the blocks have arrived!
Posted on | August 20, 2010 | 4 Comments
this building is proceeding at a rate of knots.
the builder is extraordinarily organised and things happen like clockwork around him.
materials, equipment and blokes arrive precisely on cue and leave precisely on cue.
i am enjoying watching it all unfold.
he makes it look so easy that one would be tempted to have a crack at some building oneself.
except one is already far too busy, and one knows one limitations. i mean, ballet also looks pretty easy, doesn’t it?
the weather is holding perfectly….really the first fine days in a row all year!
it can rain all it likes after the roof goes on!
every day, new things arrive and new things happen, and every evening, there are six cats swarming all over everything, checking out every last nut and bolt.
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August 21st, 2010 @ 2:26 AM
Hi Patti,
What are the blocks used for? the walls?
August 21st, 2010 @ 7:26 AM
hi petra!
yes, they are concrete masonry blocks and are widely used in australia.
i find them diabolically ugly, for all their practicality, so they’ll be getting a thick coat of rendering inside and out before painting.
August 23rd, 2010 @ 8:15 AM
Are the walls up yet patti? Awaiting new pics.
August 27th, 2010 @ 11:52 PM
Yes… waiting for new pics!
Patti, whats rendering? Is that some sort of cementicious skim coat like stucco? You don’t even want to know what my first thought was…