Posts Tagged ‘building green homes’
Fix a Blocked Sewer 1 of 2
After all that rain in early 2022, I noticed my sewer trap was overflowing. The next thing you know the waste in the bathroom was gurgling. Then I realised there must be a blockage of some sort in the sewer line, so I called the licensed plumber [my son], but he did not show up.…
Read MoreAlucobond Removal & Replacement 1 of 3
On 8/8/2022 at the base of a building in Ashfield Sydney NSW Australia workers started at the bottom part of an apartment building [peoples homes]removing the alucobond panels & I started taking photographs. With the recent twenty-three-storey Grenfell Tower apartment building fire in 2017, some seventy-two humans perished. Humans lost the homes they cherished. Ensuring…
Read MoreBiophilic Design 2 of 2
Studies have established that even looking at images or scenes of nature provides visual stimulation and stress reduction. Other research found the restorative benefits of simulated or small instances of nature. Green views, vegetation, and landscaping provide stimulation and create micro-climates. The implementation of outdoor learning structures such as tents was a decision at Rice…
Read MoreMould
Rain, rain, rain, La Niña > mould, mould, mould here in Sydney. La Niña is continuously ensuring large parts of eastern Australia are drenched with water over the summer, autumn and winter, according to the experts, the wet weather bomb is likely to continue into summer 22/23. Currently, as I write there is a big storm…
Read MoreWoodworking Skills 2
Recently on 31/12/2021, I was commissioned by a family member to cut slots in the top of sample blocks of wood to enable a table number card with a menu to stand upright view for an upcoming wedding party. The slot had to be on the rounded edge of the block. On 1/1/2022 I made…
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