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Sat 20 February 2010

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The Yin and Yang of Building

{.size-thumbnail .alignright width="150" height="150"}Just before Christmas, a wild storm swept through Conondale. I arrived just after it had ended. I hadn't seen the carpenters' progress for over a week so I went around marvelling at the progress they had made. En-suite, walk-in-robe and the rafters though half the house. It was amazing what they had achieved in only two weeks. All this Yang energy had progressed us so well. {.size-thumbnail .wp-image-169 .alignright width="150" height="150"}Then as I went down the hallway I noticed some rubble on the ground. I looked up and realised the back Timbercrete wall where the back door and toilet window were, were now horizontal. A freak wind had pushed the wall over. All other walls were intact. Fortunately we have building insurance, so were able to recoup the majority of the cost to rebuild the wall. {.size-thumbnail .wp-image-170 .alignright width="150" height="150"}The bricklayer called the Timbercrete guy in Brisbane, who said he remembered us but strangely sent the wrong sized blocks. Our bricklayer is now puzzled as how to proceed but says he'll come up with something. Fortunately for the trees we have had lots of rain here but it has meant that Mike cannot fix this wall until it is fine for a few days. Meanwhile Nick and Roger steam on ahead with the framing and the rafters.{.alignright .size-thumbnail .wp-image-172 width="150" height="150"}

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