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Advice on ceiling repair, cracking butt joints (plaster board).

Started by jerry_josh, 11th February 2008 12:00 AM

advice, board, butt, ceiling, coats, cracking, create, cross, don’t, groove, indent, joint, joints, lip, original, paper, plaster, plasterboard, protruding, rebate, recommended, repair, replace, required, sand, sanding, smooth, steps, tape, tools

Replies: 4
Views: 13,930

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th February 2008 12:13 AM; by Joister

Forum:
PLASTERING

My Ikea Kitchen Install project

Started by tryitonce!, 2nd January 2008 10:53 PM

4 Pages •: 1 2 3 4

angle, brick, cabinets, chase, day, dining, doorway, double, electrician, finally, finished, flat, floorboards, found, guy, ikea, install, installed, installing, kitchen, length, prelim, project, quoted, quotes, randall, remove, replace, wall, walls

Replies: 55
Views: 34,800

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th February 2008 04:37 PM; by jags

Forum:
KITCHENS

Is this a structural door frame?

Started by Ausyuppy, 4th February 2008 08:04 PM

2905mm, 50mm, added, aluminium, appreciated, bottom, centre, cheers, door, doors, frame, gap, glass, house, ideas, james, lintel, pillars, replace, size, speaking, steve, strip, structural, strucutral, suggestions, therefor, timber, width, windows

Replies: 6
Views: 2,966

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th February 2008 11:24 PM; by Ausyuppy

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Replacing a Grassed Area with Gravel?

Started by Fozzy, 1st February 2008 02:05 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

100mm, area, beds, compact, current, depth, excavate, garden, granitic, grassed, gravel, gravel/topping, hear, house, lilydale, overrun, pine, raised, replace, replacing, sand, similar, sleepers, thinking, toppings, treated, tuscan, type, weeds, whacker

Replies: 16
Views: 13,637

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th February 2008 04:35 PM; by rsser

Forum:
LANDSCAPING, GARDENING, OUTDOORS

Do I clad or paint?

Started by Snoozyv, 3rd February 2008 10:06 AM

bad, boards, buget, bungalow, californian, clad, exterior, fixed, home, hope, job, limited, nice, novice, options, original, owner, paint, painted, peeling, previous, read, replace, snoozyrolleyes, spots, suggested, taking, thread, time, windows

Replies: 3
Views: 3,211

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th February 2008 11:37 AM; by wheelinround

Forum:
CLADDING

Repairing/replacing Bakelite Switches

Started by amase, 29th January 2008 06:11 AM

1940s, advise, anastasia, art, bakelite, changed, compliant, conform, cover, house, inside, investment, lovely, mechanism, property, pushy, renovating, repairing or replacing, repairing/replacing, replace, replaced, rewired, rubber, safety, source, standards, stove, switches, told, wiring

Replies: 14
Views: 5,493

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd February 2008 09:38 AM; by dan76

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Capping to go along a brick wall - knee height

Started by DaleBlack, 31st January 2008 10:20 PM

brick, capping, current, cut, exact, feet, foam, height, ideas, knee, lay, length, material, materials, melbourne, mentioned, paintable, patio, people, recomendations, replace, separated, setup, shaped, sort, store, tools, types, wall, withstand

Replies: 0
Views: 2,412

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st January 2008 10:20 PM; by DaleBlack

Forum:
BRICKWORK

Where do they sell these in Melbourne?

Started by test123456, 29th January 2008 10:15 PM

appreciated, bolts, bunnings, buy, checked, cheers, existing, ideas, melbourne, necked, old/broken, replace, sell, ship, stock

Replies: 4
Views: 1,472

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th January 2008 10:58 PM; by Dirty Doogie

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Paving base - is deco granite any good?

