August 21, 2020: Progress Report

With the windows and insulation installed ready for gyprock the weekend was a good opportunity to turn my attention to the floors

First I had to punch all of the nails down then clean out the years of gunk that had accumulated in the gaps between the boards.

After extensive Googling and various experiments I decided to try using this Tile Pointing Compound to fill the gaps. Hopefully it will remain flexible enough to allow the timber to move. And the black colour should contrast well with the polished timber.

So I spent a good part of the weekend pushing black goo into gaps. It’s a total experiment so we’ll see how it turns out.

On Monday the plasterers arrived to start hanging Gyprock. While they did that we installed the Villaboard sheets in the bathroom and the inside of the west wall. Due to it’s proximity to the boundary this wall has to be fire rated which means it has to have 6mm fibrecement board on both sides.

By the end of the day all of the Gyprock and Villaboard was hung.

While the plasterers were doing their thing inside, we turned our attention to the south wall, part of which was so close to the boundary it had to be moved. This photo shows the new concrete footing we poured for its new location.

After releasing the frame we simply slid the wall over to its new home.

And clad it with Villaboard.

Plastering complete and ready to sand.

Painting starts.

Meanwhile we moved to the north wall, put the roof on the shade awning and started cladding the gable end.

And this is how we ended the week.