Building Surf
southernraw wrote:goofyfoot wrote:Late to the party on this one, nice work by everyone.
This is an area I've recently finished for a client in St Andrews Beach.
Lots of excavation then railway sleeper retaining wall and off-form concrete bench seat.
Thats beautiful goofy!
Thanks sr
southernraw wrote:goofyfoot wrote:Late to the party on this one, nice work by everyone.
This is an area I've recently finished for a client in St Andrews Beach.
Lots of excavation then railway sleeper retaining wall and off-form concrete bench seat.
Thats beautiful goofy!
Goofyfoot. Hi fella nice work indeed.
Manhattan skyline type finish with the sleepers, nice.
Did you do the off-form concrete wall ? AW
AlfredWallace wrote:goofyfoot wrote:AlfredWallace wrote:More self indulgence.
Here’s a deck and roofed pergola I built for a mates 50th in Autumn 2024.
Half the deck sub-frame is fixed to an existing concrete slab, the other half, standard deck construction.
First photo, I always use concrete stumps, termites hate them, see in the hole is a brick so that the stump is bedded on a pad, prevents it from being drilled into the subsoil when people repeatedly go on and off the deck.
By law I have to also spray a Termiticide all over the soil and the sub floor timber frame.Sure you've got the required amount of clearance under the bearers there AW? ;-0
Goofyfoot. Hi mate. Good eye there fella.
The portion of the deck on about 10m2 of a two year old slab, have 7mm thick plastic packers under the joists directly below a masonry fixing to allow for any water to flow under that part of the deck. There is a grade on the exposed aggregate concrete which I’d previously installed. This area is also under the roofed pergola, it rarely receives any kind of water spray let alone rain. It’s my friends place, I’d never build anything that wouldn’t function or create grief. Had little option but to masonry fix the sub frame to the concrete in that area.
Still maintains its integrity to tis day. AW
Just stirring AW, you can tell you don't cut corners, everything is quality, nice one.
AndyM wrote:Nice Indo, blackbutt is a beautiful timber.
Re-did my bathroom and went for camphor vanities and blackbutt cabinet.
This was my very first tiling effort and especially considering how it started out, I was pleased enough with the end result.
Hardest bit was getting the old adhesive off the walls - it wasn't cement-based, it was like a sticky glue.
The stuff smeared with a diamond tipped grinder wheel, you couldn't scrape it off and chemicals didn't work.
Got there in the end though.
It was worth the weeks showering out under the hose on the driveway, weirding out the neighbours :)
AndyM. Hi mate. Beautiful work on show there, good stuff. AW
southernraw wrote:goofyfoot wrote:Late to the party on this one, nice work by everyone.
This is an area I've recently finished for a client in St Andrews Beach.
Lots of excavation then railway sleeper retaining wall and off-form concrete bench seat.
Thats beautiful goofy!
Yeah that looks good, you can do a lot with concrete, i did a concrete island bench in my kitchen.
AlfredWallace wrote:southernraw wrote:goofyfoot wrote:Late to the party on this one, nice work by everyone.
This is an area I've recently finished for a client in St Andrews Beach.
Lots of excavation then railway sleeper retaining wall and off-form concrete bench seat.
Thats beautiful goofy!
Goofyfoot. Hi fella nice work indeed.
Manhattan skyline type finish with the sleepers, nice.
Did you do the off-form concrete wall ? AW
Yeah, put some progress pics up but they disappeared onto the previous page, did the lot on that one.
"Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's"... speaking of rendering @AW, your thread just knocked the US thread off the front page. Feels a little lighter around here, no?
(inspiring shares, y'all. epic formwork on the prev page @goofy)
goofyfoot wrote:Progress pics
Goofyfoot. Nice curved formwork. I bet your client was happy.
Us landscapers are versatile.
Here’s a few snaps from 1990, a job for St.Kilda Foreshore . More off form concrete walls/benches. AW
goofyfoot wrote:AlfredWallace wrote:southernraw wrote:goofyfoot wrote:Late to the party on this one, nice work by everyone.
