Still destroying...(5th - 9th Jan)
Monday 5th
Today was allocated as an ECU work day for me. Mark did a quick trip to the tip to drop off another load of asbestos and returned the trailer, then he was happy to have the rest of the day off!
Tuesday 6th
ECU work day for me. Mark back to demolishing the verandah. Today he removed the corner wall (near the front door) and pulled out more timber.
He also started attacking the front limestone wall. Just to see how hard it was to get out! He got 1 block out but it was harder than he thought. I have suggested putting more in front of the remaining section rather than removing it, as it's very solid.
Wednesday 7th
This morning Mark hired a trailer & picked up a couple of acro props from Dave to support the roof. I sorted out the stuff in the boxes in the spare room. Threw lots of paper out, I'm getting good at it, but there's still lots to store away. We've decided to put a bigger trap in the new entrance floor, so we can store boxes under the floor.
This afternoon, we were back at Bunnings buying, bolts, retic fittings, a couple of plastic storage boxes etc. Mark spent the afternoon moving and repairing the reticulation in the front yard. I stored office stuff in the new boxes. We only bought 2 in different sizes to see what fitted best. I need another 2 (1 of each size) - yeah, I love shopping at Bunnings!
Thursday 8th
We just did a few odd jobs around the back yard in the morning & measured up how much brick will need tuckpointing as we had a guy from Federation Tuckpointing coming to give us a quote at lunchtime.
Estimated cost - $150 per square metre. Mark had guessed it would cost about $4,000. The quote works out to about $4,500-$5,000 so it was a bit more than we expected. But it has to be done no matter what the cost to match the existing front of the house.
Next we went off to Vic Park Salvage to check out their Jarrah floorboards. I had phoned 4 places and no-one had any. I was starting to get worried as one place advised the next 2 houses they were demolishing were already allocated. Apparently old floorboards and cleaned bricks are in hot demand. We managed to find 11 boards in reasonable condition so we bought them all ($6.60 per metre). A few boards were too long to fit in the 4 wheel drive, so Mark will go back & pick them up tomorrow. We also stopped off at HumeDoors and got a price for the new doors we need. $540 + GST each, but they only do wholesale and said that a reseller may be able to do better. So, I'll phone around and see what I can get.
Once it cooled down a bit (it's been 34 - 36 degrees for the past few days), Mark got stuck into removing the rest of the side wall and pulled up some of the floorboards.
Mark was worried about the ends of the remaining boards being unsafe...I guess it must be a safety ladder?
It's slowly shrinking!
Friday 9th
No "housework" today as Mark has a car wiring job at Replica Motors and I am doing ECU work (as soon as I finish updating this blog!).
Today was allocated as an ECU work day for me. Mark did a quick trip to the tip to drop off another load of asbestos and returned the trailer, then he was happy to have the rest of the day off!
Tuesday 6th
ECU work day for me. Mark back to demolishing the verandah. Today he removed the corner wall (near the front door) and pulled out more timber.
He also started attacking the front limestone wall. Just to see how hard it was to get out! He got 1 block out but it was harder than he thought. I have suggested putting more in front of the remaining section rather than removing it, as it's very solid.
Wednesday 7th
This morning Mark hired a trailer & picked up a couple of acro props from Dave to support the roof. I sorted out the stuff in the boxes in the spare room. Threw lots of paper out, I'm getting good at it, but there's still lots to store away. We've decided to put a bigger trap in the new entrance floor, so we can store boxes under the floor.
This afternoon, we were back at Bunnings buying, bolts, retic fittings, a couple of plastic storage boxes etc. Mark spent the afternoon moving and repairing the reticulation in the front yard. I stored office stuff in the new boxes. We only bought 2 in different sizes to see what fitted best. I need another 2 (1 of each size) - yeah, I love shopping at Bunnings!
Thursday 8th
We just did a few odd jobs around the back yard in the morning & measured up how much brick will need tuckpointing as we had a guy from Federation Tuckpointing coming to give us a quote at lunchtime.
Estimated cost - $150 per square metre. Mark had guessed it would cost about $4,000. The quote works out to about $4,500-$5,000 so it was a bit more than we expected. But it has to be done no matter what the cost to match the existing front of the house.
Next we went off to Vic Park Salvage to check out their Jarrah floorboards. I had phoned 4 places and no-one had any. I was starting to get worried as one place advised the next 2 houses they were demolishing were already allocated. Apparently old floorboards and cleaned bricks are in hot demand. We managed to find 11 boards in reasonable condition so we bought them all ($6.60 per metre). A few boards were too long to fit in the 4 wheel drive, so Mark will go back & pick them up tomorrow. We also stopped off at HumeDoors and got a price for the new doors we need. $540 + GST each, but they only do wholesale and said that a reseller may be able to do better. So, I'll phone around and see what I can get.
Once it cooled down a bit (it's been 34 - 36 degrees for the past few days), Mark got stuck into removing the rest of the side wall and pulled up some of the floorboards.
Mark was worried about the ends of the remaining boards being unsafe...I guess it must be a safety ladder?
It's slowly shrinking!
Friday 9th
No "housework" today as Mark has a car wiring job at Replica Motors and I am doing ECU work (as soon as I finish updating this blog!).
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