Darryl's log home

The stairs 360 degree steps around the stair tree between our living area and our bedroom in the loft. A program was used from the internet to calculate sizes and shapes. Each step was manufactured from mild steel with a base plate that allowed a railway sleeper coach bolt to be the main anchoring device. Three other 10mm coach bolts were used per step for stabilizing and angling. Each step's position had to be ground flat out the tree. The wooden step treads were bluegum, tounge-and-grooved, four pieces per step then cut, shaped and sanded. A jig was made that when clamped on a step, allowed the step above to be positioned at the perfect height. Sanding the floor. Varnishing - using 3 coats of Woodock 25.    Without Woodock 25...                                            WITH Woodock 25. (Three coats later.) ...

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 ...