Posts Tagged ‘Life Cycle of a Brick’
Heritage Style Restoration 31
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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Heritage Style Restoration in Haberfield 2 Federation Style construction of dwellings in Australia is circa 1900. Haberfield NSW Australia is labelled the Federation Style suburb. In 1916, Mr Richard Stanton, a developer of Haberfield and Roseberry, imported an entire timber bungalow from Pasadena Hills, Los Angeles, USA and assembled it in the Sydney suburb of…
Read MoreWorld’s Water Cycle
Question: Where does our water come from? Answer: Sydney Water gives it to Sydney siders through Warragamba Dam and a desalination plant and a reservoir for a fee. While we may say ‘the tap’ or name the nearest dam, the answer is really that it is all part of the world’s water cycle. The natural…
Read MoreBuilding with Principals of Energy Efficient Design 5
Introduced by the NSW Government, BASIX ensures homes are built to be more energy and water-efficient.BASIX is an online program that assesses a house or unit design and compares it against energy and water reduction targets. The design must meet these targets before a BASIX Certificate can be printed. Every development application for a single-unit…
Read MoreConsumer Building Guide NSW – Progress Inspections
For large projects such as building a new home, you may consider getting a progress inspection carried out by an independent building consultant, building inspector or architect * before each payment is made. If you do, it will be the consultant’s job to make sure all the work set out in the contract has been…
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