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MATERIALS

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You need • Reclaimed windows

(we used one large stained glass window and nine smaller ones plus four unframed sliding doors from an old china cabinet) • Door • Tape measure • Marking paint • Spade

• Post level • Line level • String • Piles: 100mm x 100mm H4 radiata 1.8m fence posts (we cut three in half to make six piles) • Boxing for base: 100mm x 50mm H3.2 rough-sawn radiata (we used 8m) • Framing for walls: 100mm x 50mm H3.2 radiata framing (we used 53m) • Roof beams: 75mm x 50mm H3.2 rough-sawn radiata (we used 12.5m) • Solid wall area: 2400mm x 1200mm x 7mm H3.2 structural plywood (we used one sheet) • Framing to hold unframed glass in place: 18mm x 18mm H3 radiata square dressed moulding (we used 4m) • Concrete • Wheelbarro­w • Stones

(we used Waikato Fleck) • Rake • Drill

• 10g x 100mm screws (for boxing and framing) • 10g x 75mm screws (for roof) • 10g x 50mm roof fasteners • Hammer • 40mm flat-head nails (or any small nails) • 300mm bar clamps (or similarsiz­ed large clamps) • 3.6m zinc galvanized angle brace (we used two)

• 660mm x 1800mm corrugated PVC sheeting (we used five sheets) • Skilsaw • Mitre saw • Screwdrive­r • Ladder • Face respirator • Chisel • Groundshee­t • Paint scraper • Painter’s masking tape • Resene Timber & Deckwash • Resene Quick Dry Waterborne Primer Undercoat • Exterior: Resene Eighth Black White • Interior: Resene Fringy Flower • Paintbrush PAINTING • Prior to cutting our timber for the wall frames and roof beam, we cleaned it with Resene Timber & Deckwash, then primed it with Resene Quick Dry Waterborne Primer Undercoat. COST: $1500, excluding Resene products.

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