25/06/2021
Movement Control Orders and partial business lockdowns in the too long fight against Covid 19 and no paying work as a result. Our business is not considered essential, even though I could provide a valid argument to the alternative.
In the meantime, we have been busy finishing off the backyard landscape at Home. MCO is good for that.
Philosophy has been to develop spaces within the space, but all with connection. Project strictly done on a base budget of recycled or salvaged materials and what I can buy at the local timber/hardware store as travel is restricted due to MCO.
The end result? I love it, the family loves it and the strictly limited amount of friends that have visited love it.
One final piece in the spatial puzzle was the installation of timber deck taking advantage of a steep rear slope to the property and adding another space option that has Tardis like made the backyard feel much larger than it actually is.
All structural timbers are well seasoned ex internal house framing, salvaged from roadside waste bins. Deck top is basic formwork timber extremely cheap. Was lucky, and found a small amount tucked away in the back corner of the timber yard. It has now seasoned up reasonably well, some a bit bent, but with a bit of grunt straightened them during the install process. Is much better than the quite green fresh formwork timber they had near the front. It has been coated with two coats of clear Polyurethane.
Steps are left over bricks, all dry stacked with a judicious few being glued. Timber riser is more of the salvaged, and thoroughly coated three times in sealer. Reinforcing bar for support posts salvaged from my old job site. Two timber posts are what is leftover from the salvages structure timbers. Had some fun with the power saw re-shaping.
Actual steps a from a few bags of left over 3/4 inch rock, placed in and hard packed with mash hammer, fine sand watered in and compacted again, topped by a 50/50 sand/ cement mix gently watered in and allowed to set. Again, sand and cement were some small leftovers from previous jobs. Had just enough. Phew!
Enjoy the pics!
