Posts Tagged ‘building maintenance’
Mould
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…
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Australian Ultra High Rise [UHR] Development Key Transition Drives UHR development is generating differing views and unhappiness among all types of Australians. Suburbs with leafy green canopies are transformed by skyscrapers jutting into the skyline. ’Fears leafy suburbs will become concrete jungles’ (ABC 2019). ‘We’re trading backyards for balconies and courtyards, and this has resulted…
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Australian Building Codes require smoke alarms to be installed into new granny flats which are no bigger than 60 sqm here in Sydney, NSW, Australia. In NSW licenced electricians have to install smoke alarms and self-certify as well. Note the photo is only an example. I am an NSW licenced building surveyor or basically a building…
Read MoreHeritage Style Restoration 32
Heritage Style Restoration is Dying in Tassie T ’was 24/11/2019 and the ABC News on MSN 9 reported restoring heritage properties is a dying art based on information coming out of Tasmania Australia. The highlight was Mr Green who is a bushman, and one of only a handful of tradespeople left in Australia who know…
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Heritage Style Restoration in Strathfield 11 Well back to Strathfield this last month in October 2019, since 1998 I have carried out a lot of maintenance work there at the house in Strathfield. Wood rots and needs to be mended with tender loving care, if not replaced. In early October 2019, I returned to Strathfield…
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