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Project Pemberton: Dam

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Getting started in the target area. So I said to my building inspector, "I don't need the extra water right now, what else can I do to meet the requirement? He said "Put a dam in! I said "with a pump, and pipes up to the house and all that? No, the water just has to exist on the block.". Well, that is pretty straight forward - just get a hole dug - caveat met, house signed off! It's karri country, so there will be white clay around there somewhere. White clay is the best clay to line a dam with. Firstly,...

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Project Pemberton: Offer

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Well you've found your block, and it is time to put in an offer. What do you do? Like almost all land for sale in the country it is through a real estate agent. The asking price was $AUD99,500 (2002). But what does that mean, really? Rather fortunately, we bought the block just before the area went into a price hike; the value of the block doubled in 3-4 years! It didn't take long until I looked back and thought "bargain." ;). Now let me give you the offer tips I discovered:.

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Project Pemberton: Block Hunt

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Project Pemberton: Block Hunt. Searching for the ideal block to build you dream holiday house on needs to be carefully considered. The block hunt started in the late 90's. During our few times a year visit to the southwest, we'd stop in various real estate agents, grab a for sale list and and go for a drive. The areas we visited were narrowed down to the triangle formed between Nannup, Manjimup and Pemberton. Below are samples of some of the blocks we looked at. Another lot in the same subdivision.

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Project Pemberton: Clearing the Block

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Project Pemberton: Clearing the Block. Clearing an area of land to build your house on is a pretty important first step. You want to clear a good sized area, but not so big that you are pushing away what made you buy the block in the first place! I then carried on taking level samples throughout the building envelope and marking them off on a map, plotting lines of level as they became apparent. Trees 5 and 6. All I needed to do now was get the area cleared. I rang the fire captain and he told me he had ...

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Project Pemberton: Preparation for the House

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Project Pemberton: Preparation for the House. Once you have cleared the area around your house site, it's time for measuring, spirit levels and stringlines. While you are thinking carefully, measuring carefully and double checking everything - where do you live while doing all this preparation? Would have been a beauty for its day - tandem axle, plenty of space, all the fruit - but it is pretty run down. It towed okay (slowly) and required a bit of TLC upon arrival. Acquiring" the van from my mates place.

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Project Pemberton: First stop - Shed

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Project Pemberton: First stop - Shed. Well it seems pretty obvious to me that the first thing that needs to happen when building your country cottage is to get a shed up. Where else are you going to keep all your gear while you build? Primarily to store all the stuff you need down there under lock and key, but also as a bit of shelter when it is raining heavily, somewhere to sleep during construction that has a bit more room than say the back of your car, and lastly because sheds are blokey and good.

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Project Pemberton: Flora

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One of the reasons anyone goes bush is to get back to nature. The Pemberton house is in a forest so there is plenty of nature all around to discover. I learned a lot in the first ten years about the native plants, about the invasive weeds, what happens when land is cleared, what happens when a fire goes through. It's interesting stuff, in case you are ever in the area, here is some notes I've taken about the flora that I have come across. Young stand of Karri. A tiny Karri just starting out. Karri Wattle...

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Project Pemberton: The Roof

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Project Pemberton: The Roof. Continuing with the truss theme, the roof is a whole pile of trusses that the roof is screwed to. Well, nearly. The demo home was exposed trusses under a pine lining in the main area and ceiling'd trusses in the bedrooms but with exposed trusses there isn't enough room above to get the minimum insulation in as required by law. The centre trusses are a different configuration. This is so that the big glue laminated ridge beam (glulam beam) has something to attach to. B...Dad a...

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Project Pemberton: House Plasterboard

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Project Pemberton: House Plasterboard. Putting up plasterboard - that stuff that you look at when you are looking at the internal walls of your steel or timber house - has been done for a long time, and the methods are pretty standard these days. You probably noticed on the previous page some completed plasterboard. Let's discuss! Furring channel is screwed underneath the bottom of the trusses, not just for something to attach the ceiling to, but also to rigidify the bottom chord of the trusses. Well, si...

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Project Pemberton: House Floor System

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Project Pemberton: House Floor System. One of the things I liked about this particular kit was the truss flooring system, it's an innovative design. The whole house sits on 10 piles (ie the poles that are concreted into the ground), some bearers stretch out across the piles and finaly a whole lot of floor trusses sit on that. Simple, effective. String out the bearers. String out the floor trusses. No way I'd need that many! A Senco Framing Gun. Nailgun is another tool that I'd be putting on my "must have...