Wednesday, 29 August 2012

28.08.2012.
At 8am we went and finished the pink batts insulation then at 9am the insectors came in to check over the hoouse til bout 9.30am then after that me and tk started on the last window sciber.
til 10am we had first break til bout 10.30am then went back too workshop and me and tk went back too scriber.
til 12pm then had lunch break til 1pm and went to the eshed and done our assessments til 3pm then had last break til 3.20pm and me and tk done the last window flashing and  put tape on top.
extra notes about gib- boarding:
manufacturing of gib plasterboards:
Paper tape is 3 x stronger then fibre tape.
Gib board must be stored flat on the round.
substrate must be straight and dry
Joints around opening- not acceptable because could cause cracking.
Control joints are to avoid cracking
control joints are gaps between the two sheets
Back Blocking
Use the whole wall
150mm centres around to 7.5mm
100mm centres around 7.5-100mm
Tiled areas must be mechanically fastened. Not adhesive fixed.

STC- sound transmission class
68 is max for plaster board sound control.
the last window scriber done and installed..















the flashing on the window..

tk putting the tape on the flashing

Monday, 27 August 2012

the start of the pink batts insulation
 27.08 2012
today we done the pink batts insulation then did assessments in the afternoon.
two pink batts fitted in

picture of the celing pink batts

picture of the house

pink batts in the wall

wall pink batts

ceiling pink batts in


more wall  pink batts

Tuesday, 21 August 2012

20.08.2012.
at 9am we went too the classroom with mark and he was talking about the sound assessment.

Sound:
Sound Installation

sound waves- can you see them- yes you can

need to know the meanings of the following terms for this topic on sound control: and descriptions of each of the following:
-absorbtion
-acouustic
-amenity
-dicibel (DB)
-flanking
-gib sound seal
-impact insulation class (ITC)
-impact sound
-inter- tenancy
-noise
-nzbc
-reflection
-reverberation
-sound
-sound transmission class (STC)
-transmission

* how does sound travel - waves - deflection

then at 10am we then had 1st break til 10.20am then we went to the eshed and started on the finshing on the weatherboard top pieces til lunch break at 12pm then we went to lunch til 1pm then after that me and a few other students went on the roof and put the iron sheets down we bolted them and then at 3pm we had last break til 3.20pm then went back to the eshed and mark gave us our assessments for timber terminology and we sat the test til 4.30pm.

Monday, 13 August 2012

13.08.2012.
at 9am we went straight too the eshed and matt gave us an introduction of what he wanted done today was the scribbers so he showed the whole class how he wanted it done and we done them today and i also took some pictures of the roof then later on we done blogs and assessments


we were marking sciber

same as above

matt helping tk put on a sciber

sciber fixed on ready to be nailed and cut too length of the window

roof cladding done
roof cladding done


picture of roof fixed on