Lots to report today. There are some detailed photos for those site engineers who peruse every detail of he construction. Jim, the plasterer was on site today finishing off upstairs cornices.
Bob's team from the joinery works installed the "banquette". (I am not sure this is the correct word or spelling. It is a built-in seat. I have heard it called a "banque" too. Lester calls it the bonking seat! I know that a banquette was made in the sides of the trenches where the soldiers stepped up to fire their guns. I must investigate this further.) Our seat is made with lifting tops so we can have storage underneath. They also installed the shelves under the top staircase and began the construction of the bookshelf in the second bay. The space at the bottom will house the ethanol heater.
Greg and Richo tackled the removal of the front windows. They did the two outside ones this morning and will work on the main one tomorrow. The rust in the surrounds is pretty severe and once removed, a fairly large gap is revealed. Amazingly, the curved archways did not fall down. The retention of these arched windows was the deal we struck with Council and Heritage; to leave the original iron tops in place. I am not sure how long they will last as they are seriously rusted through. Anyway, the desired result has been accomplished: lots of fresh air flows through now. Greg is working out ways to dress the gaps and to install the small glass barriers. Greg and Richo also started placing the skirting boards. These are the special "art deco" designed ones. They look like little geometric Aztec pyramids.
The waterproofers came again and applied their magic mixture to the rods which were put in place in the garden yesterday.
We've negotiated with Greg and Steve about he size of the bbq and the bar fridge which will go out in the garden. Lester has become very interested in this part of the development. He liked Steve's story; he volunteers to go out the back after work and bbq the meat every night as he takes a beer and relaxes doing it. Sometimes the hotplate takes a while to warm up sufficiently or the meat is so thick, that he has to slip back and get a second beer before it's done!
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| Free flowing air, at last... and funny man... |
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| This is how the balcony works (Rowan). The floor will be paved. |
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| Detail after removal of rusted out window |
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| Rusty bits |
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| The drain from balcony floor onto roof (under pavers) [This is for Bernie] |
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| Stair shelves from below |
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| Stair shelves from above |
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| The "bonking seat" and the beginnings of the bookshelf |
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| Storage in the seat |
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| "Art Deco" style skirtings |
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