Day 135

Steel reinforcement for concrete wall

Shutter work for pouring concrete column 

Day 132

Concrete column reinforcement

Reinforcement for concrete infill in retaining walls

The engineer husband

Basement progression 

Day 119

Brickforce

Retaining walls

Recycled concrete ground fill

Day 83: Stormwater

The pipe visible in the photographs is a 160mmø stormwater pipe running through the length of our property. The purpose of this pipe is to assist in the movement of water runoff which comes from the hill on the nature reserve’s side. The pipe is bedded in soft sand and will be buried beneath the future floor slab.

Day 53: Excavation Movie

Day 52: We called in the big guns

Dear builder,

I will not go quietly into the night...

Love,

Rock

Day 45: Slow progress

Disappointingly, almost nothing has happened in the last 35 days. At least, nothing happened on site.

We went to Nepal to hike up to Everest Base Camp at 5364m above sea level. What an experience! But the most amazing thing is how sophisticated and detailed the construction methods are. With no road access and mechanical means the Nepali harvest all the building materials from the surrounding mountains. Skilled labor-intensive techniques are then used to shape the timber and stone to construct multi storey dwellings.

Currently we are waiting for a 24 ton pecker to remove some hard rock. Perhaps we can learn a thing or two about breaking rock from the mountain people.