I haven't been producing any contributions here as I have been busily packing and arranging things for the big move.
The last word from up north on the farm was that they were awaiting the arrival of the pressure pump we purchased to supply better pressure to the house.
The pump had arrived and Ben returned to Sydney that day
The crane hadn't arrived either of the Mondays it was booked to remove the 20000litre cement water tank out of it's location to make way for the new 30000 & 24500 litre rain water tanks as well as the 5000 lire rain water tank on the header stand up the rise.
It wasn't until yesterday we received a call from the farm informing us that the crane had arrived & lifted the 5000 litre tank up on the 6 metre steel tank stand for supply greater pressure to the house.
Apparently the pressure is a lot better but still not great.
We suspect that may be as a result in the badly installed copper piping that may need replacing when we get back to the farm this week coming
But we will try the new pump first and if that doesn't improve the flow we'll install the new copper pipes.
I am going up for a week to take up the already cut out timber chook pen.
Was cheaper to buy it from Sydney and cut it and take up than to buy up there.
It may not get built right away as the painting on & in the house as is more important right now
Friday, November 28, 2008
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Signs Of Progress
Today is Sunday 16th Novemeber, 2008.........
The progress so far goes like this......very slowly lol
During the week meremale & brother commenced creating all new fly screen for the windows...good job boys.....glad to see you're not bludging whilst I'm breaking my back packing here.
After the disastrous findings of the copper pipes it has been decided to abort a plumber right now and see if the pressure pump we have purchased off Ebay, will surfice and give good pressure.
This will saved hundred in dollars as the pipes do appear to be in reasonable order
The water tanks have still not been put in postion as they are waiting the arrival of the crane to lift same in place
This should occur tomorrow....yeah right.....
The progress so far goes like this......very slowly lol
During the week meremale & brother commenced creating all new fly screen for the windows...good job boys.....glad to see you're not bludging whilst I'm breaking my back packing here.
After the disastrous findings of the copper pipes it has been decided to abort a plumber right now and see if the pressure pump we have purchased off Ebay, will surfice and give good pressure.
This will saved hundred in dollars as the pipes do appear to be in reasonable order
The water tanks have still not been put in postion as they are waiting the arrival of the crane to lift same in place
This should occur tomorrow....yeah right.....
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Beginning the Renovations......drama after drama
Today is Tuesday the 11/11........
I had received and call from mere male yesterday that he & his brother Billy, had started on one of the bedrooms to see what needed to be done.
Firstly they had to access the flooring under the old carpet where water had apparently filtered through from the laundry by previous tenants.
As they pulled the carpet back and exposed the floor board it did show a certain amount of rot where part of the flooring needed to be replaced.
They went to town and purchased the required timber flooring etc and started on it today.
As they pulled up the old flooring, part of the wall on the side where the water had filtered through, had to be broken away.
This exposed the copper water pipes, where much to their disgust, old plumbing works obviously not by a plumber had surfaced.
Where some of the copper piping was narrow leading into thicker copper piping and then back to thin piping hence creating the problem.
We were perplexed as to why the water pressure was so bad.
Where the pipe had been too long, some one had bent it in a 45 deg.angle cutting of the natural flow of water restricting the pressure.
After we had purchased expensive thicker hosing to run from the header tank up the hill and back to the house, thinking that would increase the flow, did we find we were wrong and now we know why.....
Now until a plumber attends works in that bedroom cease ....
I had received and call from mere male yesterday that he & his brother Billy, had started on one of the bedrooms to see what needed to be done.
Firstly they had to access the flooring under the old carpet where water had apparently filtered through from the laundry by previous tenants.
As they pulled the carpet back and exposed the floor board it did show a certain amount of rot where part of the flooring needed to be replaced.
They went to town and purchased the required timber flooring etc and started on it today.
As they pulled up the old flooring, part of the wall on the side where the water had filtered through, had to be broken away.
This exposed the copper water pipes, where much to their disgust, old plumbing works obviously not by a plumber had surfaced.
Where some of the copper piping was narrow leading into thicker copper piping and then back to thin piping hence creating the problem.
We were perplexed as to why the water pressure was so bad.
Where the pipe had been too long, some one had bent it in a 45 deg.angle cutting of the natural flow of water restricting the pressure.
After we had purchased expensive thicker hosing to run from the header tank up the hill and back to the house, thinking that would increase the flow, did we find we were wrong and now we know why.....
Now until a plumber attends works in that bedroom cease ....
The Long awaited arrival of 12x12 barn
I have only arrived back from my visit to the farm this past week end where I had been there for a week
I had purchased the paint for the house from Sydney as it was cheaper here plus I could chose what paints that were required
As the lower section of the house was all in one, being the kitchen, dining room & lounge all the walls were in stained pine as was previously mentioned.
