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right here we are at Mount Eden so one thing about Auckland is there are a lot of old timber
houses and a common problem with old timber houses is you get a lot of rot see this here
is obviously it's too far into the ground it doesn't have a chance to dry up at the
bottom and any moisture on the ground can then be sucked up into the timber so you get that rot
so we're gonna replace bits like that inside of the house today it's a pretty common thing
in Auckland you know some houses like a hundred and twenty years old and it's another bit there
and because they made a timber they don't have that durability that you know like saying Europe
maybe where they use a lot of stone they'll have their durability so gonna repair things
like that today I love it when there's a garage or something to sit tools up on a job this is ideal
and there you go just like that you have a workshop okay it's a just got to match the
different timbres here this is a ninety five mill that's a bit of an odd size so to get
like a hundred by twenty all right let's grab is here thicker one sixteen mill they're like
the sixty mile scrubbers so this has a joint here but it's not a very long piece so rather
than messing around putting a joint in there and possibly having the same problem in the
future the joint showing I'm going to replace the whole thing right down but then when you
come to the front of the house here it's not so easy so in this case for the sake of the
right at the bottom is probably better to do a joint I'll do my joint a bit better than they
did this possibly with epoxy and something that will make it so you you'll never see it
again no going to the other side of the house it's a very nice house this window here again
it's a similar situation you know they're just timber that's embedded and not sealed correctly
I mean it just soaks up moisture and then all this that's all rotted away it's a bit wobbly
you know you know the more I look at this thing the more spread out there rot seems it might
be better to replace a large area and then you start thinking about the whole winter when you
start doing things like that because this so goes earning up have a closer look at that soon let's
just repair what we know we can repair because there's so many old timber houses in New Zealand
they've opened up merchants that specialize in the timber for these villas and bungalows
and the good thing about them is they put this shop right in the same area where all the houses
are very smart so I'm going to South Pacific timber now which is in the same suburb which is
in the same suburb so I'm able to just measure up Gurkha December and come back without losing much
as soon as that Sun gets in the sky even just a little bit it's so damn hot hey
look the new row where they're putting our underground railway system for the
first time in New Zealand anyway back to the job so for such a big contract
we thought would get two builders on board and it's very hot today
that's good the Baxter care
the other night
much better and the other part here it's looking good with with a border off the
ground now so water can escape it it sits there so just go a new lock to put in here
the old one broke pilot sanding around the back there it's really done so it's still
holiday time here and welcome New Zealand in general we have like we just had all my
anniversary and Waitangi day and a whole bunch of holidays all in one time summer you know so
I'm still keeping with my two videos per week it's taking extra measures for me just hep but
I'm still trying to pump them out well so yeah really good Sunday always that getting back to
normal hours will aim for three videos per week but it always be two videos per week
at least great success all right we might you might see more of us here this property because
this building that we sit a little workshop in we're probably gonna be knocking this whole thing
down and building a house there so fingers crossed that happens because that could be
some very exciting episodes either way we'll see each other in the next exciting episode