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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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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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In 1916, Mr Richard Stanton, a developer, imported an entire timber bungalow from Pasadena Hills, Los Angeles, USA and assembled it in the Sydney suburb of Roseberry NSW AUSTRALIA. The subject house is a solid double brick Californian Bungalow circa 1919. One of the decorative ceilings had seen better days and was buckling/collapsing. Times had…
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Heritage Style Restoration in Burwood Heights 2 Back at Burwood Heights, another facet of the building restoration was the opening up of the front veranda. This included: 6 no. new western red cedar window sashes, stripping paint off the brick walls, treating the wood affected by dry and wet rot, mending of the damaged and…
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Heritage Style Restoration in Rosehill 1 In early 2012, a potential client googled my services for working on a Victorian house in Rosehill. The Victorian house was previously the subject feature in the now-old Dulux paint heritage colours brochure. The quote was for: At the right front of the house attach 1 # existing lace…
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