Desert Creek House

Excavation, retaining wall and slab

802 Desert Creek Road,
Numbugga via Bega NSW 2550
Phone: 6492 8498
Email: desertcreek(at)skymesh.com.au                        Back to Home Page   Return to "Building"

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If you want to see:
- the first chapter of the photos (excavation, retaining wall and slab)  Click here
- the second chapter: photos of the wooden structure and roof   Click here
- the third chapter: photos of the rammed earth walls  Click here
- the fourth chapter: exterior cladding, windows, first floor and inner walls  Click here
- the slide show: cladding of the south wall,  Click here   Play it twice! it works well only the second time (because of loading time)



First picture Cutting a tree which menaced falling on the future new house
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Taking away the topsoil
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Excavation
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Storing the soil in order to use it later for the rammed earth walls
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Footings with reinforcing rods
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Detail of reinforcing rods
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Concrete pump truck
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Concrete truck
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Pumping the concrete into the footings
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Vibrating the concrete in the toilet pit
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Finishing the surface
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Fresh concreted footings
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Fresh concreted footings
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Retaining wall - front part
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Retaining wall - side part with toilet pit
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Water inlet, grey water pipe and ventilation pipe
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Rain water pipe and grey water pipes
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Back side of the retaining wall with drainage, water outlet and ventilation pipes
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Watch a short video (40 sec - 3'918 kb) about backfilling behind the walls Be patient! You have probably to allow your virus protection to access this file by clicking somewhere in the protection bar (Click here for options - Allow blocked content), at the top of the window

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The new basement seen from the north side
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Digging for the footings for the posts
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Small hand concreting
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Small hand concreting
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Main beam of the basement
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Main beam of the basement
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Scaffolding
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The 2 main long beams of the basement
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Detail of the joiners
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Beams and joists - front part
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Beams and joists - front part
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Beams and joists - side part
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Basement - front part
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Basement - side part
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Detail post shoe
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Detail
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Washing the second hand corrugated iron
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Painting the second hand corrugated iron
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Fixing connectors
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Connectors
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Connectors ready to be fixed
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Basement with ceiling - front part
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Basement with ceiling - side part
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The side part seen from the top
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The side part seen from the top
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Like soldiers
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General view
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General view - front
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General view - side
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Upper footings with reinforcing trench meshes
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Reserves in the footings for post shoes
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The same for one post
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Post shoe after concreting
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Grey water pipes
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Footings with post shoes after concreting
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Pipes for the shower (in front) and for the heating wall (behind)
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Pipes and electricity below slab
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Drainage pipes below slab
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Drainage pipes continued
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Preparing the reinforcing mesh for the slab
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Props under slab
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Ready to be poured
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Ready to be poured continued
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Ready to be poured continued
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The big day: concreting of the slab
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Concreting of the slab
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The concrete pump
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Smooth!
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Helicopter
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Final product
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Final product continued
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Mirror

Have a look at the:
First chapter of the photos (excavation, retaining wall and slab)  Click here
Second chapter of the photos (wooden structure and roof)  Click here
Third chapter of the photos (rammed earth walls)  Click here
Fourth chapter of the photos (cladding, windows, first floor and inner walls)  Click here
Slide show: cladding of the south wall  Click here


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