2025 January continued

     The below photo shows the outlet for the rangehood which is above the stove in the kitchen. The black flaps open when the rangehood is turned on and let the air out. There is steel mesh which stops the bugs from getting in. We chose black as it goes perfectly with the black trim on our windows.

The below photo shows how the rangehood exhaust fits seamlessly into the side of the house.

Meanwhile we put a wall cabinet in the bathroom above the laundry tub, but instead of paying $40 for a door I used this piece of second-hand offcut to make my own door.

I cut a template out of paper based on the doors of the cupboards in the kitchen, so that it would suit the Bunnings Kaboodle Hettiche hinges.

I will admit I made a mistake with my first attempt at cutting the hole for the hinges, but then I turned the door around and cut the right version of the holes on the other side of the door.

Eventually I will paint over the edges and the hole, and no-one will be able to tell the difference between this and an expensive door!

Meanwhile I was trying to sort out a greywater system for the house. I drew up my own plans based on my research.

I thought that the area downhill from the house would be perfect for a gravity fed system, and then we wouldn't need to depend on an electric pump which would suck power, be noisy, and inevitably break after a period of time.

I spent months contacting all the local plumbers, but they all refused to install anything other than the usual septic system with a underground tank of stagnant water, and an absorption trench which would only get clogged with roots in a few years. Of course the system they wanted to install would also cost more too. I kept researching plumbers further and further afield, and eventually had a list of over 30 plumbers who either refused to do the job I wanted, or just never got back to me at all. Eventually I found a plumber who was new to the area, who said he was willing to do the job. Finally!

Meanwhile I kept myself busy making rustic wooden mini-fences which would make the edges of the greywater absorption area.

Eventually in July we had delivery of the greywater system, and were ready for the plumber to come and start work. The next bit gets very exciting!