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Safe Travels and best wishes with your Ventures Tyler
Wishing our son Tyler, who has worked with us now for 4 years, all the very best for the next chapter in his life and his ventures over in Western Australia. Thanks for all your hard work during your time with us. Cheers and stay safe mate 🍻 🛠💦 #drilling #followinginstructions #lettingthepressureout #surprise #construction
Recycled Traffic Bridge Steel Beams #BHP #steel #house #construction #greensmart (at Mulwala, New South Wales)
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You can now follow us from the ground up on ‘Instagram’. Come and follow us knocking in the nails and building peoples dreams @walshesalternativeliving 🔨⛏🏠🗝
Between the Showers
Soggy and wet was the scene again this month on Site in North East Victoria. Between Showers and beating the rain - good work guys! ⛈💦
Teamwork makes the Dream Work
Achieving wonderful things, and getting the job done on the jobsite this month were the ever reliable teams from Purtle Electrical; AXT Plumbing and Walshe’s Alternative Living :)
Congratulations Joe!!
A great big 'Congratulations' 🎉🎉 to Joe Brewster (who is our daughter Marnie's boyfriend) on winning 2nd Year Apprentice of the year, and also 'Employee of the year' at the recent GTES Apprenticeship Awards held in Wagga Wagga last Friday night. Joe is currently completing his Electrical Apprenticeship with Jerilderie Electrics. Good on you Joe 💡🔌⚡️⚡️
Keeping it in the family
Welcome to our trainee junior office recruit Marnie, who will be helping us with the accounts and ordering side of the business on a casual basis for the second half of 2016 and during her 2017 gap year. Marnie is currently completing her HSC at Corowa High School and after her gap year will further her education at RMIT in Melbourne. Your help, positive outlook and calm demaneur is most welcome Marnie :)
Rain, Rain go away!
It has been the wettest July recorded in over two decades for North East Victoria – which doesn’t make for good building construction across the district.
Luckily in the Yarrawonga Area some of that rain has fallen overnight or in the early hours of the morning, although still a number of wild, windy and wet days that us builder’s have had to contend with, just like today :(
Quality Assurance from the Ground Up
In addition to our dedicated approach of striving for a top Quality finish on every job that we do, we now have all our supplied Concrete to site tested to make sure that it conforms to Australian Standards, giving you further reassurance that your new home will stand the test of time.
Rain, Hail or Shine!
Dodging the rain this week in blizzard conditions has been a tricky process for slab construction on this job site in rural Victoria. Luckily Darlene from Stickemon Signs completed the embroidery on our weatherproof jackets at lightening speed early on in the week. Thanks Darlene they look great 😃👏👏
2016 HIA Australian Housing Awards & National Conference
Well!, what a lovely time we had attending the HIA National Conference and Australian Housing Awards and listening to some very inspirational speakers;networking with other builders and contractors from across Australia; attending beach bbqs and street parties and drinking and eating to excess! in one of the most beautiful locations in Australia - Hamilton Island.
We were privileged to be chosen as one of 10 finalists and a joint finalist with our magnificent, and ever reliable Cabinet Makers Hargreaves Joinery - representing the state of Victoria, in the category of 'Bathroom of the Year'. Congratulations to Drew Moore Constructions from Tasmania on winning this category and to all the Winners and finalists on the night, and thanks to the HIA for organising such an absolutely amazing event 👏👏🍷🍻
Energy Efficiency from the Ground Up
We have adopted a new cost affective and energy efficient system for the concrete slab on one of our latest projects in Mulwala – ‘Cupolex’. Cupolex is a structural dome concrete slab system made from recycled non-toxic Polypropylene.
Also installed into the slab is one of the latest forms of Hydronic Heating available - Solar with gas boost – supplied and installed by Brad and the team from Lake Mulwala Heating and Cooling.
The Hydronic will heat up the concrete slab and create a thermal mass, which will retain heat for a longer period of time, therefore offering better energy efficiency and long term cost savings to the Owner in the years to come.
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New Chippie on the Block
Welcome onboard to our eager new adult Apprentice Jack Pieri. Jack is following his dream of becoming a Carpenter, and we wish him all the best. Good luck Jack :)
Taking Recycling to the next level
We are always thinking of ways we can reduce the Carbon Footprint on our environment, and we can all do our thing, whether large or small that will make an impact.
Re-utilising Building Materials left over from Demolition in to a new Building is just one way we ourselves as Builders are able to make a difference. You as a Land Owner and prospective Home Owner can also do your bit too. So if you are thinking of demolishing or renovating, have a think about salvaging and re-utilising some of the building materials, and reducing your Carbon Footprint. We think there should be more of this taking place in the Building Industry.
In this instance, we have taken Recycling to the next level.
This Building has been taken down using manual labour – no machinery so far (commonly a building would be screwed up into one heap by an excavator, taken to a transfer station, and at least upwards of 10 large truckloads would have ended up as landfill) 👎
5500 Bricks have been cleaned and re-stacked for future use on the new dwelling; the Joist and Bearer Timbers will be re-utilised and made into Timber Screens for the new dwelling. The Trusses will be re-utilised for the construction of an alfresco area on another site and even the Stumps have been saved for re-use down the track.
The Plaster was loaded on to a truck and taken to the local Transfer station - Only 3 small truckloads of rubbish from the Demolition so far. (Some transfer stations have recycling facilities for plaster also) The old Toilets, Basins, broken bricks and left over concrete are to go to a crushing facility where they can be crushed and re-utilised.
Happy Birthday!
A very happy 50th Birthday to our main man Marcus, who celebrated his milestone birthday during the week (and that means 32 years in the Building Industry as well !). My how time flys!
Out with the Old and in with the New!
To Demolish or not to Demolish? - sometimes it can be a hard decision for Home Owners to make, and is dependant on many factors. It is a good idea to do your Homework to find out what your best options are before you go ahead. Marcus and the team from Walshe’s Alternative Living can give you expert advise in this area with regards to whether it is cost effective to maintain the existing structure, or some of it, or to demolish and build a new Home.
Demolish! was the answer in this scenario for the Owners, and very dusty and dirty work it is. Almost one week down and a lot of work has been done - the boys are doing a fantastic job.
We are looking forward to Building the Brand New, Environmentally friendly and Contemporary Home that will take its place.
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Ornate Sandstone Classic
A sneaky peak of some of the finishing touches on this lovely Period Style Sandstone residence we completed recently