 20 June 2008Maison LevanteOh, it's all just so exciting now. Every day our walls get higher. Dave the Builder and Lovely Robbie the Labourer are putting in the hours and the progress is tremendous. It's worth noting that in Mangawhai finding a builder on site on a Friday afternoon is unheard of..... except if they're working on this house. Last Friday I went up to the site at 5pm and there they were. OK they were having a beer but they were still on site while all other builders in town were golfing or fishing. So good on you guys! Anyway, the Timbercrete blocks are going up well. Dave the Builder is reasonably happy although there are some size variations that are creating some minor problems (up to 5mm difference from one end to the other on some blocks). Whether this is because we agreed to take seconds because we'll be plastering isn't clear but it has slowed things just a bit.  The first course of the Timbercrete walls - June 11th  Over half way there with the Timbercrete - June 19th
The curved wall dividing our lounge from the bathroom area - The Timbercrete product does curves which are 1 metre radius. This turns out to be a little larger than we expected so we've had to chop off a small part of the curve. Not a major problem though. As a total aside, we have a french girl coming to stay as a student exchange. So we've all been learning to speak French. I know her objective is to speak English but I know my brain hurts when I have to speak French for more than a couple of hours so I thought is was only fair that we learnt a bit of French in order to give her a break from time to time. Hence the French title.
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