Started by allenmicky, 29th January 2008 10:31 PM

100m2, 100mm, 50-60mm, allowance, base, compaction, concreting, covered, deco, good, granite, house, in/out, including, jobs, leading, leftover, pathway, paving, pity, pool, replace, road, roughly, scrape, swimming, thanks2tsup, thick, time, top

Replies: 1
Views: 2,354

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th January 2008 12:49 PM; by Bleedin Thumb

Forum:
PAVING

Stuffed hot water system

Started by abitfishy, 28th January 2008 01:53 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

added, assumed, brands, cheap, cheaper, corroded, damn, discharging, dog, equation, explode, hot, install, leak, money, muchness, plumber, quickly, replace, replacement, rusty, safe, sleep, stuffed, sydney, system, tank, time, top, water

Replies: 23
Views: 4,405

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th January 2008 09:56 PM; by abitfishy

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Advise about house movement/cracking problem

Started by Timed Out, 20th January 2008 11:23 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

adjacent, advise, advise/quotes, arrange, carried, concrete, cracks, door, dropped, entire, fixed, front, house, internal, lighter, movement or cracking, paths, porch, post, problem, replace, roof, simple, slab, steel, step, support, walls, weight, wider

Replies: 19
Views: 5,475

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th January 2008 08:16 PM; by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Heat Pump Hot water

Started by Smurf, 7th November 2007 10:30 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

cost, differnet, electric, existing, fan, gas, heat, heater, hot, house, info, inside, metres, move, prefer, pretty, pump, replace, research, separate, simply, sit, solar, split, suspect, system, systems, tank, unit, water

Replies: 23
Views: 5,674

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th January 2008 01:23 PM; by ScottM

Forum:
HEATING & COOLING

laserlight installer melb eastern suburbs

Started by mreddie, 19th January 2008 04:22 PM

days, eastern, eddie, existing, experienced, handyperson, installer, laserlight, melb, message, options, pergola, person, plumber, post, preferred, private, recommend, replace, roofing, send, sheets, suburbs, time, understands, waterproofing

Replies: 2
Views: 1,469

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th January 2008 02:44 PM; by Dr - 307

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Advice on replacing warped boards

Started by Arry, 24th January 2008 02:00 AM

$55, achieve, advice, appreciated, boards, bunnings, buying, cheapest, compound, copound, cut, deck, difficult, due, extreme, greatly, handsaw, hard, heat, mitre, ozitto, perth, rejuvenating, replace, replacing, size, spare, straight, thinking, warped

Replies: 2
Views: 1,652

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th January 2008 02:08 PM; by Arry

Forum:
SUB FLOORING

Ice Chest

Started by 2sharp, 20th January 2008 06:47 PM

ago, chest, close, decided, finish, front-door, hinges, ice, idea, latch, managed, metho, oil, original, padbolt, paler, picture, question, rebated, replace, restoration, sand, scrub, scrubbing, shellac, source, top, unfinished, visible, wet

Replies: 6
Views: 5,020

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd January 2008 04:30 AM; by MacS

Forum:
FINISHING

Replace ceiling plaster after removing cornice?

Started by Gooner, 21st January 2008 12:53 PM

advice, ceiling, cornice, cornices, glue, left, paper, plaster, plasterboard, question, removed, removing, replace, replacing, ripped, sand, situation, stuck, wall

Replies: 4
Views: 8,683

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st January 2008 07:26 PM; by Gooner

Forum:
PLASTERING

Replacing toilet pedestal-advice needed

Started by tigger, 17th January 2008 01:16 AM

accessible, bella, bend, bought, collar, enters, inside, leading, line, low, mix, mortar, needed, pedestal, pedestal-advice, pedestaladvice, pipe, position, raymor, replace, replacing, sealed, sewer, sewerage, strength, suite, surround, toilet, visible, waste

Replies: 5
Views: 4,459

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th January 2008 05:53 PM; by Bloss

Forum:
BATHROOM & TOILET

Electrician costs

Started by Cin, 18th January 2008 12:10 PM

$350, 2-3hrs, bit, cin, costs, doori, electrician, fixing, fixtures, fluoro, front, garage, imho, install, light, process, reasonable, replace, sensor-light, single-batten, space, supply, switches, twin-batten, workshop

Replies: 6
Views: 2,617

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th January 2008 04:04 PM; by patty

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

white shellac replacement

Started by haosiliu235, 15th January 2008 04:04 PM

alot, carba-tech, card, credit, extra, pay, replace, replacement, sanding, sealer, shellac, shipping, u-beaut, white

Replies: 3
Views: 1,515

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th January 2008 10:32 PM; by DJ’s Timber

Forum:
FINISHING

New (replacement) Shed

Started by damien, 15th January 2008 07:45 PM

3inch, base, bit, budget, care, comments, concrete, experience, falling, owner/tenant, prepared, previous, replace, replacement, rusted, shed, sit, spotted, storage, suppliers, type, undertake

Replies: 0
Views: 1,543

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th January 2008 07:45 PM; by damien

Forum:
ELECTRICAL

Quote for Electrician referred by Interior Designer - is the price inflated?!

