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| Waterproofing Membrane we have chosen to use for our Shed Bathroom |
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| First Coat completed and now requires drying before a second coat |
Once again we've opted to Owner Build and Project Manage our second home liking the idea of selecting both material and trade contractor quality. This Blog describes our Journey as Owner-Builders on 2 Acres in a Semi-Rural Town in Victoria, Australia. It all starts with purchasing the land, building our Man Shed, Building our Home, growing landscape plants, designing and establishing our Garden.
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| Ardex Water Based Primer we have chosen to use in the Bathroom |
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| Bathroom |
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| Bathroom |
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| Bathroom |
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| Bathroom |
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| External Bathroom Wall with Cornice fixed |
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| Living Room Wall |
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| Second Coat above Kitchen Cabinets |
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| Our Bathroom Vanity Unit |
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| Architraves fitted around Bathroom Door and Skirting either side |
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| Timber Cornice will be Painted same as Wall colour |
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| Timber Cornice in Kitchen |
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| The mass of wires will be housed within a Swithboard. The orange is 3 Phase Cable. The Box is our Live Video Alarm Control Panel which is GPRS Monitored |
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| Skirting fixed |
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| Stiebel Eltron Slimline CNS Electric wall mounted Panel Heater for our Bathroom |
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| 30m2 Ceramic Tiles were purchased from West Melbourne (30cm x 30cm) and all the Grout, Adhesive and the required trowels, spacers and accessories which are required to lay them. Just need to buy a Tile Cutter now. |
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| We couldn't have matched the colour better if we'd tried. They suit the kitchen cabinet colour perfectly |
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| Cabinet Kicker has also been attached and finishes off the Kitchen nicely. |
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| Should be fine in the Bathroom too |
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| Bathroom has had it's first coat |
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| This tile is a sample that we picked up for our House. It's Porcelain and 60cm x 60cm. It's semi polished and mean't to look like concrete with imperfections and cracks. Our tile supplier suggested that after living in the Shed with a "real" concrete floor, we may not want to have the imitation concrete tile in the house. We love it, but will make a final choice and decision when we're at that stage. |
| Daughter trying to get the attention of the neighbour's Dogs |
| Temporary Football Goals positioned by our Son. They are roughly in the Kitchen of our future Home. |
| Flood Lights purchased so that work could be done even if it's dark |
| Part of our Toilet Suite |
| Believe it or not but this is an Instantaneous Electric Hot Water System. It's so small in size but requires 3 phase electricity and has the capacity to service a 2 Bathroom Apartment. Will work well in the Shed for the Bathroom and Kitchen |
| Have just extinguished a fire and burnt off a large heap of Boxes. Now it's back to kicking the Footy |
| Literally, sitting on the Fence |
| Chatting to the neighbour |