Its the last week of the course~ and i just wana say THANK YOU to every member who works in Dave's house from day 1 till now and still exist lol~~ Bobby, Dolphin, Dave, Morris , Matthew and Tim. You guys been awesome and lets enjoy the last week of Unitec :)

(the photo above is for the people who left the group and bitxh away*) Eg. sonny ...

Carpentry thoughout the year 2011-9

Dave showing us how to make backing blocks.... cause he wants a LV 5 finishes??
Student screwing the board (jokes)
Dave fixing ceiling Gib, also telling us the difference between TE/SE BL1 and Aq
Insulation

Carpentry thoughout the year 2011-8

To reduce waste, we carefully mark and cut every weatherboard

Cedar weatherboard claddding~~ it was fun to paint the weatherboard too.

Carpentry thoughout the year 2011-7

Dave teaching us how to measure and cut the soffit board

Dave telling us there must be no hammer mark on the soffit board


Dave showing us how to fix building paper~

Carpentry thoughout the year 2011-6

Fixing Scaffolding: Dave is very concern about our safety, therefore we have the check the scaffold every morning before stepping on it.

we then fix roof truss

Carpentry thoughout the year 2011-5

Adjusting to wall frame, making sure is flat straight


Wall framing : Each frame was given a number, basically we just have join the wall frame according from the plan which was provide from the manufacturer .

First we located the frame to its correct position, fix two frame with a nail plate at top, adjust the frame til its plumb/ level and fix the bottom.

Carpentry thoughout the year 2011-4

Subfloor: installing foil paper and flooring, student marking the nail position on the floor. and applying adhesive between boards. Flooring must be fix within 15mins after applying adhesive.

Carpentry thoughout the year 2011-3

Subfloor, fixing nogs and boundary joist, green treated timber frame located in wet area such as bathroom and kitchen and pink frame is for dry area.

Again, Dave teaching us how to fix nogs

Carpentry thoughout the year 2011-2

First on site experience was doing the Profile by using a dumpy level.. after that was the Foundation of the house,fixing piles and etc... in the photo below Dave was teaching us how to fix the boundary joist.

Carpentry thoughout the year 2011-1

First month of the course, Dave was teaching us how to use the tools in the workshop.

making saw stool from hand tools

Assignments

Hi,
I require ALL outstanding assignments by the end of this week as i need to start entering your grades. Last chance. If any problems come and see me or give me a call. Those who have not done BUIT 4544 could you print out your assignment from moodle to save me some time when i am marking them. See you all on Wenesday.
Thanks.

Three weeks to go!

Hi,
Only three weeks to go. I was shocked to only have received a few assignments(BUIT 4544) The ones i have got i have marked. At this stage of the course i require all outstanding assignments as soon as possible so i can collate your marks.The houses have to be finished so we all need to put in a big effort to get them complete.If we all turned up on time and stayed all day we will achieve this without a problem. This Wednesday we probably will start our presentation on BUIT 4545 so be prepared for this. We also have to tidy up the last presentation so those who have not completed this you know who you are.
See you all Wednesday.

Nov 9th 2011 - Gib

Hi All,

This week some of us will finish off Gibbing and moving on to hanging Doors & installing interior trim's (these includes cornice/scotia, skirting, architrave and lately door stop). It would pay to read the notes in moodle.unitec.ac.nz, and grasp ideas as to how things are to be done before showing up to class, that way while doing the practical you will find out the "why's" instead of knowing just the "how's"..

Also, its a week to due date for 4545, remember there's 2x5 mins presentation attach to it. Be there or be squared! lol~

Nov 2nd 2011 - Gib

I guess we are still on GIB tomorrow.. few more days to go before we can order the finishing trim and the doors.. lets keep up the pace and we should have some time left before the end of the year to reflect on our learning... :)