February 1, 2010

And that's it, 580 linier meters of decking done. I started on 2nd of January and worked on it almost every night since then. The wood is yellow belau from PNG and as you can see, has lots of variation in colour. Can't wait to see it down.

January 30, 2010

I had a helper for the day. Just under 4yrs old and holds a brush naturally. Awesome.

January 28, 2010

The front windows are in.


Front the lounge / kitchen / dining at sunset, with decking in the foreground. It never ends.


Bathroom window in.

Backroom window in.

Looking down the deck walkway from the front door to the back of the house.

Finished for the night. Decking with oil at 1am

The house under lights at 1am.

January 27, 2010

The kitchen / oudoor entry roof is now in. Where the ladder is, is undercover decking and the front door.

Adding this little area softens the front of the house and id making it look less bulky.

January 20, 2009

Front Deck from Front door has started and some more cladding.

Rear cladding coming together... and the rear neighbours are complaining. He leant over the feance and abused the contractors while they were putting it up. This is about 7-8 meters off the boundry. Some people love complaining. Imagine if we made it all silver zinc?


The nightmare of my life at the moment, the decking.

January 15, 2010

The cladding has started. Looking awesome. This is zinc up high above the windows facing inwards of the block. Love how it looks against the black.

The roof also has edge capping on which finishes it off nicely. Makes the roof look really thin.


All the sections of the house that are facing our neighbours are a green / grey colour to try and blend the house into the surrounding trees. For our side neighbours the colour will be great as a backdrop for their beautiful gardens. We will have to run some screens and plant some trees in this open are as this is where the washing line and a few utilities will be.

From my mothers house side.

January 14, 2010

Some of the windows are in. This is the corner window in the back of the hall where the two bedroom are. it looks onto an old tree. The shed will be screened off.


Bedroom windows, ensuite windows and laundry windows. These will be a combo of louvers and solid tinted glass.

January 12, 2010

The roof is now finished. Love the way the roof comes out at an angle from the house. Also I have been tracking the sun when working in the house on the decking and the sun doesn't penetrate into the main room until late into the evening.

The roof from the bedroom. Just need the gutters.

Gutter installed on the back room.

January 5, 2010

Still sanding planks for decking, nothing much to post. This shows the variation in colour of the Yellow Balau decking, and my dog Harley.

January 4, 2010

With the builders on xmas break for a few weeks I got to and started doing all the exposed wood sections. These are 140x140 taun posts that will be holding the middle section up. The above pic is them finished and oiled and the below post shows what they are like after sanding (left) and oiled on right.


I am also doing the decking which is Yellow Belau. This have been sitting for a while so I have been sanding them back, Oiling them with a deep treat oil and then will apply a outside oil once layed. The above is after sanding. The below is how the were supplied.


Ella waving from here bedroom window.

December 24, 2009

Ensuite Window in looking down at deck in between the two buildings.

The deck.

Other windows delivered for the rear end of the house. The big one in front is the main bedroom.

Looking across the middle on the two main buildings.