The first window!
Today we finished off the extensions, and finished all the not-scassors then got the first two perlins on. We then did the door frame and window frames and got one …
Day six on the construction site
Today we first got the other 3.7 metre half of the thick 12.5×5 up and joined to make the main 7.4m roof support. And then we got all the roof …
Roof frame started on day five
Today the first thing we did was to get eight more 45’s made up and positioned around the top of the frame to make it stronger for all the roof …
The bent chickens come home to roost
Today is the forth day building (not counting pouring the cement and waiting for it to dry). We made good progress in the first half of the day getting all …
Frame underway
Today we got started early and went straight to work on the frame, we started by getting the two vertical 8×5’s in the middle done and got the mid height …
Foundation and floor finished
Today we got up early and got started while it was still cool, and we made some really good progress – we got the foundation finished and then got all …
Building started
The concrete has only been drying for four days, but we figured as long as were careful it should be ok! So we cut three 2.7m pieces of 5×12.5 (eucalyptus …
Foundation poles complete
We completed the foundations poles today, our third day back at the land. We wanted to get these done really early since we have to leave them for a week …
Wood arrived for our second house
We took the hire car back to Canela today and then paid for all the materials for the new house which came to R$3,500 (about NZ$1,300), most of the wood …
Starting our second house
We made a start on the foundations for the new house today. The wood hasn’t arrived yet, but we had some cold concrete and large PVC pipes lying round which …