Heritage Style Restoration 34

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Heritage Style Restoration in Ashfield 1 I find it weird, the homeowner and architect say the Council heritage listed the house some years back. However, I have not found it listed in the appropriate legislation as a heritage item. This will need further research. The architect claims to have had headaches submitting the documentation for…

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Heritage Style Restoration 33

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Heritage Style Restoration in Strathfield 12 Friends of this blog site started commenting on the 6th of December 2022. Today, the 8th of January 2023, is the official day of the blog’s publication. Well, back to Strathfield this last month in November 2022 [I was last there in October 2019], since 1998, I have carried…

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Alucobond Removal & Replacement 2 of 3

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The NSW Government has introduced the Project Remediate Pattern Book which is the best-practice resource to help consultants replace combustible cladding such as alucobond. The book is a package containing a guidance document and technical drawings. The building in the picture is an apartment building – people’s homes. It was Project Remediate’s Global Façade Consultant [GFC],…

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Mould

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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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Biophilic Design 1 of 2

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Mental well-being is all about coping with stress, being able to work productively and contributing to the community. Mental health and resultant depression are the worldwide leading cause of disability. Climate change and Covid 19 are determining a host of mental health challenges and public health threats that people are experiencing are basically some of…

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