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Like swapping a $5 part for a $200 dollar part, the larger pressure switch is made in Italy, how about that. So much for Chinese junk. In fact I have come to the conclusion everything made in China is junk, no offense to the Chinese people. The standard of their technology sucks. I now expect the pressure switch to last forever. It is already 20 yrs old.
Found whats wrong with my bath water expansion valve. Not the expansion valve at all, ie PTR (pressure Temperature Release Valve). My brand new Chinese water pump lasted just 2 weeks. The pressure valve died, see red arrow. And my solution was to fix a Gunfoss older huge pressure valve, see large box on right.
Inside the bathroom, shower curtain and the blue water proofing stuff, expensive, $100 covers just 2m of wall area.
Inside the power room, as it is for now, still running OK, but the three blue boxes need to be thrown out and replaced with a single 100 Amp blue box, rather than three 30 Amp blue boxes, that over charge my batteries, removing water.
https://youtu.be/cFN6-D5RiRQ
2.4 min video on the Great Narrative.
World Economic Forum, the Great Reset, playing for the world.
Climate change issues.

Watch this short video on the Great Narrative, wee people are dictated by the elite.
Love the Moreton Bay Fig tree Xmas tree Kate. Nice
Yesterday afternoon Scruffy nabbed a huge four foot Eastern Brown Snake near my new kitchen and the demolition mess, that must be removed now by me. Bother.
The Yarn.social new look and feel is great. Love the pictures of the squirrels and woodpeckers.
Yes the kitchen space is huge, will be a kitchen of around 4m by 6m , includes the dinning room, not bad considering COV19 restrictions and part time work. Cheers.
Arrh Lyse what exploded on me, the olive let go, rupturing the copper pipe fitting, due to the expansion valve not working, so something had to give as the hot water when it gets hot has to expand. In a closed system there is no where for expansion to go, if the expansion valve fails to open.
The old bathroom is removed, the floor space is cleaned of stumps, the three steel bearers are ready for concreting into the ground, to enlarge kitchen floor area. Some kitchen walls going up.
theory
Now I am demolishing the laundry and old bathroom, to make way for kitchen expansion, and new flooring.
So I repaired the pipe connection, made a new copper expansion pipeline with a new expansion valve that works this time, and wife has tested the system OK for 3 days now. Looks like our bath is OK. Painted the fibro with watering stuff, $93 per litre, expensive rubber paint. That blue stuff the Block on TV uses.
Update on bath room. Last Sunday a small explosion and huge burst of water on roof. An olive disconnected and blew off. Lucky only the pipe fitting came off. The expansion valve didn't work. So I had to repair the squashed olive to make it fit like a new one does. Once you squash an olive you cannot unsquash an olive. Well you can, especially if made of copper.
Theories
Arrh, than you have missed on seeing an very ellegant day haven't you LOL?
SO you didn't take time off to watch the horse race that stops the Australian nation? She won easily, and that's rare for a female horse.
Very ellegent day indeed.
Looks like yarn upgrade doesn't size the images very well, my 10KB image looks bad.,
Hot water expansion valve problem, possibly from blown fuse, lack of water in system. Now I just need to hook up cold water, and our new bath is nearly done. Just door, pantry and ceiling still to do. Plus paint, railings and fix it details.
A few leaks in spindle, 24V pump pumps too hard, hot water is unreal. 5Amp fuse blows too often, so I need 10Amp fuse.
Walls done, bath bedded in with cement, surrounds done, plumbing hot water done,
@kt84 nice Kate
https://youtu.be/DBZYEoDbj6g Video on Australia losing it's rights to make free speech. \n\nWell some words people write can be offensive, especially if targeted at individuals, we call this bullying, or abusing that individual, the video does not mention this kind of writing. But other writing that condemns the systems people administer should not be curtailed, surely we have the freedom to write whatever we like. Take COV19 for instance and the government administration of this stupidity. Surely we have the right to take the government to court and sue them?
https://youtu.be/DBZYEoDbj6g Video on Australia losing it's rights to make free speech.

