Apricot, elm and plum still have leaves	roof trusses appear here	and here	floor joist beams for 1st floor are in
Boss Jeff surveys the work in progress	view of elm	looking through the floor	coils of nails ready to attach flooring
and we're away	slow removal of old kitchen	flooring complete	a sense of having a roof over the living room
across the new living room	more building site	the pile of timber is andrew's mess	pre-fab upstairs arrives
preparing for upstairs framing	and it's up in a day	191-9109_IMG.JPG	sunset over new floor
across the roofspace	towards the "hills"	sunset panorama	new roof wrapping
recycled bricks from demolished walls	upstairs from the backyard	from the front	more roof trusses go up
bezerk timber	where the stairs will be	the shape of things to come	from the front
exposed eaves detail	bracing	roofer's scaffold	exposed
more deliveries	scaffold detail	between the trusses - north	between the trusses - south
external doors and windows arrive	the rain we had to have	mmmmmm clay	east side of house
new bedroom 2 from gallery	green suburb	patterns in the trusses	roofing battons
another fine day	three peaks visible now	looking north	more scaffolding arrives
safety rails	fist floor tiles, stationary and handbags; going down	installation of windows and doors	south side of house taking shape
making sure it wil fit	carry them tiles	it's quite high up there	plumbing installed
more tiling and more dark clouds	half a new roof, plus windows	clear night	roof tiles done
from the street	from down the street	insulation going on	old kitchen space
heating ducts between floors	across the gallery to stairwell	framing to support cooling duct to ground floor	a new cubby hole
life as we knew it	damn builders keep throwing good stuff in the skip - must rescue	moved the hoya from near the front door	up comes the hall tiles
roof now extends past the chimney	wrapping the present	pre-painting the eave linings	all water tight
our living room	ready for bricks	demolishing the fireplace	garage is full...
....of stuff	vehicles taking over the driveway	wiring goes in	repairing a sagging corner of the old roof
the fireplace	new kitchen space	from kitchen into lounge	new flooring timber
plaster going up - 2nd bedroom	feature window has magnificent view of elm	the guttering works	services between floors
making mortar	bricks ready to go up	temporary builder's stairs	across to stairwell
master bedroom and cubby doorway	second hand bricks arrive	bricks start to climb the walls	cooktop wall framing
a few more courses	Jeff snr, master of the work site	gallery awaiting cornice

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