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October 2018

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The balcony (16 meters by 3 meters) is finally finished.  (The endless cutting, planning and shaping was all done by Precious....... and the sealing of planks - by Blessing.) Timo did the fitting and spacing of the planks. He did a final coat of sealant..... ...and Darryl trimmed off the planks at the ends.... and it's all done bar the railing. The shower We put down the Uni-board in the shower/bath area and built a small brick wall. John, the plasterer, put in the shower floor. I put in the finishing touches with some stones we collected from the beach... I we sealed it... Stunning. Darryl and Wayne then built the frame for the shower glass. The toilet Darryl had to chain saw a hole through the log wall to get the toilet and water pipes outside. Cleaning and fixing the second hand toilet we bought ....  The basin Darryl welded a frame for the bathroom basin counter. We had bought a second hand piece of ...

The deck

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The inside floor is done! It now needs to be sanded... we'll do that after we've processed the deck planks. This is the incredible team! Precious is planing the raw blue gum planks for the deck then edging them with a hand router. There's a LOT of sawdust!!! Blessing and I are sealing the never ending deck planks with Timbercare exterior sealant. Timo and Steve begin to lay the deck. Finishing off the loft. Closing up the gaps with uniboard shaped to the logs,  then crete-stoning it. Darryl is working on the dry walls upstairs! First he builds the frame... Covers it with uniboard... ...then John cretestone's the surface. Sealing the shower /bath area with woodock 25. The toilet being cretestoned... Shower area plumbing visible in the drywall. Placing the bath taps and pipes...  The study area cretestoned...    Shapeing a log for the shower corner pole. ...