With a lot going on, Ralph runs through the busy month of October. The progress is impressive, from a site of foundations to a fully constructed building! One of the many perks of prefabricating wall, floor and roof cassettes!
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Archive for October, 2014
Interview with Ralph Alphonso – The Month of October 2014
Video Diary: Floor and Wall Panels Construction
In just three days we had the whole 5×4 structure up, with everyone working in sequence to make sure it was a smooth process. See the video below of all three days, or head to our YouTube channel BarleyStore for the full 5×4 Hayes Lane Project playlist.
Installing the Floor, Roof and Walls: Days 2 and 3
Day two of the prefabricated installation went rapidly. The third and the fourth stories were assembled, the riggers doing a fantastic job to get all the pieces up there by crane safely and in one piece.
On the final day of the assembly the third story and rooftop went up, completing the assembly process. The final piece was the wooden beams that create the ‘roof’ of the rooftop hot-tub.
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- The top story
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- Top story views
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- Securing the final piece
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- Ladders replace stairs for now
To watch the whole time-lapse video see subsequent posts or head to our YouTube channel at Barley Store.
Installing the Floor, Roof and Walls: Day 1
The day has come! The walls, floors and roof arrived, with the truck driver from DWTT reversing down our narrow lane-way with his semitrailer.
Melbourne Cranes set up their crane, and began to lift the layers on top of the hollow block work. As with most prefabricated things, we hit a bit of a snag on the first layer, and had to make a few minor adjustments to the first roof/floor, but after that it began to go up smoothly.
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- Grand Designs got the run-down from Ralph
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- Melbourne Cranes at work
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- A very impressive truck driver
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- Minor alterations
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- The first roof going on
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- Walls arriving
Please also have a look at the time-lapse of the assembly process on our YouTube channel, Barley Store.
Roof Construction
Because we were having all the walls, floors and roof prefabricated off site, it meant the plumbing for the roof also needed to be done off site.
To allow for the rooftop deck to be laid over the top, Design Sheet Metal supplied a Custom Stainless Steel flat roof.
With another trip up to Drouin, we helped the guys from Atherton Plumbing waterproof and install the roof on the prefabricated wooden frame.
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- The underside, or face-down side of the roof
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- Waterproof sheeting
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- Stainless Steel layer for waterproofing
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- Watertight final product
Video Diary: Prefabricated Cassettes
The off-site construction of the prefabricated wall and floor panels all happened at Druin West Timber and Truss. We went up to take a look, so see the video below, or head to our YouTube channel BarleyStore for the full 5×4 Hayes Lane Project playlist.
Video Diary: Core-filled Block Work
Once the slab was down and set, it was time for the breeze-blocks to be laid for the bottom story of the build. These blocks are hollow, and are filled with E-crete for extra stability.
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- Hollow breeze-blocks
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- The breeze-blocks being filled with e-crete
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- Finished blockwork
Here’s quick time-lapse of the core-filled block work going up, and then being filled with the e-crete. See the video below, or head to our YouTube channel BarleyStore for the full 5×4 Hayes Lane Project playlist.