Tales From the Box

If one engages with me in conversation, I can be heard describing our humble abode as a as a box on stilts (because….you know…it is!). Quite simply its a 1950′s beach house 70km from the beach (go figure…). Anyway today was a significant day – alas BRDay+7 did not feature the quiet hum of cement pouring, but more so the humble loss of one (of many) stilts. Our SE corner stilt has been replaced by a noggin support and stud wall. I assumed (in my ignorance and inept knowledge of building practices) that Ben the Builder (i.e. our builder) would build stud walls around these iron pillars. Alas I was wrong – apparently we will see the end to the metal pillars and a return to pine (so easily eaten by local termites).

Tomorrow looks more likely for cement action. The form work has been put up for the lounge slab and for the kitchen raised slab area (more about this to follow later).