The paint I chose for the pine walls was a bit more expensive but will be easier for the painters to apply
We unloaded the paint onto the front veranda along with the implements required
I had arrived on the Saturday where the weather was fine to find the American Style barn had been delivered the previous Friday but as the men that were going to erect it had only been in the AM the barn had not been delivered till the afternoon.
The 2 men were to arrive on the Monday to start the erection but it rained to so hard the didn't arrive.
Same for the crane that was to lift the water tanks and locate them in their places.
On the Tuesday the men came back and started the erection of the barn.
It's amazing to see only 2 men erect this huge barn....
as soon as I can find my camera, I will add photos.......I think I may have left it up the property.
Wednesday was yet another rainy day so no work done that day either.
But come Thursday the men came and put in 2 solid days to complete the erection of the barn.
I had purchased the paint for the house from Sydney as it was cheaper here plus I could chose what paints that were required
As the lower section of the house was all in one, being the kitchen, dining room & lounge all the walls were in stained pine as was previously mentioned.
The paint I chose for the pine walls was a bit more expensive but will be easier for the painters to apply
We unloaded the paint onto the front veranda along with the implements required
I had arrived on the Saturday where the weather was fine to find the American Style barn had been delivered the previous Friday but as the men that were going to erect it had only been in the AM the barn had not been delivered till the afternoon.
The 2 men were to arrive on the Monday to start the erection but it rained to so hard the didn't arrive.
Same for the crane that was to lift the water tanks and locate them in their places.
On the Tuesday the men came back and started the erection of the barn.
It's amazing to see only 2 men erect this huge barn....
as soon as I can find my camera, I will add photos.......I think I may have left it up the property.
Wednesday was yet another rainy day so no work done that day either.
But come Thursday the men came and put in 2 solid days to complete the erection of the barn.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Chapter 8.2
About August again, we had found the water tanks on Ebay to suit us.
We ordered them and awaited a call for a delivery date.
The first one to be delivered was the smaller header tank.
We had not received a call but was not worried as we weren't actually in a hurry as yet.
I had called the farm house early September to talk to the tenant about something where he mentioned that a tank had been sitting way up on the back road in to the property for about a month now which would have been delivered not long after the ordering of all tanks.
Maybe they had the 5000 litre already sitting in site to be delivered, the larger ones would have had to be produced.
I contacted my contact for the water tanks who was astounded that the tank was just placed in the middle of no-where ,where it could have been taken by any one
My contact then contacted the company that delivers the tanks to sort it out.
I was assured that the correct tank would arrive in a day or so......a few days later I received a call here in Sydney, from a man who was up just out side Grafton on the way out to deliver a new smaller tank and he would be picking up the tank left on the road...
Again a comedy of errors......
It was about a week later that the large tanks arrived.
A 30000 litre and a 24500 litre
By this time James had arrived to receive the tanks.
The tanks are now in location awiting the arrival of a crane to lift them into their respective places.
We ordered them and awaited a call for a delivery date.
The first one to be delivered was the smaller header tank.
We had not received a call but was not worried as we weren't actually in a hurry as yet.
I had called the farm house early September to talk to the tenant about something where he mentioned that a tank had been sitting way up on the back road in to the property for about a month now which would have been delivered not long after the ordering of all tanks.
Maybe they had the 5000 litre already sitting in site to be delivered, the larger ones would have had to be produced.
I contacted my contact for the water tanks who was astounded that the tank was just placed in the middle of no-where ,where it could have been taken by any one
My contact then contacted the company that delivers the tanks to sort it out.
I was assured that the correct tank would arrive in a day or so......a few days later I received a call here in Sydney, from a man who was up just out side Grafton on the way out to deliver a new smaller tank and he would be picking up the tank left on the road...
Again a comedy of errors......
It was about a week later that the large tanks arrived.
A 30000 litre and a 24500 litre
By this time James had arrived to receive the tanks.
The tanks are now in location awiting the arrival of a crane to lift them into their respective places.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Chapter 8.1
2008 This is the year James retired but since his retirment I have been unable to visit the property due to knee surgery.
It was about August we ordered the American style barn.
James went to the property to arrange the construction of the 12x12 slab for the barn.
By going himself , he has managed to save quite a few thousands of dollars by purchasing the rio, the chairs,the plumbing items,the sand for the concrete and ordering the concrete from town.
It took 3 truck loads to do the slab.
We also saved money by having some one other than the shed company to lay the slab.James's brother had a friend from QLD come down for 3 days to lay the slab.
According to James,the man did a maticulous job not leaving a cm out of line.
Night time found them around a camp fire enjoying a "bevvy" Scottish for a drink.
