Renovation activity during May 2003

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old meter box wiring	old meter	brick wall on west side	long way to go
kitchen pantry gets insulated	old west wall gets insulated	steel meets timber in the stairwell	a cavity for a cavity slider
light and shadow	walls nearly complete upstairs	new meter - zero on the clock	new meterbox and mock up front door
NW corner - no chimney	SW corner detail	through the front door	ready for cornice
the stairwell	towards the stairwell	upstairs toilet space	master built in robes and cooling duct
2nd bedroom robes	fireplace - new stump and hole in the floor	1st floor overhang detail in stairwell	under roof storage gets a floor
lots of room to store more stuff	master bedroom cornice detail	upstairs hall from 2nd bedroom to master	gallery cornice
bricks and scaffold	laundry floor and downstairs ceiling material	laundry through to family room	roof storage complete
ready for stairs	ready for outer skin	ready for bricks	unkillable
in the kitchen (caravan) with friends - life goes on	blue board going up	where the fireplace was once	ceiling supports are installed
brick lifter	going - up	and up...	ready for render
bracing the scaffold through a window	upstairs view	downstairs ceiling ready for plaster	more blue board
brick facings being cut	easier than carrying them	west side completed	except for this little bit
comming round the mountain	hurry up with that blueboard	another day at the office	coming along
meet henk	men at work	keeping the rain off	brick facings glued to the wall
eaves up - need to do some painting	pre-painting the bird boards	some paint	painted detail
as far as we got	wet weather comming	more brick facings needed	scaffold on the move
ready to progress	west wall completed	west wall again	andrew's recycling centre
looking like a house	max and madeline investigate	looks like it has been there for years	making progress
brick facings hide the blue walls	front detail	triple peaks	getting there
stored brick facings	noel helps paint outside	lorraine helps paint upstairs	bricks now above bathroom window
cut in with undercoat	I just love cutting in	new doors arrive, kept in stairwell	gallery ready for roller action
2nd bedroom undercoated, and scaffold brace	on the scaffold	who stole my view?	steel, not bamboo
hallway undercoated	down the brick escalator	foggy morning	almost at the top
bulbs starting to rise	plaster time downstairs	noel on a ladder, on scaffold, painting 9m off the ground	which one would you choose?
we chose this one	andrew constructs kickboard and laundry cupboard support	hi-ho hi-ho	east side
pre-painted eave liners going up	building site	new walls downstairs	kitchen space forming
from kitchen pantry doors	family room	towards the laundry	across family room to kitchen
new timber for flooring kept in dining room	new doors start to be installed	plaster men	temporary stairs
scaffold moved again	next bit to be bricked	patient east side waits its turn	making mortar
open space	up they go again	floor sander	two motors because one just isn't enough (plus a third for dust extraction)
pit stop	and they're off	starting on the east corner	scrub-a-dub-dub
andrew doing some painting	nice in the sun	old hall ready for new timber	entrance ready for new timber
fridge refuses to leave kitchen	here come the bricks	lisa getting up on the scaffold	and painting
matthew checks out the view	preparing for new floor	down it goes	kitchen floor
store room	laundry cabinet	cavity doors from family to dining	front door glass installed
progress on the brick facings	and then up it comes - floor man not happy with the new timber	facings almost done	corner tidied up
what the neighbours see	floor and stairs in	from the front door	stairs turn the corner
in the dining room	kitchen floor	through open front door	rear bricks done
new hall floor	kitchen cabinets go in	working long hours	family store room
timber floor will have carpet in family	new top for laundry cabinet	kitchen cupboards	ballustrade
stairwell	another view	we're not happy with the bottom step	up the stairs
kitchen comming together	island bench going together	new bricks above front door	facings and bricks merge
our camelias fire up	smoko	bottom tread is taken away to be changed	kitchen left
kitchen right	kitchen centre	detail right - appliance cupboard	sink installed
detail fridge and oven holes	island bench utensil drawers	island bench baking and tablewear sides	standing on island bench
getting there	detail - bricks meeting facings	andrew paints inside pantry (more "temporary beard" photos soon)

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