I was about to start my pre Christmas ring around when the phone lept to life.
“Ha finally got you” was all I heard. It was Ray Greenslade one of my work friends from 15 years ago. The rivalry that he was talking about was who could get to who first to impart Christmas greetings. This […]

This week has seen a lot of progress on the project.
Harry Sprintz has finished that last of the plans. We now have a collection of 29 sheets that will guide the finer points of the construction. I have posted these updated plans on the Free Downloads page. They are in PDF format so that anyone can […]

Now that we have sorted out the windows it is a matter of getting the doors together. For the internal doors we have chosen Eurotec Doors. We have chosen them as they make a door and frame module that is good in terms of noise shielding and the construction is extremely robust. The doors are […]

Construction slowed over week five due to rain on the site. This gave me an opportunity to get some of the organizational things together.
I was able to order and take delivery of the beams, joists and rafters from Carter Holt Harvey Wood Products.

We have used a product called LVL (Laminated Timber Veneer) which is marketed under […]