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Heritage Style Restoration in Strathfield 7 It was 2010 when I was carrying out maintenance work at the Strathfield property when I realised the treated pine timber picket fence I erected in 2008 was rotting! So it was rotting within 2 years. The rot was despite the use of anti-rot treatments purchased at the hardware…
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Heritage Style Restoration in Strathfield 6 In the year 2014, my favourite clients, commissioned me to tear down a cheaply made powder coated rusted steel rose arch and build a new one out of timber. I took it upon myself to sketch-artist draw the rose arch on two elevations, photograph and text it to the…
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Heritage Style Restoration in Strathfield 5 My favourite clients again commissioned me in 2008 to build their architect-designed, Council-approved brand new fence sympathetic to the period style of the house. The corner block has approximately 70 metres of boundary against the council infrastructure footpath and crossover. The work involved: demolition of the existing ankle-high brick…
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Heritage Style Restoration in Strathfield 4 Circa 2004, I was contacted and engaged once again by my favourite clients at Strathfield to build a 3 no. car carport ( as in Figure 1) complementing, blending in with the existing style of the dwellings’ external looks, roof configurations, and roof materials (i.e. tiles and sheet metal…
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Heritage Style Restoration in Strathfield 3 21st OCTOBER 2017 At the turn of the century, in fact, the millennium, I was contracted to build an extension by my favourite client(s) that would blend in with the existing style of the grand house incorporating the particular external features of the existing dwelling, resulting in a bigger…
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