Started by JustAChick, 30th September 2007 09:05 AM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

$2000-$3000, bedrooms, charge, cost, designer, electrician, expecting, expensive, fan/light, fans, hour, hunter, incredibly, inflated, interior, invoice, itemised, items, lights, melbourne, pacific, price, reasonable, referred, removing, replace, retyped, time, touch, trapeze

Replies: 34
Views: 6,161

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th January 2008 10:21 PM; by Honorary Bloke

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Electrician cost

Started by tetra, 31st July 2007 11:42 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

charged, controllers, cost, domestic, electrical, electrician, expected, fan, fans, hardware-, home, hour, install, labour, light, lights, materials, power, providing, replace, switches, wire

Replies: 22
Views: 12,839

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th January 2008 08:08 AM; by glenne79

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Advice about pavers please

Started by therockdoctor, 11th January 2008 10:35 AM

400x400mm, advance, advice, brick, buy, clayton, compacted, courtyard, domko, expect, footprint, intend, larger, laying, levelled, limestone, money, paved, paver, pavers, paving, pay, price, re-pave, replace, sandstone, sealed, sort, type, vic

Replies: 1
Views: 3,145

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th January 2008 10:00 PM; by Planned LScape

Forum:
BRICKWORK, CONCRETING, PAVING, RENDERING, etc

replacing decking wood. Gaps between the planks

Started by adriang, 11th January 2008 12:10 PM

1/4, 3/4s, blows, cost, deck, decking, entire, escape, expanstion/contraction, finish, front, gaps, garage, maintain, natural, oiled, pained, planks, properties, rain, replace, replacing, roof, rumpus, seal, serves, thoughts/advice, time, water, wood

Replies: 0
Views: 2,096

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th January 2008 12:10 PM; by adriang

Forum:
DECKING

repairing plasterboard for tiles?

Started by Scottymc, 10th January 2008 12:56 PM

bathroom, bottom, covered, damaged, fill, holes, mortar, normal, option, perimeter, plasterboard, polyfilla, removed, repair, repairing, replace, rest, retileing, scotty, stuff, tidy, tile, tiles, type

Replies: 1
Views: 1,632

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th January 2008 09:52 PM; by China

Forum:
PLASTERING

redoing out-of-square stud wall

Started by JontyG, 10th January 2008 08:08 AM

attached, bearing, brick, bulk, couple, fitted, framework, kitchen, leaving, load, middle, newly, noggins, outer, outofsquare, pics, questions, re-attach, redoing, remove, replace, square, standing, stud, studs, support, tie-ins, wall, walls, weight

Replies: 7
Views: 3,911

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th January 2008 02:45 PM; by Eli

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Adapter for Re-Cycled water tap

Started by Tubby2, 8th January 2008 04:53 PM

adapter, click, clicky, cost, double, easier, fit, fitting, gardening, ground, hits, hoping, illeagally, live, lot, option, plumber, prohibitive, re-cycled, recycle, recycled, replace, reverse, screw, splitter, std, tap, thingy, thread, water

Replies: 4
Views: 3,091

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th January 2008 08:46 AM; by Tubby2

Forum:
LANDSCAPING, GARDENING, OUTDOORS

Gas stove intallation

Started by tea lady, 28th December 2007 11:44 AM

$150, advance, agl, ball, box, cost, cruddy, disconnect, dumb, elec, electric, fuse, gas, heater, hold, hope, intallation, park, past, piece, pipe, plumber, price, questions, quoted, remove, replace, runs, stab, stove

Replies: 7
Views: 2,576

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th January 2008 09:47 PM; by tea lady

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

problem with water hammer......

