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More Roofing Adventures

October 28, 2017by John Stewart 1 Comment

As previously foreshadowed we had the roofing people back. This time we have had all the roof above the leak replaced. Several rubber seals on pipes that go through the […]

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Bathroom, Ceilings, roof, Tradepeople

Iron

June 22, 2016by John Stewart 3 Comments

The roofers had ordered the metal, fasteners, and new metal rubber fittings for what we hope will be the final roof repairs. That iron has now been delivered. This is […]

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Ceilings, roof

Up a ladder at 5:30am

June 4, 2016by John Stewart 3 Comments

We had hoped that the roof repairs were finalised with the last round of work finished before Easter. The occasional day of rain we had between then and now seemed […]

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Bathroom, Ceilings, Plumbing, roof

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining

February 23, 2016by John Stewart 5 Comments

While that is a quote from President John F. Kennedy’s January 11, 1962 State of the Union address it became real here at Cliftoria today. There was a shining sun […]

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Ceilings, roof, Tradepeople

Fiddling with the roof

February 13, 2016by John Stewart 1 Comment

The top bathroom between the two roof peaks. The water is coming in from the roof above the yellow board, which is above the green framed window. The week before […]

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Ceilings, roof, Tradepeople

If a single picture is worth a thousand words, are two pictures worth two thousand words?

February 6, 2016by John Stewart 2 Comments

On Australia Day (26 January 2016) I visited the St Clair Villa Museum (https://www.communityheritage.net.au/st-clair-villa), which is located down town. They were offering special tours of their kitchens. The local historical […]

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Construction as a house, History of Clifftoria, roof

Storming

January 31, 2016by John Stewart Leave a comment

For the last few days there have been many thunderstorms that have been rolling through here, almost on the hour, with sunshine in between. Late at night/first thing in the […]

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