Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Front porch drain

I have always been a bit concerned about flooding. Our two story house on concrete slab is on the low side of the street and sits down quite a bit from street level.

 


 

Above: This is looking up the driveway, well below street level.

 


 

Above: I bought some Reln storm drain stuff from Bunnings. Comes as a handypak with three 1mt lengths - I bought 2 packs.

 

 

  

Above: I am extending the carport drain to the corner and connecting to the downpipe.

 


 

Above: This is looking from the carport end to the corner of the house.

 


 

Above: I have knocked out the end of the drain, next is a pit (plastic box) and then connect the first 1mtr section.

The rest just snap into each other and as I went along aligned the sections with bits of brick to keep everything straignt and level.

You don't need to bed the whole thing I chucked in a spade of mortor at the joins and packed in tight.

Next day come back and backfill everything, clean up the site, put the pot plants back and were done.

 

More pictures to come...

 

 

 

 

Balcony floor

Many years ago we decided to close in the open front balcony and the cement sheet floor was covered with cheap carpet. In Feb 2006 we decided to give the balcony a facelift with some paint and a new parquet floor. 

    
After moving everything out (phew) we can start the job.
First thing is to lay down the foam.

Monday, May 31, 2010

Backyard gazebos

We have been through a few gazebos and they have been used for different purposes like a cat run and chook run extension.

  



 
 





TV antenna


 

The magpies destroyed our TV antenna!

 


 


 

So we bought a new one from Dick Smith (DSE).

 

Matchmaster Digimatch VHF⁄UHF Combination TV Antenna suitable for both analogue and digital television reception. It is designed for wideband reception making it ideal for metropolitan and most country areas around Australia. Below is a catalogue picture of the product.

 


 

Below: New antenna installed - job done!

 


 

It's a two story house so I had to zoom in on my Kodak Z730 to take this photo.

 

 

Sunday, May 30, 2010

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Saturday, May 29, 2010

ALDI Lumina Toaster with Browning Gauge $19.99

  • Wide slots
  • High lift function
  • Frozen, reheat and cancel functions
  • Browning gauge display (light to dark)
  • Slide out crumb tray
     
    Worst toaster we ever owned, toasts half the slice???
    So you turn over to try and do the other half and end up with one half toasted and the other burnt???
     
    Crazy...returned the next day.
     

  • Another new toy for kitties.