Started by woods, 2nd January 2008 06:09 PM

advises, assembly, book, cistern, diaphragm, diy, equilibrium, fills, hammer, loud, makes, modern, noise, plastic, portsmouth, problem, replace, replacing, valve, valve;, water

Replies: 4
Views: 2,449

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th January 2008 09:08 PM; by jimcardo

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

New book on Finishing

Started by Big Shed, 5th January 2008 12:00 PM

$a87, acquisitions, amazon, amazon.com, beautifully, bits, book, books, casts, cost, finishes, finishing, furniture, gilding, graining, illustrated, impressive, joint, local, lots, missing, molds, mundane, negative, printed, repair, replace, restoration, step-by-step, subjects

Replies: 1
Views: 1,395

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th January 2008 12:22 PM; by Cliff Rogers

Forum:
FINISHING

Kosi heater

Started by micko, 16th June 2005 09:37 AM

anthing, asbestos, beading, bits, damaged, door, doors, heater, install.i, kosi, material, metters, mica, micko, obtained, pieces, replace, replaced, safe, that.it, type

Replies: 8
Views: 6,343

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th January 2008 04:43 PM; by Cheers

Forum:
HEATING & COOLING

Best Wall Surface for ceramic tiles

Started by ECJames, 28th December 2007 10:43 AM

advise, appreciated, bath, bathroom, ceramic, coverings, favourable, greatly, materials, planning, renovating, replace, roll, situation, surface, surround, tile, tiles, vjs, wall, walls, wooden

Replies: 3
Views: 1,530

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st December 2007 11:42 AM; by ECJames

Forum:
TILING

Sliding door coming off - what to do?

Started by mirz, 14th November 2007 04:15 PM

advise, attatched, bit, bottom, coming, condition, doh, door, door-glides, due, faulty, fine, frame, glides, jerky, movement, noise, perfect, reckon, replace, rivetts, rolling, sliding, slieds, slight, slightly, straight, top, wheel, wheels

Replies: 12
Views: 2,949

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th December 2007 06:50 PM; by Barry_White

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Help with Flik Mixer

Started by Bodgy, 23rd December 2007 09:30 PM

$100+, advice, bit, called, competent, copiously, dads, dis-assemble, doo, fix, flik, idea, leak, lever, mixer, ony, ordinary, pay, plumber, replace, shower, single, sort, started, tap, taps, washer, xmas

Replies: 3
Views: 1,726

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th December 2007 12:21 PM; by Bodgy

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Roof restorer in Melbourne

Started by mreddie, 17th December 2007 06:52 PM

anymore, clean, concrete, cowboy, cracked, croydon, decent, eastern, eddie, experience, ideal, job, maintenence, melbourne, odd, pages, re-point, recommend, replace, restorer, ringwood, roof, roofing, roughly, sensibly, suburbs, tile, tiles, time, yellow

Replies: 0
Views: 1,418

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th December 2007 06:52 PM; by mreddie

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Low voltage down lights won't stay put

Started by macca2, 9th December 2007 07:08 PM

bad, climb, clips, driving, fall, features, fit, fittings, fix, globe, inserts, kitchen, ladder, lights, lot, low, macca, makes, nuts, questions, reason, release, remove, replace, replacing, roof, stay, swmbo, tiles, voltage

Replies: 10
Views: 3,243

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th December 2007 11:22 AM; by patty

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Help / Advice needed Timber floorboards

Started by Damo182, 14th December 2007 11:03 PM

4mm, advice, appreciated, baltic, boards, current, damaged, damo, doubtful, floor, floorboards, found, greatly, hammered, house, level, lino, loose, luck, monday, needed, pine, professional, prop, property, refurbished, replace, thinner, timber, weekend

Replies: 1
Views: 2,006

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th December 2007 12:40 AM; by Make it work

Forum:
FLOORING

cliplock roofing iron

Started by zongatron, 14th December 2007 08:47 AM

10.5, 2.5, 8metres, add, adding, avoid, blow, cliplock, existing, flat, iron, join, leaks, lengths, metres, purchase, question, removing, reno, replace, roof, roof/iron, roofing, sheet, sheets, slide, undesireable, water, width, wind

Replies: 6
Views: 4,005

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th December 2007 09:21 PM; by zongatron

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Still alive!

Started by Landseka, 9th December 2007 08:28 PM

adelaide, alive, arriving, august, breathing, bulldust, bunbury, camped, care, christmas, coast, forward, inhale, lol, meningie, moment, mother, neil, pain, remember, replace, rest, road, share, shop, stop, talking, travelled, wednesday, workshop

Replies: 12
Views: 2,603

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th December 2007 06:50 PM; by artme

Forum:
Hatches, Matches & Dispatches. Birthday greetings and other Touchie-feelie stuff.