This is an area I've recently finished for a client in St Andrews Beach.
Lots of excavation then railway sleeper retaining wall and off-form concrete bench seat.
Thats beautiful goofy!
Goofyfoot. Hi fella nice work indeed.
Manhattan skyline type finish with the sleepers, nice.
Did you do the off-form concrete wall ? AWYeah, put some progress pics up but they disappeared onto the previous page, did the lot on that one.
Goofyfoot. Filleted edges on your beautiful curved wall ? AW
basesix wrote:"Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's"... speaking of rendering @AW, your thread just knocked the US thread off the front page. Feels a little lighter around here, no?
(inspiring shares, y'all. epic formwork on the prev page @goofy)
Basesix. Kind words from you received by myself and Goofyfoot, thank you.
The ability to build with your hands what your brain and ‘know how’ is telling you is truly one of the most satisfying things a person can ever do.
In essence you have to be able to imagine or picture in your head what something is to look like even before you build it. AW
Great pics @AW and those extra ones of GF.
Great work.
Love good craftsmanship.
AlfredWallace wrote:goofyfoot wrote:AlfredWallace wrote:southernraw wrote:goofyfoot wrote:Late to the party on this one, nice work by everyone.
This is an area I've recently finished for a client in St Andrews Beach.
Lots of excavation then railway sleeper retaining wall and off-form concrete bench seat.
Thats beautiful goofy!
Goofyfoot. Hi fella nice work indeed.
Manhattan skyline type finish with the sleepers, nice.
Did you do the off-form concrete wall ? AWYeah, put some progress pics up but they disappeared onto the previous page, did the lot on that one.
Goofyfoot. Filleted edges on your beautiful curved wall ? AW
Hey AW, yeah just a light aris on the edges.
Smooth trowel top and left the face off form as the lady liked the wood pattern from the plywood.
And yeah thanks b6. Great thread.
Are the StKilda foreshore walls still there AW.
It’s fun doing that kind of work, I love it.
goofyfoot wrote:AlfredWallace wrote:goofyfoot wrote:AlfredWallace wrote:southernraw wrote:goofyfoot wrote:Late to the party on this one, nice work by everyone.
This is an area I've recently finished for a client in St Andrews Beach.
Lots of excavation then railway sleeper retaining wall and off-form concrete bench seat.
Thats beautiful goofy!
Goofyfoot. Hi fella nice work indeed.
Manhattan skyline type finish with the sleepers, nice.
Did you do the off-form concrete wall ? AWYeah, put some progress pics up but they disappeared onto the previous page, did the lot on that one.
Goofyfoot. Filleted edges on your beautiful curved wall ? AW
Hey AW, yeah just a light aris on the edges.
Smooth trowel top and left the face off form as the lady liked the wood pattern from the plywood.And yeah thanks b6. Great thread.
Goofyfoot. Oh, we think a like. I love the pattern on Australian plywood, Hoop Pine ( Araucaria cunninghamii )so true, it leaves a great reverse imprint off the form.
I think the walls are still there they were subbed to me from another landscaper who had no clue.
Testing conditions, junkies were shooting up, shitting everywhere, collapsing, Ambos a daily occurrence, sly pricks trying to steal out tools. I had to employ one of my mates apprentice just to watch our gear and our utes with tool boxes.
Prostitutes we’re hitting on us, offer us oral sex for $20 just so they could go buy a spot of heroine. Sad. AW
southernraw wrote:Great pics @AW and those extra ones of GF.
Great work.
Love good craftsmanship.
Southernraw. Hi pal.i saw you there amongst all this discussion.
How’s things , studies, surf , your well being. I hope you’re cruising. All the best. AW
goofyfoot wrote:Are the StKilda foreshore walls still there AW.
It’s fun doing that kind of work, I love it.
So true. Once you’ve done formwork once, you soon realise to up or change your rates, a lot of time and bucks goes into that type of work.
I ended up for a few years building a lot of suspended concrete slabs, Acrow propped, pave on top of with under floor rumpus rooms, drinks pavilion etc.
