Posts Tagged ‘builders Sydney’
Heritage Style Restoration 15
Heritage Style Restoration in Strathfield 2 At the house in Strathfield, previous owners installed expensive wallpaper in what is essentially the ballroom. Some years back, ( not sure when circa 2000) the owner ( my client) stripped off the wallpaper and found evidence of previously removed timber decoration above a picture rail. The ballroom still…
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Heritage Style Restoration in Strathfield 1 In 1998, I started working in/on a house in STRATHFIELD NSW 2135 AUSTRALIA and as of July 2017 still there. According to my calculations, that’s nearly 20 years. Why has it taken that long? The house was on an estate reportedly built by a grandson of the founder of…
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When noise attenuating doors in dwellings and similar buildings you might encounter gorgeous leadlight panels in the door and adjacent side lights. As well as installing aluminium beads that have inbuilt seals and door bottom seals shown in Noise Attenuation of dwellings 1, a certain degree of noise attenuation can be achieved by installing additional…
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Noise attenuation of doors in dwellings and similar buildings can be achieved by installing a range of products made by an Australian company called RAVEN. I have personally installed them on many an occasion. An aluminium bead that has inbuilt seals such as in the sketch is installed onto the door jamb’s sides and head.…
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Woolloomooloo Restore The previous look of a 100-year-old Federation house with a veranda enclosure before 2010 is as per this photo, (as per usual toxic asbestos material was present and I cannot believe some countries are still making asbestos products)- I initially missed out on the $25,000.00 contract. However, the property owner discovered the lower tenderer…
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