No Small Dreams

Contractors

Here's our "cast of thousands" - all the companies and people who've worked on the project to date (sorry if we've missed anyone):

• Builder: Rory Sykes & Co Pty Ltd (Rory, John, Jason, Boyd, Mick, Darren, Nick, Reece, Steve, Costa the dog and others ...)
• Draftsperson: Creative Building Design (Jim Kettle)
• Building Certifier: Approvals and Advice (Peter Tyrrell)
• Surveyor: AJS Surveys
• Engineers: DEQ Engineers
• Hydraulic Design: Chilton Woodward & Associates
• Energy Efficiency: Q-BEARS
• House Raising and Restumping: ACE Restumping
• Asbestos removal: Greg Brown's Asbestos Removal
• Plumber: Adco Plumbing (Silvano 0412 290 762)
• Solar Hot Water System Installer: Perfect Plumbing (Nathan Francis 0407 473 869)
• Electrician: Jason Quigley Electrical (Jason Quigley 0411 989 589)
• Solar Power (PV) System Installer: AMAX Electrical (Andrew McIntosh 0418 730 054)
• Painter: Priority Painters (Paul Marsman 0410 635 102)
• Kitchen: Eumundi Originals (John Wood 0409 484 740)
• Paving & Landscaping: Branat Designs (Brad Watts 0413 596 731)
• Tiler: Neo Tiling Contractors (Christian 0405 225 374)
• Roofing and Guttering: Summit Roofing
• Floor sanding and finishing: O M Smith (Gint) Floor Sanding (07 3265 1362 Dave 0417 008 575)
• Gates: Jory's Enterprises (Geebung 07 3265 3922)
• Internal staircase: Ideal Stairs (Kedron 07 3256 3490)
• Deck balustrading: QLD Stainless Wire Balustrading (Chris 0404 848 748)

Products & Suppliers

• Appliances: Miele supplied by Harvey Norman Indooroopilly
• Wood & Joinery: Locally grown Araucaria (Hoop Pine), Australian Forestry Standard (AFS) certified, supplied by Finlaysons
• Paint: Low VOC Resene (exterior) and zero VOC Rockcote (interior)
• Floor coating: Toby Aquamax Domestic Gloss (low VOC, non-toxic, water-based polyurethane)
• Deck coating: Intergrain UltraDeck (low VOC, water based oil)
• Solar hot water system: Apricus evacuated tube - supplied by Ingenero
• Solar power system: 3kW Suntech panels + SMA inverter - supplied by Ingenero
• Roofing: Bluescope Steel Colorbond - Surfmist (very low solar absorbance of 0.318) - installed by Summit Roofing
• Rear deck roof: Colorbond insulated "sandwich" panel by Superior Panel Construction
• Garage door: Steel Line "Slim line" sectional Colorbond
• Door and window hardware, period switches: Traditional Hardware Co supplied by Handle This (Albion 07 3262 1583)
• Rainwater tanks: Stainless Rainwater Tanks
• Rainwater pump: Onga WaterSwitch + SMH550 pump
• Lighting: Beacon Lighting (Jindalee 07 3376 0999)
• Tiles: Traditional Tiles (Sumner Park 07 3279 1188) and Classic Ceramics (Woolloongabba 07 3393 1022)
• Tapware: Bastow Federation supplied by Traditional Bathware
• Bath: Acrylic highback clawfooted bathtub manufactured locally (just 10 mins from home!) by Traditional Bathware
• Toilets and basins: Caroma supplied by Tradelink
• Bathroom mirrors: Australian made art deco mirrors by Manhattan Glass & Mirror and supplied by Reflect Mirrors
• Waste recycling: Green Bins (Brisbane 1300 656 624)
• Miscellaneous heritage stuff: Restoration Station, Paddington Hardware
• Miscellaneous hardware: Bunnings, Mitre 10, Home Hardware

Other Advice

We're grateful to the following people who provided advice to us at various times:

• We Renovate Homes (Graeme Homewood 0411 723 777)
• Bellis Sustainable Home & Garden (Jerry Coleby-Williams and Jeff Poole)
• Trebilcock & Associates Architects (Ideas/brainstorming session with Derek Trebilcock)
• Michael Mobbs Sustainable Projects

Publications

These publications have been very informative and helpful to us:

• The Sustainable House by Michael Mobbs, Choice Books
• Warm House Cool House by Nick Hollo, Choice Books
• Living the Good Life by Linda Cockburn, Hardie Grant Publishing, 2006
• The Queensland House - A Roof Over Our Heads  edited by Rod Fisher and Brian Crozier, Queensland Museum, 1994
• Your house has a history: keys to unlocking its past Brisbane City Council Heritage Unit
• Tracing The History Of Your House Queensland State Archive - Brief Guide 27
• "The History Of Your House: A Step-By-Step Research Guide" Brisbane City Council Heritage Unit
• "Looking After the Queensland House" Brisbane City Council Heritage Unit, 1997
• Archicentre Fact Sheets (Cost Guide, Sustainable Homes etc)
• YourHome.gov.au Renovator's Guide

Please also take a look at the weblinks in the right sidebar.