The closest photo we have of what it looked like when we moved in. June, 2012. |
The retaining wall holes get dug |
With the help of foreman Robin the posts get concreted in. |
Lyon is never far away, lending a hand with the diggin. |
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The wall timber gets put in place |
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The dead flax bushes get lumped into the wall as a filler. |
Soil goes into the retaining wall |
Jack hammering out the concrete slab where the washing line used to be |
The trench drain gets dug |
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Olive seems happy with the trench |
The torrential rain was gushing in from the neighbours |
Our drain on our driveway couldn't cope with the onslaught (but cleared pretty quickly) |
The end of the drain - gushing |
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Enjoying the morning sunshine on the retaining wall |
Gini gets to work on the side of the house |
Lyon having some timeout from the diggin |
Dirt, everywhere. |
Week 1 Pano - August 2012 |
Pondering the deck |
Gini attacks a tree with an axe. Hardly makes a scratch. |
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Week 2 Pano - August 2012 |
Tom moves the tree to a new home |
Week 3 Pano - August 2012 |
The tree in it's new home |
The retaining wall with it's new plants. |
The blossom is on it's way! |
Week 4 Pano - September 2012 |
Mud, glorious mud. |
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Week 5 Pano - September 2012 |
The blossom has arrived! |
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The deck construction begins. The old steps get destroyed. |
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The holes are dug with a pile hole borer. |
Tom even gets out there and lends a hand. |
The piles go down. |
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Ready for the concrete. |
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The wood arrives! Too big to fit down the drive, so it is shunted through the bush. |
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Concrete delivery. |
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The piles are concreted |
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The bearers and the joists go down. |
As well as strip for Lyon |
The ramp structure is in place. |
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The decking continues to go down at the rate of knots. |
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Lyon, as helpful as ever |
The back retaining wall is up as the first iteration of steps is constructed. |
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Starting to look like a real deck now |
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Olive enjoys the indoor, outdoor flow. |
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Dave constructs the new step design. Very tricky angles. |
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Andy pops up for fish and chips in the sun on the deck. |
A frosty morning before we have visitors for our first BBQ. |
The steps and the seating is in place. |
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The completed ramp. |
All done! The deck builders extraordinaire on top of the steps. |
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The completed deck, in all it's glory. |
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