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Latest Blog Posts
Heritage Style Restoration 37
Changing a sash cord in a double-hung window. Double-hung windows with sash cords are part and parcel of pre-federation homes. Federation homes and Californian bungalows usually have a mix of casement windows and double -hung windows. Well, I have avoided changing the sash cord for twenty-five years, but with the shower renovation, I have decided…
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The Use of Digital Twin in the Building Industry 2 of 2
Data transmission layer Raw data is transmitted i.e., transported, and processed from the previous layer mentioned above through general wire and wireless transmission technologies. The range is as follows: short-range wireless technologies, Wi-Fi wireless short-range technology, Bluetooth, wireless local area network (WLAN), ultra-wide-band (UWB) radio communication, a hybrid of both wired and wireless networks, Ethernet…
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Heritage Style Restoration 36
Heritage Style Restoration in Ashfield 3 The Heritage Style Restoration 34 blog was the first in this series with …35 being the second in the series. The local council approved building work namely ground and first-floor alterations and additions to the existing heritage-listed dwelling house. The first-floor alterations and additions that are more towards the rear…
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The Use of Digital Twin in the Building Industry 1
INTRODUCTION A digital representation of a real object is a DT. The same is also called data twin, or virtual model. In the aerospace engineering field, the “ NASA Technology Roadmaps – NASA’s Apollo project in the 1960s” mentioned ‘twin’ in relation to a physical system (Madubuike et al. 2022). The NASA Apollo 13 mission…
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Building surveyor or private building certifier or accredited certifier to check your home build
Building surveyor, private building certifier or accredited certifier is essentially the same thing! When developing or building, the property owner gets to choose whether to use a Private Certifier or not. In some cases, a development can only be approved by a local council. Once the development is approved by a council with their impositions…
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Alucobond Removal & Replacement 3 of 3
So-called alucobond cladding is a non-loadbearing skin or layer attached to the outside of a home to shed water and protect the building from the effects of weather. It is a key element in the aesthetic appeal of the home and directly influences both building cost and property value. Your choice of cladding has a significant…
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Heritage Style Restoration 35
Heritage Style Restoration in Ashfield 2 The Heritage Style Restoration 34 blog was the first in this series. The local council approved building work namely ground and first-floor alterations and additions to the existing heritage-listed dwelling house. The first-floor alterations and additions are more towards the rear of the existing house. I was engaged and…
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Fix a Blocked Sewer 2 of 2
You might recall the blog entitled ‘Fix a Blocked Sewer’. Guess what! Circa mid-January 2023, the bathroom waste was gurgling again. Oh me oh my, to say the least. The plumber came along with his jet blaster inserted, but it got stuck and the three of us could not pull it out of the terracotta…
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Woodworking Skills 4
Today is the 3rd of April 2023, well as you guys know from the Heritage Style Restoration 33 blog: .I was back to working for my great clients at Strathfield between November 2022 and January 2023 .I first started working on thie house in 1998 .Wood rots and needs to be mended with tender loving…
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Heritage Style Restoration 34
Heritage Style Restoration in Ashfield 1 I find it weird, the homeowner and architect say the Council heritage listed the house some years back. However, I have not found it listed in the appropriate legislation as a heritage item. This will need further research. The architect claims to have had headaches submitting the documentation for…
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Heritage Style Restoration 33
Heritage Style Restoration in Strathfield 12 Friends of this blog site started commenting on the 6th of December 2022. Today, the 8th of January 2023 is the official day of the blog’s publishment. Well back to Strathfield this last month in November 2022 [I was last there in October 2019], since 1998 I have carried…
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Woodworking Skills 3
Friends of this blog site started commenting on the 18th of December 2022. Today, the 6th of January 2023 is the official day of the blog’s publishment. Well recently, I made what I call a timber chandelier! A couple of years ago I was in a furniture store here in Greater Sydney and saw a…
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