Building Burragunyah

august 1996 - desember 1999

This blog attempts to document building our house and turning a bare paddock into a garden. Les mer

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Janette and John Building Burragunyah
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- 9. feb. 1997
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Høyde: 293 m
- Australia State of Victoria Benalla Tatong -36.706207, 146.14233436°42’22” S 146°8’32” E
Dag 193
The stonies are booked in.
9. februar 1997, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Once the frame was finished, we called David Broadhurst, our stoney, to let him know we were ready.
Everything now depended on what he had on. We were now totally dependant on when he would be available.
He was in country NSW somewhere building a house for a doctor. It was solid stone with 'acres' of glass to capture the view. He had been delayed several times because the client kept adding to the size of the house.
This turned out to be very fortuitous for us. He was approaching the end of the build. He thought he should be finished late February, early March. Better still, it suited him to make ours the next job.
Wow - there is a good luck house building genie after all.

Once I knew the stonies were coming, I called the plumber and electrician. The news of the imminent commencement gave them a hurry- up. They came and roughed in.
Now I focussed on stone to the site, fixing wall wrap to the frame and installing the doors and windows.
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Janette and John Building Burragunyah
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- 1. mar. 1997
- Høyde: 293 m
- Australia State of Victoria Benalla Tatong -36.706207, 146.14233436°42’22” S 146°8’32” E
Dag 213
Woo hoo - we have a loo!
1. mars 1997, Australia
The only loo at the shed was a 'porta-potty'. With three stonies likely to be living here for a while, I would be emptying it every couple of days.
I bought a pan and installed it in the toilet at the back door. I screened it with blue tarp. The door was fashioned from framing scraps and covered with blue tarp.
Flushing was courtesy of a bucket of water. The rules were the same as for the mountain huts - leave it ready for the next person to use. That meant that, after use, the bucket had to be refilled and placed back ready for the next person.Les mer
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Janette and John Building Burragunyah
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- 11. mar. 1997
- Høyde: 293 m
- Australia State of Victoria Benalla Tatong -36.706165, 146.14231936°42’22” S 146°8’32” E
Dag 223
March 11th 1997 - first stones are laid.
11. mars 1997, Australia
David (the boss), Andrew and Sandy laid the first stones today.
David worked inside on the wall, fireplace and chimney. Andrew started on the SW corner of the living room. Sandy started on the corner of our bedroom.
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Janette and John Building Burragunyah
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- 21. mar. 1997
- Høyde: 293 m
- Australia State of Victoria Benalla Tatong -36.706207, 146.14233436°42’22” S 146°8’32” E
Dag 233
The cost of being a snorer.
21. mars 1997, Australia
Snorers always seem to be the first to go to sleep, and their snoring keeps others awake.
David snores.
His 'friends' moved his bed out to the tractor carport.
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- 14. apr. 1997
- 22 °C
- Høyde: 293 m
- Australia State of Victoria Benalla Tatong -36.706097, 146.14231936°42’22” S 146°8’32” E
Dag 257
Getting there.
14. april 1997, Australia ⋅ 22 °C
Over the next few weeks, the walls gradually grew.
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- 25. apr. 1997
- 16 °C
- Høyde: 293 m
- Australia State of Victoria Benalla Tatong -36.706207, 146.14233436°42’22” S 146°8’32” E
Dag 268
We made the Benalla Ensign.
25. april 1997, Australia ⋅ 16 °C
It seemed that we had somehow got onto the local tourist map. People we didn't know would just turn up to have a look at what we were doing.
A reporter at the Benalla Ensign asked if he could run a story on our house building. The idea was for him to talk to David Broadhurst about the process. He would come out on Friday afternoon.
Unfortunately, by the time he arrived, the stonies had gone home for the weekend. I became the interviewee by default. I did the best I could. In fact, I probably did better than the reporter as he obviously didn't know where he was.
For some reason, he thought he was at Ryans Creek, two valleys over from here.
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Janette and John Building Burragunyah
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- 2. mai 1997
- 16 °C
- Høyde: 293 m
- Australia State of Victoria Benalla Tatong -36.706112, 146.14230336°42’22” S 146°8’32” E
Dag 275
Roof on.
2. mai 1997, Australia ⋅ 16 °C
29th April - 2nd May - the gutter and roof fixed.
Two sheets of iron were taken off to allow the chimney to exit the house. I was to replace them once the chimney was complete. The plumbers would then come back and flash around the chimney.
There was one sheet of iron short in the delivery. Two offcuts were inserted to ensure correct spacing of abutting sheets. This meant that I would place this (on the north end) when delivered. The top offcut would give me the correct angle to cut the sheet at.
Meanwhile, the stonies kept working.
David moved his bed from the tractor carport to the house once the roof was on.Les mer
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- 9. mai 1997
- 12 °C
- Høyde: 293 m
- Australia State of Victoria Benalla Tatong -36.706105, 146.14228936°42’22” S 146°8’32” E
Dag 282
Chimney finished.
9. mai 1997, Australia ⋅ 12 °C
The chimney is finished.
The back wall and the gables remain to be finished.
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- 25. mai 1997
- 12 °C
- Høyde: 293 m
- Australia State of Victoria Benalla Tatong -36.706033, 146.14224536°42’22” S 146°8’32” E
Dag 298
The stonework is finished.
25. mai 1997, Australia ⋅ 12 °C
Not sure of the exact date ,but the stonies finished late May.
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- 26. mai 1997
- 9 °C
- Høyde: 293 m
- Australia State of Victoria Benalla Tatong -36.706207, 146.14233436°42’22” S 146°8’32” E
Dag 299
Now for the inside.
26. mai 1997, Australia ⋅ 9 °C
The first thing to organise internally was the plastering. I had called three plasterers but when I said it was steel frame and ten foot ceilings, two weren't too interested. Graham 'Grubby' Holland said “no worries”. He organised to come out and measure up.
Before the plaster went on, the exterior walls needed to be insulated. We used GeenStuf wall insulation batts from North East Insulation. They are made from 80% recycled materials. Ceiling insulation will be wool, blown in once the sparkies and plumbers have finished.
The plasterers were a team of six, working in three pairs.
Because of the higher ceilings, Janette wanted a wider cornice than 'normal'. She shopped around in Melbourne and found one she liked at a place on Dorset Rd. She brought it to Molyullah on roof racks on the top of her car.
At the top of the internal stone walls, David laid a row of bricks. This gave the plasterers a good flat surface for the cornice.
As the plasterers finished for the weekend, Grubby pointed to the top left of the chimney in the study. He explained that if he put up the cornice, it would be slightly out of balance with the right hand side. He said if I could chisel away a bit of stone, it would look a lot better. He showed me what needed doing and that was my weekend 'homework'.
It's nice to get fussy tradies. The stonies said they had never seen such a fussy plumber as ours.Les mer
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