Landscaping – Maylands Perth WA

We have been contracted by Newglen Constructions to build all the hard landscaping elements to an existing home in Maylands.  This involved a complete demolition of existing paving, plant and walls to make way for new limestone walls and decking.  The front garden recieved a limestone retaining wall in preparation for a sunken seated garden.  A limestone border was run out along the border of the property.  The existing wood fenced was removed and replaced by a stunning randome limestone wall with a knap faced water feature.

More to come…

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Limestone Arches

Just a quick update and some new pics of the arches.  All arches have been complete and now the process of continuing the building past the second storey commences.

Check out the details over the arches as pieces are fitted to bring the whole project back to coursing.

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Arches | Edwards Limestone Perth Western Australia

Just hit the first floor on our pitched faced limestone home addition.  Time to install arches.  The arches were firstly cut to match the existing curvature and a small cross section cut out of the top of each piece.  Each piece was then laid onto a curved jig previously installed into the wall.  A 6mm rod was then bent into place on top of the limestone arch with enough left to rest on top of the wall.  Next the blocks were filled with concrete to set the arch as one piece.  Check out the photos and I’ll bring you more soon…

Pitched-faced Limestone House

Getting to 1st floor height.  About to put in 1st floor arches which involves cutting a section out each arch piece and running a rod and concrete through the limestone and resting onto the existing structure.

Setup for arches

Also we are toothing into the existing structure.  This involves cutting out existing pieces of the original house and inserting new stone.

Setup for arches

Pitch-face Limestone home extension in Peppermint Grove, Perth, WA

Spadaccini Homes have take on board a 2-storey extension project to an existing 1910’s home in Peppermint Grove, Perth, Western Australia.  In conjunction with Edwards Limestone they will be adding a matching 200m2 of pitched-faced limestone with arches.  The original home was all cut on site from large rocks (boondies) and with new processes methods it is a real challenge to match the existing stone work.  Here is a photo of the existing house as it stands and the pre-construction slab…

Front view of limestone house 1910's in Peppermint Grove

Slab gone down for extension to house

The external skin is to be built from a combination of 200mm pitched face limestone quarry blocks with 240mm blocks for window reveals and corner.  Internal work is brick.  Below are some photos of the initial build and up to 1st storey

Front view of limestone house 1910’s in Peppermint Grove

Slab gone down for extension to house

Edwards Limestone, Perth WA
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