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TUFF FORDS
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: cairns
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OK here's some pics of the units that we are building, for anyone thats interested i will post pics every Fri of the weeks progress.. any way these are of the first block of 6 units and will be 4 story's high there will also be another block of 6 also 4 story's high
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Bundoora
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It's always good to see progress of a project from start to finish, I always take pics of my landscape jobs throughout also to show others and to put on the website.
Is the reo that high to support the blockwork or is it for the cyclone rating protection? |
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TUFF FORDS
Join Date: Jun 2006
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it's for the block work, the first 1500 is a retaining wall also, i'll have pics of blocks etc tomorrow arvo
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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I'd imagine in C2 wind conditions it'd need that sort of reinforcement...
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TUFF FORDS
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: cairns
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almost half of the reo you see (the shorter M12 bars) will bend over and tie the floor slab to the retaining wall from there the blocks will go up to the second suspended slab and so on..
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Nikon
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Wollongong
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NIce project
is it all sold off the plan cheers |
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TUFF FORDS
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: cairns
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there not being built to sell, they are built to live in one and rent the rest..
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i'm baaaack....
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: workin on something
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sounds like a good plan protd,
enough to retire on? |
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Clevo Mafia Inc.
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With the market value in Cairns growing @ 17% per year and the median house price being 350k this project will kick some goals.
Good to see it off the ground Lee. |
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Weezland
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Sydney,workshop mod
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Looking good mate.
Dont look like you'll have much time for the car in the near future. Best of luck with the job.. |
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Where to next??
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Sydney
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Looks good, but if possible can you post the images correctly (right orientation) so it's easier on the eye to take in
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TUFF FORDS
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Location: cairns
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I'm no computer nerd sorry if i take the pic with them on a angle thats the way I'm going to post them ![]() yeah Nick I'm happy it's finally started hey, there is going to be some really stressful days ahead over the next 12 months.. not allot of time for the car tony, but I'll do my best to squeeze in a few days here and there, just have to try and make sure the old whip cracker has her eye's of me so i can sneak a few in ![]() |
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Weezland
Join Date: Aug 2005
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But these toys cost money,and without the hard yakka none of us would have them.. |
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Cairns,Queensland
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What street are the units on Lee? Looks familiar.
Oh, and one of those starters was 1/8" out of line. Pretty shoddy mate. |
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TUFF FORDS
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Location: cairns
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brown street worree mike first turn left of toogood,
thats the one the apprentice tied in place, i'll give him 30 lashes tomorrow thanks for pointing that out.. |
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Two > One
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Adelaide
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whats the construction methodology?
FRP fooings, reinforced masonary walls(or precast concrete?), prestressed floors? The reo in the walls looks quite minimal looks way to small to be for an insitu concrete wall N16 @400? Always enjoy looking at projects from day one.
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the walls are block all the way to the top no tilt walls etc the floors are all suspended slab, the reo is not to small for the construction design..
just wait you will see weekly pics of it going together and see that all is in order, if anything this place has been over engineered, it would not get built this way for a paying customer as the would not want to pay the bill at the end of the job.. |
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Is precast floor panels (hollowcore/deltacore) feasable for this style of construction? Keep the pics flowing looks fantastic.
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TUFF FORDS
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not sure mate, have not looked into it
i'll update pics every wend if people are interested, i take pics for my own personal files so i dont mind sharing them.. |
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My young fella "Paddy"
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Brisbane North
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Now this is what I do miss about not building anymore. I will be subscribing to this thread for sure. Great work mate.
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The Duke
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Central Coast NSW
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Love this, thanks for sharing.
We aim to develop soon too.
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TUFF FORDS
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Location: cairns
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() not allot to see really this week just a few blocks laid and some sand dumped getting ready to start setting up for the first slab, this week will be screeding sand to 125mm from the top of the blocks and laying plastic and tying the steel, should have first slab poured late in the week hopefully Last edited by protd; 31-08-2007 at 09:50 PM. |
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Adapt or perish...
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Dip!@#$
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Jeez you aren't stuffing around...
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TUFF FORDS
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have not really busted our ***** yet, but once we get the scaffolding up then it's all go, at the moment it's just me and the apprentice on the job, but soon there will be a few others getting put on, we hope to have all 12 complete in around 8-9 months..
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Brisbane
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Was gonna say, council are still trying to rear end me still 3 months afetr submission...
CANT WAIT to see footings on my project!!! Good work. P.S. Howd you get 4 stories approved, looks pretty flat around you from the photos?
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Bundoora
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Progressing well mate
I'm doing a similar job at the moment, but without the building, just the footings and besser block walls. Last week I had to dig down a trench 2m deep to get to stable ground at the fill end of a site cut, and fill with concrete, for a section of wall that will be 400mm high.... The good thing is you'll save a packet doing a lot of the works yourself. One area where builders stitch up customers hardcore is in the site works ie. excavation, footings, slabs etc. |
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krunch krunch hsv 4 lunch
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: hangin with Chopper at Bojangles
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Good stuff Lee, will be following this one.
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FORMERLY TX3DUDE
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: "THE GONG"
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good luck dude looks good so far
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