Mar 6, 2014: starting on the kitchen

After looking at many different options for pre-manufactured kitchen cabinets we finally decided to do it the old-fashioned way and just build the kitchen ourselves in-situ. We have an old, reclaimed kitchen sink, the kind with a lip at the back that turns up behind the backsplash so that water can’t penetrate the benchtop (like […]

March 6th, 2014 | Category: Andy's rantings, Green Building | Leave a comment

Mar 1, 2014: Pumps and Solar Hot Water: decisions, Decision, DECISIONS!

I’ve often said that there must be a million decisions made in the building of even the smallest, simplest home. Some are small and quick like deciding where each screw is placed in a sheet of plywood. Others are big and tricky like deciding what sort of floor, wall or roof system you’re going to […]

March 1st, 2014 | Category: Andy's rantings | 3 comments

Feb 24, 2014: Greeny Flat in the news

We had a very pleasant visit last week from Megan Drapalski, a reporter with the Southern Highland News, and we were honoured to find the following article in the local paper today. Thanks Megan, for a nice article that accurately and succinctly explains what we’re up to.

http://www.southernhighlandnews.com.au/story/2106786/greeny-flat-minimises-energy-bills/?cs=261

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February 24th, 2014 | Category: Andy's rantings | 4 comments

Feb 20, 2014: surface mounted electrical system

We’re nearly finished installing the plywood on the interior walls. I’ll try to post some pics this weekend.

Meanwhile I’m working on figuring out the details for the surface-mounted electrical system. Basically we’ll run a hollow “picture rail” around each room above window and door height that will carry the wires for the power and […]

February 20th, 2014 | Category: Andy's rantings | Leave a comment

Feb 19, 2014: end in sight for the construction phase.

Today my brother George was busy putting up more plywood on the interior walls and I spent most of the day researching water pumps and setting up this website. Then it rained which was nice because we laid some turf last week and it needs a lot of water to get it established. It’s a […]

February 19th, 2014 | Category: Andy's rantings | Leave a comment
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