Well some words people write can be offensive, especially if targeted at individuals, we call this bullying, or abusing that individual, the video does not mention this kind of writing. But other writing that condemns the systems people administer should not be curtailed, surely we have the freedom to write whatever we like. Take COV19 for instance and the government administration of this stupidity. Surely we have the right to take the government to court and sue them?
Yes there are kind of clever things science can do to graphene oxide shapes and make them into spirals that move, and also as you see things like a game we used to play in the 1980's. What is there purpose? We can only speculate.
[Dr Young Research into COV19 vaccines](https://www.drrobertyoung.com/post/transmission-electron-microscopy-reveals-graphene-oxide-in-cov-19-vaccines
)
This is a comprehensive link . Research done by Dr Robert Young.
[Dr Young Research into COV19 vaccines](https://www.drrobertyoung.com/post/transmission-electron-microscopy-reveals-graphene-oxide-in-cov-19-vaccines
)\nThis is a comprehensive link . Research done by Dr Robert Young.
nanobots made from graphene oxide in the vaccines some of us ignorantly take
virus image of graphene oxide
Bathroom floor done and oiled, with most walls also lined. Ready for shower/bath plumbing. And the vanity plumbing. The room is tiny, 1.8m by 1.8 m!
Other side of kitchen, showing the bathroom wall.
The completed floor in the kitchen oiled with linseed, and sparkling.
Lyse, yes the timber supports a vertically placed towel rack, three of them 1200 wide and three up the wall.
A compression fitting, showing copper pipe, nut and olive, usually made of plastic, which when squeezed seals the pipe against a angled bevel, inside the fitting. One must not over tighten or under tighten.
Massive storm just an hour ago, 40mm in just 15minutes, hurricance force winds. Kitchen is saturated, as we do not have glass window, it got removed for the new bathroom.
just a loose olive, tightened the nut a bit more and all is well. Hot water all ready in just a few hours of sunshine.
Timber under-supporting for towel rails
The cement and sand, really stiff mix, and plugging walls cavities, for vermin proofing. Push hard, to ensure cement enters gaps and when set helps hold the cement together in the wall.
Overview of system. Tiny leak from the first compression fitting olive, needs tightening more. Otherwise test is OK. Will test for hot water next week.
Plumbing not quite completed
Water pumping for first time. No leaks this time.
I am hoping the solar hot water test will go OK today. Yesterday we got a leak.
View of wall from bath side. Slow fixing fibro to metal. Pre-drill, countersink and than screw.
View of wall from kitchen side
Floor so far, window in.
I will do more flooring tomorrow and finish the bathroom floor.
The bolt and nut came from Ergon Energy, the M20 bolt and nut for dealing with overhead wires. The device works nicely tightening floor boards.
The tool Lyse wanted to see
we got a few spits at Emerald
pictographs are interesting
I am glad your a fan of home made inventions. I will give you a close up next time.

This tool is useful for panel flooring, but not for tongue and groove floor boards, each one is nailed as you go, and you need enormous forces when squeezing the next board unto the last one. My bolt and screw device is 20mm nut welded onto the plate, for instance.
I am glad your a fan of home made inventions. I will give you a close up next time.\n \nThis tool is useful for panel flooring, but not for tongue and groove floor boards, each one is nailed as you go, and you need enormous forces when squeezing the next board unto the last one. My bolt and screw device is 20mm nut welded onto the plate, for instance.
Welded up two of these, very useful for clamping floor boards together.
The floor clamp shown in red arrow in real practice clamping the floor, and the detail sketch on the right.
Yes Lyse and Eldersnake, the flooring is a hard product to work with, very brittle and easily split. The timber has a nice perfume smell, cyprus, related to the red cedar timber. It is not eaten by termites, and looks great when oiled. Varnish is not necessary. I use a special floor clamp to push gaps together, and warped boards. Usually the boards are straight, and have grooves end to end as well on the side.\nYou nail them closer than normal flooring at 350mm apart for joists. Rather than 450mm for other flooring.
Yes Lyse and Eldersnake, the flooring is a hard product to work with, very brittle and easily split. The timber has a nice perfume smell, cyprus, related to the red cedar timber. It is not eaten by termites, and looks great when oiled. Varnish is not necessary. I use a special floor clamp to push gaps together, and warped boards. Usually the boards are straight, and have grooves end to end as well on the side.
You nail them closer than normal flooring at 350mm apart for joists. Rather than 450mm for other flooring.
Bathroom flooring nearing completion, the walls will be lined soon, after plumbing is put in.
Flooring also partly done, cyrus pine flooring, smell great.
Big wall window goes up for the new kitchen
Ergon Energy informed us they wish to replace our energy meter with a radiation emitting one, so they don't have the hassle of reading our meter on foot. I just told them to disconnect us from the grid instead. We can't stand the radiation and ill-health it causes. Now Dululu home will be soon off grid permanently.
Indeed :)
Lyse, you're right there. I like to make my wife's life as happy as I can, what husbands do.
Lyse, yes, the old kitchen facing south, cold and dark with sloping floor and tired, is to be rebuilt, facing East with heaps of windows, new flooring and insulation in the ceiling and walls.
Lyse, correct, bath and laundry on left, kitchen on the right, facing east.
power room
You can see plastic black flashing around windows, the lining is yet to be done and the flooring
View from inside our new kitchen
Kitchen window goes in
\nShow the people a different way of living with freedom from technology

