I've finished the planning permit application and will deliver it to the Mt Alexander Shire tomorrow.  I'm two weeks later than I planned because we were away for a week and then I got a head cold and felt like rubbish. I'm not too worried about the slippage in the project timeline because I feel encouraged that the planning officer seemed to think it would take less than the statutory 60 days to get the...
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The toilet specifications are now complete. Supplier = Rota-Loo Type = RL 650 Relevant documents = Rota-loo Installation Manual and Rota-loo Operations Manual. The following is a somewhat dated clip of a Rota-Loo in action - we're not having the sloped external cover that they show - we'll just have double doors into an insulated underfloor space. https://youtu.be/AmoNAUDhOjE I budgeted $2,300 for the toilet but this will be closer to $4,100.  In neither case did...
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The window and door specifications are now complete and I'm ready to place the order. Supplier = LogikHaus Type = double glazed, jointed pine timber with aluminium on the outside, 6 mm toughened glass, 20 mm argon filled gap, 6mm toughened glass External colour = RAL 9018 Papyrus White (scroll down the above link until you get to their colour swatch and then scroll within that) Internal colour = RAL 1013 Oyster White Aluminium external...
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