Polycarbonate Roofing- What brands

Started by Tas_Dean, 12th September 2007 12:44 PM

Replies: 6
Views: 20,506

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th December 2007 10:16 AM; by Les Harris

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Supplier Polystyrene Cornice - Sydney

Started by David Pryce, 9th December 2007 07:32 PM

Replies: 3
Views: 3,693

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th December 2007 08:19 AM; by David Pryce

Forum:
PLASTERING

pipe knocking

Started by boydi, 1st December 2007 08:07 PM

answer, anti, block, complete, completely, complicated, confident, easy, existing, hammer, knocking, knowing, luck, novice, obliterate, pipe, pipes, plumbing, reno, replace, ruth, shower, sign, smiling, stop, tap, taps, unit, washer, water

Replies: 3
Views: 2,574

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th December 2007 03:13 PM; by Bloss

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Replacing ceiling joists

Started by Ollie, 6th December 2007 08:08 PM

ago, bedroom, bought, brick, building, ceiling, cheers, chimney, demolishing, edwardian, excuse, house, idea, ignorance, joists, missing, moment, move, read, recently, red, replace, replacing, semi, site, thread, time, totally, unseen, wondering

Replies: 8
Views: 3,600

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th December 2007 07:30 AM; by Ollie

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Door 40mm wont fit 38mm frame space?

Started by 3Days, 2nd December 2007 05:56 PM

38mm, 39-40mm, 40mm, 42mm, changed, chisel, concerned, construction, correct, correcting, cut, door, external, fit, frame, intergrated, jamb, jamb/door-stop, method, mms, move, newbie, replace, route, space, standard, stop, stops, suggestion, thickness

Replies: 3
Views: 7,044

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd December 2007 07:16 PM; by 3Days

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

80mm sewer pipe

Started by kazrod, 30th November 2007 03:36 PM

100mm, 80mm, advance, angle, computer, concerned, double, dual, floor/ceiling, flush, flushing, hangers, hope, house, illiterate, litre, metal, move, pipe, post, question, replace, running, sewer, soul, story, thread, toilet, trouble, undo

Replies: 4
Views: 3,302

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st December 2007 05:51 AM; by wonderplumb

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

can an eletrician do work and turn a blind eye

Started by Don777, 25th November 2007 03:06 PM

ago, blind, boxes, certificate, compliance, dad, dads, due, eletrician, extra, eye, fault, fix, house, issue, junction, major, mum, replace, replacing, ripped, safe, standard, subjuct, touchy, turn, untidy, wiring, work

Replies: 8
Views: 2,638

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th November 2007 10:10 PM; by nev25

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Attaching wood horizontals to metal verticals

Started by fencechick, 18th November 2007 10:10 PM

attach, attaching, beams, fence, flush, horizontal, horizontals, metal, palings, posts, replace, sit, support, verticals, wood, wooden

Replies: 4
Views: 2,025

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd November 2007 11:38 PM; by fencechick

Forum:
LANDSCAPING, GARDENING, OUTDOORS

aluminium windows external timber architrave

Started by kc1, 23rd November 2007 03:02 PM

aluminium, architrave, architraves, external, figure, hideous, internal, joined, option, ordinary, posts, reading, remove, replace, result, reveal, site, sounds, terrible, timber, windows

Replies: 1
Views: 3,425

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd November 2007 03:07 PM; by silentC

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Window Frame Help Required Please

Started by Metal Head, 15th November 2007 11:23 PM

advance, appears, cheers, cost, dowelling, frame, frames, front, glass, guide, idea, isn’t, moveable, movement, obvious, paint, panes, re-putty, replace, replies, required, rot, rough, round, set, stuck, thanking, theory, window, windows

Replies: 6
Views: 3,439

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th November 2007 05:53 PM; by gpkennedy

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Leaking Roof

Started by nev25, 9th November 2007 11:23 PM

action, ago, bead, capillary, capping, common, due, fil, lead, leaking, marks, mentioned, nails, paint, painter, plumber, ran, replace, retied, roof, roofing, rubber, seal, silastic, sitting, suggested, suggestions, tek-screws, tin, washers

Replies: 3
Views: 2,205

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th November 2007 11:57 PM; by m2c1Iw

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

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