Sledged by thine termite...

"Termite's are like little engineers, they'll keep everything standing, but if you mess with it, it'll all come down."
That is what our builder friend told us, as I had just uncovered a rather important stud cluster which had been eaten by termites. Apparently the weight on that stud was approximately about 3 tonnes worth of tiles and roofing structure... So structural carpentry work, which at its lowest cost, was ridiculous.

When we found that, I had made an incision in a wall for a new doorway to be placed in, and since we found that, we couldn't continue until the area was made completely stable.

Have an image...

There he is, isn't he an expensive fellow.... He has really hacked up our plasterboard, and had to be reminded where we were putting doors in, quite a number of times. He then continued to not completely finish the job properly by not nailing down new framework, and making the new framework not the right size, on one end.... But anyway... He did it and he left, that was good.. It's stable now, and that's what matters after all..

It was about this time that I decided, that I'll need to be doing most of this type of work myself.. the cost of it all, was just insane.

Excuse my rant.. I've been dealing with his annoying framework just recently and I'm finding multiple things not straight which stuffs up all my measurements.. mmmmmmm



Join me next time in securing the structure further by digging a trench...