The Stone Crew Blog » Renovations http://www.stonecrewblog.com Julian, Sarah and Jack's diary... Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:11:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 We have irrigation! http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2010/04/we-have-irrigation/ http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2010/04/we-have-irrigation/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:48:53 +0000 julian http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2010/04/we-have-irrigation/ I finally sussed out how to irrigate the property! Awesome!

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Ignore this pic below– it was a wee miscalculation of valves which saw the tank overflow. Needless to say I now know to shut off the house valve  ;-)

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]]> http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2010/04/we-have-irrigation/feed/ 0 The sign goes up! http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2010/04/the-sign-goes-up/ http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2010/04/the-sign-goes-up/#comments Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:50:44 +0000 julian http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2010/04/the-sign-goes-up/ We’ve been here a while so I thought it was a fitting time for the sign to go up. Looks good I think!

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]]> http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2010/04/google-super-spies/feed/ 0 Cut a tree down… http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2010/02/cut-a-tree-down/ http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2010/02/cut-a-tree-down/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:17:15 +0000 stonecrew http://www.stonecrewblog.com/?p=1058 There was a huge Beech tree outside the end bedroom. Not anymore! I attacked it with a chainsaw! :-) Lets the light in the room now.

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We managed to do a ‘deal’ with the local contractor. Free hay cutting for a free website  ;-) When they cut the hay we got 100 bales! Not bad!

]]> http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2010/01/the-day-the-hay-got-cut/feed/ 0 The office is nearly done! We’re moving in anyway! http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2009/11/the-office-is-nearly-done-were-moving-in-anyway/ http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2009/11/the-office-is-nearly-done-were-moving-in-anyway/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:10:37 +0000 julian http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2009/11/the-office-is-nearly-done-were-moving-in-anyway/

Here’s the ‘before’ shot when it was just a garage…

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And after the garage roller doors were removed, this is the finished outside… We wanted it to appear non-descript and plain  ;-)

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And now for the inside! We’re going to move in over the next day or two. Looking forward to it! A few bits left to do but we’ll knock them off over the next week or so.

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My office is the green corner cube  ;-)
We’re powered and wired for 5x workstations.

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Will tackle the kitchen over the next weekend. It’s kitset, so should be a doddle to whack together.

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Shower, toilet and laundry going in. Will be done in a day or two.

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Telecomms below going to the house.

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]]> http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2009/11/the-office-is-nearly-done-were-moving-in-anyway/feed/ 0 The new shed takes shape! http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2009/10/the-new-shedga-takes-shape/ http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2009/10/the-new-shedga-takes-shape/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:27:03 +0000 julian http://www.stonecrewblog.com/?p=865 We’re turning the current garage into an office. This means we won’t have a garage, so this is the new shed going up…

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]]> http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2009/09/work-starts-on-the-tree-hut/feed/ 0 Sarah’s arena gets a groom. Should be nice and bouncy now! http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2009/09/sarahs-arena-gets-a-groom-should-be-nice-and-bouncy-now/ http://www.stonecrewblog.com/2009/09/sarahs-arena-gets-a-groom-should-be-nice-and-bouncy-now/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:21:51 +0000 julian http://www.stonecrewblog.com/?p=814 After moving in we discovered that Sarah’s arena didn’t have a top surface. It was just a crusher dust base, but the previous owner had never put a surface on it. So unfortunately we needed to put 75 tonnes of sand on the top! The trucks came today at 8:30am…   Never boring at the Stones!

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