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Entries Tagged as 'House Lifting'

Internal Stair Installation – Day 1 and 2

September 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

The first day of our stair installation saw the floor cut out of our old office area and the landing and lower stringers installed. They have also put the plasterboard over the gap between the ground floor and the first floor. They were quite surprised at how well the walls all lined up. The only [...]

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Getting Ready for our Stairs

September 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

We have emptied out our office area in anticipation of the stairs going in. Glenn was just here checking it out and he said they will be ready to start cutting out the floor tomorrow morning at 7:00 am. They will be cutting out the floor in the area and dropping it down below. After [...]

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Stop the Sway in a Queenslander

August 6th, 2008 · No Comments

All Queenslanders are elevated and built on stumps. Depending on how high it is and on the construction methods used, sometimes the Queenslander homes can rock or sway, much like a boat does in a small swell. We noticed this sway quite a bit right after getting our house lifted. If our son ran around [...]

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Running Plumbing Through our Back Yard

January 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments

After sinking 50cm into my back yard a few weekends ago and loosing my flip-flop I figured that I would have a look at some old photos to see where the plumbing was run under our back yard. If you have a look at the photo on the left I actually sunk into the mud [...]

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