What's Up Skip?

So, you're probably wondering where all the old bricks, old Barry's, Old Joyce's went?
On the front Porch of course, (and it's the smallest front porch in the world).
It just kept piling up, I was beginning to wonder if there was any dirt left under the house (?)

So we got a Skip Bin, and filled that up to!
This is a 6 x cubic metre skip bin, it's 3 metres in length, maybe 2 metres wide, and over 1 metre tall.
Cost = AUD $380, (which was the best price we found, so call Ezy bins, they also deal with the council fees on your behalf) and things to remember - it takes up a few car spots!

When Barry Met Joyce

After the floorboards came up, we could see what was happening underneath.. it looked like we needed to clear out some dirt, buy some new timber and re-stump the house.

It was a sand pit.... for a while... and then Awesome Dan and Awesome Trent came in and introduced us to Barry & Joyce (that's bearers and joists for anyone wanting to get personal & technical) I've only just met them, so I'll call them Barry & Joyce.

Here's a pic of the sandpit plus the beginnings of Barry & Joyce:


The guys worked so fast, I think they had new Barry's & Joyce's down in less than 2 days (don't ask me which one is Barry and which one is Joyce) I have no clue!
Compared to the old ones, you can actually see that the old ones were in pretty bad condition:

Old:


New:


Old:


New:


Old Hallway:


New Hallway:


Meanwhile... this guy seems to know which one's Barry & which one's Joyce.. or he just misses his sand pit.


So the next stage in this exciting game is plumbing.. whilst the floors don't exist, Stu needs to lay all the pipes for the new bathroom, plus all the pipes for the new Hydronic Heating we're planning to install, plus lay some cables and any other stuff that needs to happen under the floors...