Now we await the arrival of the barn which is surposedly to arrive this week.
It was about Early August I had started to contact Telstra to have the phone connected in the farm house.
The operators could not find that there was ever an existance of a phone line ever being connected in the house.
This was not true as the tenants that were the workers in town had the phone one whilst they lived there.
I could not remember the phone number nor could I find out where they lived to ask.
I tried several times to convince them there had been a line there, they just wouldn't have it...
As this time it was a Friday and the surposed excnage the line went through was close they couldn't talk to any one about it so I had to wait until the Monday.
Monday came and yes they found a line and gave me a new number BUT then they decided no , not that number we'll give you this one...
It became a comedy of errors from go to whoa for the connection until about 2 weeks later a line was connected and we had lift off....
It was about August we ordered the American style barn.
James went to the property to arrange the construction of the 12x12 slab for the barn.
By going himself , he has managed to save quite a few thousands of dollars by purchasing the rio, the chairs,the plumbing items,the sand for the concrete and ordering the concrete from town.
It took 3 truck loads to do the slab.
We also saved money by having some one other than the shed company to lay the slab.James's brother had a friend from QLD come down for 3 days to lay the slab.
According to James,the man did a maticulous job not leaving a cm out of line.
Night time found them around a camp fire enjoying a "bevvy" Scottish for a drink.
Now we await the arrival of the barn which is surposedly to arrive this week.
It was about Early August I had started to contact Telstra to have the phone connected in the farm house.
The operators could not find that there was ever an existance of a phone line ever being connected in the house.
This was not true as the tenants that were the workers in town had the phone one whilst they lived there.
I could not remember the phone number nor could I find out where they lived to ask.
I tried several times to convince them there had been a line there, they just wouldn't have it...
As this time it was a Friday and the surposed excnage the line went through was close they couldn't talk to any one about it so I had to wait until the Monday.
Monday came and yes they found a line and gave me a new number BUT then they decided no , not that number we'll give you this one...
It became a comedy of errors from go to whoa for the connection until about 2 weeks later a line was connected and we had lift off....
Chapter Four
2007. Was uneventful as James we busy with work commitments and mostly what we did was not involving going to the property.
We busied our selves in making plans by searching the internet for the information we require for raising cattle, cheese production of which we want to do when we milk the cows.
The cattle we chose are an Irish breed in Dexter cattle.
The reason we chose this breed after much research of the pros and cons of breeds was that this breed are small in stature,docile and make the best milk for cheese making.
These reasons suit us well as neither of us are big in stature ourselves and the docile nature is just what we require due to our ages.
We have purchased electric fencing so that we can move them about to eat the grasses but as the ground is poor in condition, riddled in rocks & stones, it will take us a long time to clear to a satisfactory condition for sowing grasses .
The Fodder solutions Unit I have mentioned above chapter 3, will take care of the need for feed until such times the gorund is suitable
Another way we plan to assist with raising rocks & stone to the surface in the poorer areas on the ground, is by building portable pigs styes to house the pigs with portable water tanks so that they can wallow in the mud & dirt digging up the rocks & stone enabling us to remove and stock pile.
The pigs of our choice are Berkshire for the quality of their pork.
It was in this year I was searching Ebay for farm implements and found a 6 metre tall water tank stand in close proximity to the property.
It now stand high & proud awaiting the 5000 litre tank to be lifted ontop.
This tank will be the new head feeder for presuure for the house for the showers.
We busied our selves in making plans by searching the internet for the information we require for raising cattle, cheese production of which we want to do when we milk the cows.
The cattle we chose are an Irish breed in Dexter cattle.
The reason we chose this breed after much research of the pros and cons of breeds was that this breed are small in stature,docile and make the best milk for cheese making.
These reasons suit us well as neither of us are big in stature ourselves and the docile nature is just what we require due to our ages.
We have purchased electric fencing so that we can move them about to eat the grasses but as the ground is poor in condition, riddled in rocks & stones, it will take us a long time to clear to a satisfactory condition for sowing grasses .
The Fodder solutions Unit I have mentioned above chapter 3, will take care of the need for feed until such times the gorund is suitable
Another way we plan to assist with raising rocks & stone to the surface in the poorer areas on the ground, is by building portable pigs styes to house the pigs with portable water tanks so that they can wallow in the mud & dirt digging up the rocks & stone enabling us to remove and stock pile.
The pigs of our choice are Berkshire for the quality of their pork.
It was in this year I was searching Ebay for farm implements and found a 6 metre tall water tank stand in close proximity to the property.
It now stand high & proud awaiting the 5000 litre tank to be lifted ontop.
This tank will be the new head feeder for presuure for the house for the showers.
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