I love building concrete formwork steps. AW
Decks , a continuum.
Deck, 12 year old, constructed from Spotted Gum (Corymbia maculata) 89x19mm
Cutting around pools is never easy.
This pool was built in 1971 for a Motor Inn in Melbourne. Later became tenanted units, which they still are. I convinced all the owners and the body corporate to keep it, most wanted to get rid of it.
It as a very enjoyable job revitalising a space which is used all year round. AW
Deck constructed from SilverTop Ash ( Eucalyptus sieberi) from Victorian high country.
Bit of a party space and dance floor. I love getting wood, to work with. AW
Deck. Merbau 90x19mm
I always supported Work Experience Week at many schools, always paid them $250 a day and not $5 per hour which is crap, not only did young people learn, I also got loads of jobs indirectly from people and school staff who thought I helped their students in a positive way. AW
Well, through the fear of going into the hands of administrators and possibly becoming insolvent, I thought we better recharge this forum topic with more building stuff. I’ve got plenty of select (can’t work too much) tasty jobs in the first half of this year which I’ll photograph progressively .
But for now, on one of the flat days away in SA recently, I decided to clean out myriad photos from my iPad. Stumbled across these carport photos from a few years ago.
Of particular interest it highlights construction on uneven ground.
I was commissioned to build two double carports from metal and install them onto the concrete courtyard that was laid down in the early 70’s.
Four flats each with one car space each. Both new carports to face each other.
Purlins 150x50mm, galvanised, Posts 75x75x6mm galvanised, quad gutter, deck clad roof sheets ( colourbond- Jasper)
All bespoke made. Mark out on the concrete, work out post centres, weld plates top and bottom of posts, bolt all purlins together, fix roof.
Using a laser, take a datum reading on a spot on the concrete, work out carport height relative to existing tiled flat roof adjacent, once you have a laser reading you are either making your posts a fraction longer or shorter to allow for the ups and downs of the concrete surface. Once the frame is erected, it should be level down one side and lower the other to create a roof gradient for water flow.
Clients were blown away, thought they were getting some crappy type carport, I gave them quality with good aesthetics with nice flashings . All a one man show, when you work on your own you very quickly develop techniques to work unassisted.AW
AlfredWallace wrote:Deck. Merbau 90x19mm
I always supported Work Experience Week at many schools, always paid them $250 a day and not $5 per hour which is crap, not only did young people learn, I also got loads of jobs indirectly from people and school staff who thought I helped their students in a positive way. AW
Good on ya AW for treating the work experience guys with respect and a decent days pay . So many take advantage of the government apprentice scheme and use them as slave labour and teach them fuck all . It sounds like doing the right thing paid off too .
My first port of call in indo was Jakarta in 1980 . I was a wide eyed 18 yo & amazed at the way high rise buildings were built without use of a crane . Coming from building sites in oz , it looked all so different. This is one of the many developments currently underway on Lembongan. Not much has changed besides maybe not so many women labouring. 
That bamboo is amazing stuff. Maybe an Asper? AW any idea?
seeds wrote:That bamboo is amazing stuff. Maybe an Asper? AW any idea?
@Seeds, @Supafreak. Hi to you both. Hope things are good .
Yes, from previous visits , made my own inquiries, most commonly used is Dendrocalamus asper. and other species of that genus.
Bamboo plants from other genera are also used.
It’s strong that’s for sure, the intermodal rings on the culms are solid and tough.
One thing I can never come to grips with is the deformed bar steel reinforcement rods used in pillars as per the pictures, always bloody undersized in dimension , for a island that sits on and near plate tectonic boundaries , the rod diameters should be larger than normal regulation, for the infrequent wobbles.
They will never learn. I thought western influence architects and engineers design a lot of these projects. I cringe at some of the building standards.
When there are natural disasters in these regions, the devastation and loss of life is always high, poorly engineered buildings just topple like a deck of cards. My two bobs worth.
