Denali Demo and Rebuild

[Pushka]

After two weeks of rain delay our rear stormwater started and we now own a hole in the ground

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Of course, this would be the day after I sprayed 15ltrs of Roundup on the weeds, which the excavator tore up ... or as Mr Denali calls it, me going scorched earth with unlimited supply of RUP

Before yesterdays RUP efforts and todays excavator tearing it up - I was so looking forward to watching the weeds die off, its quite therapeutic

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So this pit is to take rainwater run off from roof and it isn't required to be pushed to the external gutter?

 

[Denali]

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So this pit is to take rainwater run off from roof and it isn't required to be pushed to the external gutter?

Looks like its for the water runoff from the driveway.

The gutter run off goes to the rainwater tank and if thats full, its pushed to the street

 

[Quickstatus]

Roundup

Ive used up all the Roundup you gave me some years ago

I have upgraded to Payload where nothing grows for 9 months after spraying (but each 93g sachet makes 200L, i just measure out a little at a time)

 

[Denali]

Today is one year from when we started demo.

 

[Denali]

Ive used up all the Roundup you gave me some years ago

I have upgraded to Payload where nothing grows for 9 months after spraying (but each 93g sachet makes 200L, i just measure out a little at a time)

I prefer not to pay for my weed control

 

[tgh]

Hypocrisy corner.. the hypocrite is..IN
One the one hand I could not live without roundup and buy it by the 20l drum.
OTOH I have serious concerns about the ecological damage from regularly spraying thousands of tonnes
of the stuff over almost all our arable cropping land.
I suspect most city folks have no idea ….

 

[Quickstatus]

I prefer not to pay for my weed control

just concrete everything then

 

[prozac]

Hypocrisy corner.. the hypocrite is..IN
One the one hand I could not live without roundup and buy it by the 20l drum.
OTOH I have serious concerns about the ecological damage from regularly spraying thousands of tonnes
of the stuff over almost all our arable cropping land.
I suspect most city folks have no idea ….

I've used a bit of glyphosate, nothing like your consumption @tgh , to control weeds like lantana. Whilst I understand the beneficial use of glyphosate in effective farm management I'll just point out there is a legal case running in Sydney trying to show connection between Roundup product use and non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Make sure you are adequately protected when using it.

 

[Quickstatus]

arable cropping land

Most of suburbia is hardly arable cropping land
Just go to Harris Farm

 

[Denali]

My opinion is as long as you dont bath in it regularly or drink it, its safe for household use.

Farmers that were drenched in it for weeks on end, for years on end can not compare to the average home owner that is killing the weeds a couple of times per year.

 

[tgh]

Make sure you are adequately protected when using it

I guess if the Glyphosate doesn't get me the Chlorpyrifos will.
A famous actor once said in a Movie.. you gotta die of sumpthin'

My dad was a chemical fan and had every (now banned ) chemical ever seen in his regular coughnal.
Commenting on the smelly cough all over his apricot trees (admittedly covered in a magnificent crop ) he scoffed at our
concerns and grabbed an ate a chemical covered 'cot to prove his point.
The whole orchard stank of chemicals and we were quite thoughtful about it all
The pob passed on at 90….

 

[prozac]

My opinion is as long as you dont bath in it regularly or drink it, its safe for household use.

Farmers that were drenched in it for weeks on end, for years on end can not compare to the average home owner that is killing the weeds a couple of times per year.

Any situation where you are mixing it puts you at risk as does broad spraying. It never used to worry me when I got it on my hands and uncovered legs. If I remembered I'd wash it off later. I think the case is based around the lack of warnings regarding handling and use.

 

[Denali]

Any situation where you are mixing it puts you at risk as does broad spraying. It never used to worry me when I got it on my hands and uncovered legs. If I remembered I'd wash it off later. I think the case is based around the lack of warnings regarding handling and use.

Mr Denali and I are first gen aussies, meaning our parents were migrant take any jobs they could people

Between coming home covered in asbestos dust from decommissioning naval boats and many other industry waste, we might have built up an immune system or are a ticking time bomb - even more reason to enjoy the now.

I use to have a blackberry poison that the guys would bring in for me and it was triple wrapped in plastic and they wore gloves and gave me verbal warnings about how dangerous it was

 

[Denali]

More very short tradie visit. While the plumbers are working on the rear storm water pipe thingy we just had a 30min visit from the tiling people so maybe a inspection and clean for handover?

And this afternoon we have a landscape architect visiting as we going to redo our landscaping DA to change a few things.

 

[prozac]

Mr Denali and I are first gen aussies, meaning our parents were migrant take any jobs they could people

Between coming home covered in asbestos dust from decommissioning naval boats and many other industry waste, we might have built up an immune system or are a ticking time bomb - even more reason to enjoy the now.

I use to have a blackberry poison that the guys would bring in for me and it was triple wrapped in plastic and they wore gloves and gave me verbal warnings about how dangerous it was

I used to work with plenty of asbestos. People over-react to the word. I used to say they should be more worried about silicosis. All that is starting to come to the fore now and I feel sad for the tradies who worked with the stuff not being told to use correct breathing protection.
Plenty of old mechanics who worked with brake linings developed asbestosis too. Bloody dust is the problem.

 

[Quickstatus]

we going to redo our landscaping DA to change a few things.

Ah , so you are concreting everything?

Today is one year from when we started demo.

And your neighbours - where are they at now?

 

[Denali]

Ah , so you are concreting everything?

Council would have a meltdown - thats for after OC

And your neighbours - where are they at now?

Bob looks like hes up to tiling but looks like he had a dishwasher delivery the other day, by the size of the box and the way he ran out of his rental to the his house. We rarely see Mrs Bob or the kids so I wonder how Mrs Bob is managing - because I would have been a basket case by now. He demo'd Nov/Dec 2022 and by memory he didnt get a slab until May or June and a lot of yelling on the phone. We demo'd Feb 27th, handed over March 31st and got our slab by mid March by memory.

 

[Quickstatus]

I wonder what the solution is if a builder demos but then does not build for months.

Or part builds the frame but leave it exposed to the elements

 

[Denali]

Rarely the builder demos, its the owner. We demo'd a couple of weeks early just in case our site needed some rectification

Once you sign your contact, you have your start date and (hopefully) slab pour date. We signed our contract end of January 2023 with site handover date being March 31st.

Mr Denali's friend signed with our builder and they have been the same. She demo'd, by choice, last last year and hand over was Feb 1st and her slab is poured and frames started already.

I look at Bob's builder and I wonder how people find these never heard of before builders. Were they sold a lot of house for little price so they scramble to find tradies?

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We also have a contact end date, 45 week build and after that its liquidated damages, providing builder doesnt put a claim in for additional time due to weather or ???

We've only had one time delay request for a couple of days and that was mid winter. Ive been expecting one for the last 2 weeks of bad weather as we're now after 45 weeks. I havent brought it up to my construction manager yet, just pushing for the last of this works before I email them to confirm start and finish date so I can do the liquidated calcs

 

[Black Duck]

I wonder what the solution is if a builder demos but then does not build for months.

Or part builds the frame but leave it exposed to the elements

Sort of similar - I have a friend nearly at the end of a build. Builder put up the frame -with multiple faults then just left it for months. It also happened to another property close by -same company. Both places were ruined. The builder was just going to continue but fortunately a new project manager came on board- result is thankfully both have been demolished and rebuilt. They did need to raise the issue with the authority before that manager changed.