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August 16, 2010
Fluffy goodness
With an amazing amount of help from a wide variety of friends (profuse thanks in no particular order to Grant, Dorje, Trevor, Marcus, Dave A, Bernadette, Shane, Leonie, Andrew, numerous kids) over the last couple of weekends, we pretty much have the bach fully insulated and partially gib-boarded. Ildica & I had pretty much 12 hours straight gibbing & insulating yesterday, followed by an hour of tidying up and getting the scissor-lift back out (with interior doorframes now in, there's one doorway the scissor-lift had to go through that only had 1cm clearance above and on the sides) and on to it's trailer before a slow & foggy 2 hour trip back home, getting to bed after midnight. Another milestone was spending our first couple of nights over the weekend in the bach, even if it was on camp-mattresses in a corner upstairs.
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Posted by conor at 12:21 PM
August 2, 2010
Gumboots in the lounge
We finally got the log burner sparked up, and it really makes the place start to feel like a home! 70km/h winds and rain outside proved to be good conditions for testing the waterproof-ness of the roof, with a couple of little leaks becoming apparent (on the bright side, this is the right time to find these things out, before we start installing insulation and drywall). The house feels absolutely rock-solid in those windy conditions, as it should. Most of the internal framing is now done. Most of the wool insulation is piled up in what will be the bunkroom, so the kids spent probably a couple of hours in there bouncing up and down like in a big foam pit at a kids activity centre!
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According to the Porters website, their anemometer broke after recording 220km/h winds today, so it would seem to have been relatively sheltered in the village!
Posted by conor at 1:47 PM
August 1, 2010
Evie's 7th Birthday
Evie had her 7th birthday at Science Alive with a great bunch of friends. Lots of activities, a demo on interesting things to do with liquid nitrogen, spins on the gyroscope, etc. And cake obviously.
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Posted by conor at 11:25 AM