Pool Filter Solutions

A Costly Sand Filter Maintaining a cost-effective pool filter is a little tricky, at least for me it has been, Davey Pump Ended up purchasing a Davey pump, which cost over $400 dollars, (I needed it in a hurry), the problem here is that cruel businesses like Davey maintain two ranges of products, one is … Read more

Dragon Fly Floating Skimmer Box Filter

This is the next item on my "Swimming Pool" wish list. The pool gathers a fair amount of pollen, leaves and insects, most of which float on the surface for a day of so before sinking to the bottom where they are collected by the Barracuda Captura Plus pool robot, (electric vacuum cleaner).

Pool: Barracuda Captura Plus

I am very impressed with my robot pool cleaner which I’ve had for a month or so and which does a great job cleaning the pool. I’ve had a number of different pool filters and pool cleaners, but but this is by far the best. It is electric, and has a management Consul which sits … Read more

Solving the Dust Problem

Our home has a lot of dust, in plain speak it’s a dusty home and I plan to free it from dust. It makes me uncomfortable when I think that we have lived with dust in this home since 2003, so for the past 18 years we have eexperiancee dust. It’s time to identify where the dust … Read more

Projects at Havilah House

There are always so many projects and things which either need doing or ought to be done at Havilah House. It’s a handy mans dream home! Cleaning out the Clay Grey Water Drains Services Map of Havilah House Lay new Grey Water Drains Clean out the Roof Gutters

Resting in the Promise

I receive frequent requests to purchase Havilah House, and I can see why. Havilah House is comfortably situated on 2 acres of land. It’s central to town and there are some highly developed estates and properties close by. On paper Haviliah House looks like an easy block to develop. The current regulations allow the blocks in … Read more

Planting Fruit Trees 2020

  This year more than any other we’ve have started plating fruit trees. I regret not beginning to plant fruit trees when we first moved to this property in 2003, as the saying goes “Today is the the next best time to plant a Tree. We hope plant at least one perhaps two trees every fortnight … Read more

Small Cabin Roofing

I’ve spent a fair amount of time money and effort building our cabin in the garden during the COVID 19 lockdown and having reached the point of having to hang up the roof. I had to make a design decision.   Do I go with the Tradition Australian Tin Roof  (I’m partial to time tested … Read more

Small Cabin Framework

Framing is a large part of of building a cabin, it’s also very time consuming. The main thing I learned is to build each side of the cabin on the ground first and then lift them up into place. You will see in the photos that I partially complete each side and then lifted them … Read more