Posts Tagged ‘building maintenance’
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Heritage Style Restoration in Strathfield 9 A particular part of the maintenance work last year was on one of the two shoulders of the main gates. The treated pine curved top rail was rotten to the core. So I utilised a piece of old clear American Oregon from my personal stock of timber for recycling…
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Heritage Style Restoration in Strathfield 8 Yes indeed, 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. Pet dogs chew up my good work and I have to mend wood or take protective…
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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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