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Rising from the Ground

With the effluent system and the sculpting of the house site done, we thought we were ready for building things rather than digging holes. Har! First part of the "building" is digging the stump holes!
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Concrete in Place
Concrete in Place		 Stormwater Pit.
Stormwater Pit.		 Pulling Out the Ivy
Pulling Out the Ivy		 Locating the Stumps.
Locating the Stumps.
Bearers and Joists Arrive.
Bearers and Joists Arrive.		 Joists Descend the incline.
Joists Descend the incline.		 Stumps Up
Stumps Up		 Underground Link Between Buildings
Underground Link Between Buildings
SteelHenge
SteelHenge		 All Bearers in place.
All Bearers in place.		 ready for first floor
ready for first floor		 Ready for bracing.
Ready for bracing.
Bloody Standards Writers!
Bloody Standards Writers!		 Ground Floor Finished!
Ground Floor Finished!		 winter's afternoon
winter's afternoon		 sanding the floor
sanding the floor
how do you spell that?
how do you spell that?		 bracing in place
bracing in place		 back up the hill
back up the hill		 lonely work
lonely work
ready for walls
ready for walls		 new inspector on the case
new inspector on the case		 making sawdust (and trimmers)
making sawdust (and trimmers)		 first floor trimmers
first floor trimmers
artist at work
artist at work		 rising from the mist - an unearthly creature
rising from the mist - an unearthly creature		 joisting
joisting		 beaming smile
beaming smile
Ready for First Floor
Ready for First Floor		 upstairs flooring
upstairs flooring		 lunchroom with a view
lunchroom with a view		 last sheet
last sheet
upstairs walls
upstairs walls		 newell steel
newell steel		 newell post construction
newell post construction		 welding newell post
welding newell post
roof-supporting steel
roof-supporting steel		 ridge beam action
ridge beam action		 testing the view
testing the view		 all your ridge are belong to us
all your ridge are belong to us
house ridge housings
house ridge housings		 Fits like a wooden glove.
Fits like a wooden glove.		 A hoopin' an' a strappin'
A hoopin' an' a strappin'		 saving money on the roofing material
saving money on the roofing material
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Tony Bullard 29-Sep-2004 01:29
A very impressive structure and enormous progress since I last visited. Just goes to show how much "preparatory" work is involved before the main event and that you need to be patient and far-sighted to endure a project like this.
DougS 10-Aug-2004 10:47
Fabulous floor Richard & crew. The right kind of inspector - asleep on the job.

Doug& Non
Anna 25-Jul-2004 13:30
Hi dad! very impressed at the progress. Bet Suzie is happy things are coming along so well. I think Yash is right - we need a picture of the end result so we know where you're going with all this. Why doesn't he draw one pro bono? Yash? Wish there was a nice green view like your 'winter afternoon' photo here in Bangalore, am missing natural landscapes, but there is no room for such things in a city of 10m. Keep up the good work. Anna
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