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Frame up, trusses ready to go
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Trusses cut to size , ready to go.
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First two trusses go up
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Looking good, but actually had some problems. Even though I made everything in imperial measurements, the timber itself was all metric, of course. 90mm is the new 4". This small difference meant that the trusses that I made were around 3 inches to wide. I had to add an additional top plate and kick it out 1.5 inches on both sides. Something that I will have to remember on the 32ft barn, I fear I would have been out nearly a foot on it!
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Putting on the wattle boards that I had ripped on the mill (see below)
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Close-up of fixing the cladding. Seems to be doing well. Most have been on for 18 months now and look just as good as when put up.
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Most of the cladding done on the outside, now for the inside.
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After a bit of landscaping out the front.
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Milling the silver wattle on the chainsaw mill.
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Putting up the wind turbine. Hasn't actually turned out that well. Despite the winds being plentifiul, these chinese things seem to be unable to maintain a steady flow of power.
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Adding the water tank. This 18000 litre tank filled up within a month and has rarely been less than 90% full since. This is a high rainfall area - 1300 mm (around 53" per year).
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See, it does snow in Australia sometimes. Whilst pretty rare, we generally get snow about once per year up here. We actually had about 6-8 in overnight but I wasn't around to get the pictures.
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Great views from the hut - this is Mt. St. Leonard (1020m), some 400m above the hut.
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The hut from the site of the next (bigger) barn.
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My youngest, Olivia, going upstairs to play!
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The bathroom, complete with shower (out of view), laundry tub and chemical toilet. The girls are certainly far happier with this arrangement over a shovel!
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Cast Iron stove/heater - has no trouble heating this little barn up. In fact, the kids report that it is usually too hot for them upstairs!
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Still a bit of lining to be done upstairs but the kids have all the bedding organised and find it pretty cosy up there.
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Small kitchen and lounge area downstairs.
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The next project - the concrete slab is down and we should commence work on this one in the next couple of months. Have certainly learnt a lot out of the min-barn and will be able to put the knowledge to good use here.
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