house resto

Searching the web for information about Miners Cottage restorations I found a blog by Gary Vines: "'a personal blog, mostly about archaeology and history". 

Vines covers a project about 90 year old  prospecting huts in Clydesdale in regional Victoria.  Apparently these early era constructions were "composed of various [found] materials - stone, wattle and daub". Also used was corrugated iron the great Australian traditional roofing. Well my cottage has none of the former exotic materials, but is capped with corrugated iron which will be cleaned & left in place where possible.  
He lauds the restrorers' philosophy: "to do as much as necessary but as little as possible"; for example, using a linseed oil preparation for finishing all the timber work. I love the smell of linseed oil & the fact that its a renewable vegetable based oil is a great bonus. 

Modern comforts like water and power were connected, but this was seen as optional for the restoration. These are being thought through in my own restoration. Of course, living on off grid solar  for the last 20 years, this is an attractive option for the cottage. A small solar array, not mounted on the cottage, might be installed in order to recharge devices & power tools. 

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