Supafreak, got your email address today. Travel details to follow, sorry for the delay, I’ve got a banged up knee and I’m working long hours on my clients renovations, got targets to meet for other trades, dog tired when I get home after 6pm.
I’ve been photographing the two separate areas in this house where I’ve ripped out a toilet and bathroom area and installing a new build and an ensuite off a bedroom getting the full replacement also, building a spa and sauna and all the bells and whistles . All the best. AW
@AW , the owner of this development surfs & I chat to him on the occasions when he’s able to pull himself away .and go for a paddle . He was bragging to me that all the work being done is to Australian standards, he’s a Dr . & is learning as he goes about construction . I have doubts that any construction in indo is to Australian standards , shortcuts is the Indonesian way . Thanks Ben for passing on email address , very helpful considering how busy you are & you’re not our office bitch so thanks again .
Is that on the cliffs at the southern end of Jungubatu, Supa?
blackers wrote:Is that on the cliffs at the southern end of Jungubatu, Supa?
Yes , 12 villas , next door to Batu Karang , nice views. The amount of new restaurants and boutique shops opening is incredible . 5 surf shops & not one of them sells surfboards.
Beautiful spot. We have stayed at Cliff Top Villas, tip top views. I reckon that site had just been sold, development hadn't started,
Got to laugh at the surfshop situation, I struggled to find wax, let alone a board.
Decking continued. This time waste wood fibre combined with recycled plastic.
How’s the deft footwork on my hairy off-sider
He’s always on the job, waits at my car before I even turn the key every morning. AW
Hey AW
Loving the black. The yappy intense one too.
seeds wrote:Hey AW
Loving the black. The yappy intense one too.
Ah yes but can he pass the nail gun when asked?
GuySmiley wrote:seeds wrote:Hey AW
Loving the black. The yappy intense one too.Ah yes but can he pass the nail gun when asked?
GuySmiley. Hi mate. Hope ya cruising.
He is the most beautiful dog I’ve ever had.
Not a bone of malice in him, Kelpie, German Shepherd, Labrador, Blue Healer.
Super intelligent, he’s also a good bird watcher, loving when you’re ill.
I’ve never met another dog like him.
He’s a rescue dog, 8 years old, he walks people , not the other way around.
Not only can he pass the nail gun, he can fire it. AW
Nice one AW.
Is he checking level or did you just call "Smoko time."?
tubeshooter wrote:Nice one AW.
Is he checking level or did you just call "Smoko time."?
Tubeshooter Hi mate. He would if he could, he’s very inquisitive about the laser unit on the tripod spinning around.
He’s always looking for me to take him where there’s birds and water.
I was working near Sparrovale Wetlands, outer Geelong. AW
AlfredWallace wrote:GuySmiley wrote:seeds wrote:Hey AW
Loving the black. The yappy intense one too.Ah yes but can he pass the nail gun when asked?
GuySmiley. Hi mate. Hope ya cruising.
He is the most beautiful dog I’ve ever had.
Not a bone of malice in him, Kelpie, German Shepherd, Labrador, Blue Healer.Super intelligent, he’s also a good bird watcher, loving when you’re ill.
I’ve never met another dog like him.
He’s a rescue dog, 8 years old, he walks people , not the other way around.Not only can he pass the nail gun, he can fire it. AW
Great @AW, he looks a great mate …. mmm, there’s a mighty fine joke about a dog like yours, way too long to tell here with the punchline “well, he’s so clever he knows I don’t have an egg cup in the back of my ute!” You might know it.
It’s about time. Whether you are a ‘tradie’ or just a ‘weekend warrior’, us surfers like to think we can build stuff. So let it rip, let’s talk about anything to do with construction, be it, carpentry, timber, steel, painting, building, roofing, plumbing, drainage, paving, concreting, decks, pergolas, gazebos, retaining walls ( timber & masonry ), bricklaying, sheds, carports, garages, landscape construction, balconies, steps & stairs, skateboard ramps and half-pipes, cupboards, kitchens, bench tops and just about anything else your hands and brains can put together.