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Google Business Website Services Tab Problem

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OWNER BUILDER and RENOVATOR

GARAGE CONVERSIONS

By Adelaide Architect
SOLAR HOUSE AND POOL

Solar Pool-house Sunset

By Adelaide Architect
SOLAR HOUSE AND POOL

Solar Roof House Completed

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SOLAR HOUSE AND POOL

MARINO POOLHOUSE

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The Architecture of Pumpkins

By Adelaide Architect on Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Grant Lucas Architect: Blog and Website Redirect Redirected from a Grant Lucas Architect site? It finally came time to retire my old websites and Blog and replace these with this more modern and mobile and social media friendly site. I have re-included many of my old and informative web pages about Residential Architecture and the …

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Davey Pool Pump Problem

By Adelaide Architect on Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Davey Silensor Pool Pump: Problem Solved Bugger!!! went to turn on my Davey Silensor pool pump & it just hummed. At just 5 years old I didn’t want it to fail as this is an expensive item. The power was still connected but the pump didn’t do a thing. I pulled the power plug out …

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Google Business Website Services Tab Problem

By Adelaide Architect on Friday, December 13, 2019
Grant Lucas Architect Google Business Website missing Services information

I made my Google business website and it was great. Well done Google! It looked so good on my phone that I removed my  Adelaide Residential Architect website and linked the Google business version to my maps location. All good for a month or two, then my numbers of views dropped by about 50%. I …

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GARAGE CONVERSIONS

By Adelaide Architect on Saturday, June 1, 2019

GARAGE CONVERSIONS ARE COST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO INCREASE LIVING SPACE Garage Conversions are great ways to increase living space without spending heaps of money. Don’t however underestimate the difficulty or the cost of the exercise. It is always trickier and more expensive than it first seems. There are however still significant cost savings to be …

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SOLAR HOUSE AND POOL

Solar Pool-house Sunset

By Adelaide Architect on Friday, April 5, 2019
Infinity Pool Sunset

Ok,… Technically the World first BIPV-T Solar roofed Poolhouse at Marino Adelaide SA was finished a month or so ago. I just had to post these pics that I took on a recent visit and Debriefing with the owners. While undergoing a serious debriefing session with the Owners over a glass (or two) of Red …

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Solar Roof House Completed

By Adelaide Architect on Friday, March 8, 2019

The Solar Roofed Poolhouse/Guesthouse at Marino SA is now complete . This project, a world first, took 18 months from start to finish due to the added complexities of the Owners Project managing the job themselves,  the trades integrating the various “Green” technologies to both house and pool, and the difficulty of the sloping site. …

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MARINO POOLHOUSE

By Adelaide Architect on Friday, February 15, 2019
Living and Alfresco areas to Solar Pool-house at Marino by Adelaide Architect Grant Lucas are complete

Party Room Bar and Living space The Marino Poolhouse Living space comprising Lounge, Bar,and Party room is now finished. Two walls of Bifold doors open up the area onto the deck and form a large alfresco living space overlooking the infinity Spa and Pool Infinity Pool and Infinity Spa This project at Marino, Adelaide, S.A. …

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Solar Roof is Commissioned

By Adelaide Architect on Friday, February 15, 2019
Tractile PV Roof on Marino Pool-House by Adelaide Architect Grant Lucas

The 20kw Tractile BIPV-T Roof to the Solar Poolhouse (Marino, Adelaide South Australia), was installed last month and the Rotex Heat exchange unit has now been commissioned. The PV roof has been set up as 4 separate interconnected modules, each delivering 5kw of power as well as warm water for the Thermal Exchange unit. The …

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SOLAR HOUSE AND POOL

Marino Infinity Pool and Spa

By Adelaide Architect on Friday, February 15, 2019

Infinity Pool On Holdfast Bay Clifftop

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Instagram Hijacked by Email

By Adelaide Architect on Saturday, July 7, 2018

Instagram Account Pwned My Instagram account was been hijacked 3 times in less than 6 weeks. It was a running joke with my friends. They reckoned that I should take it as a compliment, as only the rich and famous get hacked that much. I still haven’t worked out why they did it, but I …

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