Show the people a different way of living with freedom from technology

Get rid of social media and the flood of negative emotions
\nGet rid of social media and the flood of negative emotions
\nWe must build parallel structures.... the unvaccinated society must show the freedom...

We must build parallel structures.... the unvaccinated society must show the freedom...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09maaUaRT4M\n \nWatch this video, Australia is beginning to become a different society of madness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09maaUaRT4M

Watch this video, Australia is beginning to become a different society of madness.
Wife is driving the old broken down Getz to a mechanic who will hopefully get it running!! In a car trailer with her son, off to Alpha.
Nice comments Kate.
@lyse Yeah for Australian timber spans, 70x35 F5 or F6, is just 1.2m , so thanks for your interest. Seems like steel construction is the cheapest these days.
@lyse Yeah for Australian timber spans, 70x35 F5 or F6, is just 1.2m , so thanks for your interest. Seems like steel construction is the cheapest these days.
@lyse The 18V drill is really very good, it's the cheap drill bits that let you down, you get about 24 drillings before you have to purchase another brand new drill bit. Thanks for your interest in this style of construction, it's not your normal stud building. Posts concreted right into the ground makes a strong building. As does the floor joist span, it's just 1 metre. You can't get hardwood 100x50 F11 anymore, I use pine 70x35 F5 instead.
@lyse The 18V drill is really very good, it's the cheap drill bits that let you down, you get about 24 drillings before you have to purchase another brand new drill bit. Thanks for your interest in this style of construction, it's not your normal stud building. Posts concreted right into the ground makes a strong building. As does the floor joist span, it's just 1 metre. You can't get hardwood 100x50 F11 anymore, I use pine 70x35 F5 instead.
My 24volt water pump arrived today, so can install the pumping of hot water soon.
@lyse @prologic I hear you Lyse, but it's such a pain drilling 3mm holes into the 4mm steel posts each time, my arms are exhausted from wrapping the post and pushing hard on the drill tip. And you have to be careful you don't over screw the screw head may shear off, as the thread is much stronger in grip than the screw head. So the screw is extremely tight in that 4mm hole.
@lyse @prologic I hear you Lyse, but it's such a pain drilling 3mm holes into the 4mm steel posts each time, my arms are exhausted from wrapping the post and pushing hard on the drill tip. And you have to be careful you don't over screw the screw head may shear off, as the thread is much stronger in grip than the screw head. So the screw is extremely tight in that 4mm hole.
View inside bathroom looking out
View of internal wall further along
Internal wall, red arrows show kitchen features, powerpoint, and overhead cupboard reinforcing behind wall.
View of new bathroom from the inside of the bathroom.
Took a while to put this window in place, hard drilling screws into 4mm steel posts.
Not an outside bath of sorts, our only bathroom, the cladding in roofing sheets looks rustic I know, but we will paint them, Colourbond is expensive, and we wanted the house to retain its 150 yr old look. The bathroom is tiny, 2m by 2m.
The kitchen nearby will be 4m by 6m, quite large.
Not an outside bath of sorts, our only bathroom, the cladding in roofing sheets looks rustic I know, but we will paint them, Colourbond is expensive, and we wanted the house to retain its 150 yr old look. The bathroom is tiny, 2m by 2m.\nThe kitchen nearby will be 4m by 6m, quite large.
Yes a single screw, if you look closely the noggin sides are bashed around the steel post so cannot rotate. Makes a very strong joint, 1mm steel is bent around the post, and actually I use liquid nails to add more strength to joint, not welding.
windows arrived today, will install one today
details of steel noggin in place with metal screw
close up of floor joists and steel noggins
details of steel noggins, no using steel studs design
Bath wall going up