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Is MDF for skirting boards recommended?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 27th July 2010 12:00 AM

applications, baths, boards, catalogue, exposure, exterior, fared, firmly, fixings, held, jarrah, job, laundries, masonry, mdf, moisture, oak, read, recommended, renovateforum.com, reply, showers, skirting, stood, surface, tasmanian, temperatures, test, thread, time

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Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th July 2010 12:00 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

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DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Is MDF for skiting boards recommended?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 22nd July 2010 09:30 PM

applications, baths, boards, exposure, exterior, fared, firmly, fixings, held, jarrah, job, laundries, masonry, mdf, moisture, oak, read, recommended, renovateforum.com, reply, showers, skirting, skiting, stood, suitable, surface, tasmanian, test, thread, time

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Views: 1,475

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd July 2010 09:30 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Double Brick - Cracking, clay soil and hydraulic engineers

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 18th July 2010 08:50 PM

appears, approach, breathe, brick, clay, concrete, cracking, designer, double, dried, fixing, house, hydraulic, interior, intrigued, major, mentioned, moisture, path, post, preventing, re-moisturise, rip, similar, soil, suggested, wall, water, weave-mat, week

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Views: 1,300

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th July 2010 08:50 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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Major amateur needs help on how to finish a garage bar

Started by tenaeos, 7th July 2010 03:06 AM

ahead, amateur, bar, cold, crap, feel, finish, garage, guess, happen, homework, ice, left, major, moisture, permanent, plowing, question, realizing, sand, sitting, stupid, sweating, time, understatement, varnish, vinyl, water, wet, whitish

Replies: 4
Views: 1,526

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th July 2010 03:49 PM; by shine171

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Finish for green timber

Started by cultana, 30th May 2010 02:23 AM

apply, bit, campaspe, can/would, clean, crack, difference, dry, eucalyptus, extent, finish, forward, green, lost, moisture, natural, oil/wax, optimistic, penetrate, pieces, polish, replaced, sit, slowly, suggestion, suitable, surface, thin, timber, wax

Replies: 2
Views: 1,969

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th May 2010 11:47 AM; by cultana

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Securing underhouse area for storage. Looking for advice

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 30th May 2010 10:00 AM

airflow, close, coming, cons, cracks, due, expensive, fence, floorboards, ground, height, house, increases, issues, moisture, moment, nice, noise, option, people, pros, rain, raised, rising, slab, slabs, slats, storage, summer, underneath

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Views: 1,673

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th May 2010 10:00 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

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GENERAL ODDS N SODS

Securing underhouse area for storage. Looking for advice

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 30th May 2010 09:50 AM

airflow, attract, bugs, close, coming, cons, cracks, damp, dark, expensive, fence, floorboards, height, house, loose, moisture, moment, noise, option, people, pros, quiet, rain, rising, slab, slabs, slats, storage, summer, vermin

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Views: 1,400

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th May 2010 09:50 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

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GENERAL ODDS N SODS

very dark stain required for outdoor furniture

Started by efgee88, 23rd February 2010 09:25 PM

applying, based, black, cheers, clothing, dark, dewy, finish, found, frankg, furniture, garden, leach, moisture, morning, oil, oiled, organol, outdoor, pigment, required, settled, stain, stain/oil, success, suggestions, teak, tended, timber, worried

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Views: 2,158

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd February 2010 09:25 PM; by efgee88

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Some basic questions on spraying WB Acrylic Lacquer

Started by Kaisergrendel, 16th February 2010 03:12 AM

acrylic, advance, basic, basically, bewildering, brush, consensus, explaining, gun, haymes, hobby, lack, lacquer, lacquers, light, moisture, packs, polyurethanes, questions, scratch, shed, sheer, spray, spraying, start, terms, trap, varnish, weeks, wood

Replies: 9
Views: 3,950

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st February 2010 12:28 PM; by Dengue

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FINISHING

Hmm, Piece of cornice falls out, how to fix?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 30th November 2009 10:40 AM

attached, brickwork, cornice, cracking, fallen, falls, fix, garage, heard, hmm, issues, moisture, moving, night, noise, original, patch, piece, polyfilly, read, renovateforum.com, signs, stick, thread, thumbnails, touched

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Views: 4,539

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th November 2009 10:40 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

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Grinding back screed, then what?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 26th November 2009 01:20 AM

barrier, cheers, concrete, exposed, flooring, grind, grinding, guy, informed, lay, levelling, moisture, previous, question, read, removal, removed, renovateforum.com, screed, skin, straight, thread, tile, timber, treatment

Replies: 0
Views: 4,232

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th November 2009 01:20 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

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Cleaning up old window frames

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 19th November 2009 04:00 PM

action, bleach, bought, clean, crumbling, figuring, frames, house, looked, mildew, mildrew, moisture, paint, plan, prime, re-silicone, read, remove, renovateforum.com, reply, rid, sand, silicone, silicone/filler, sill, sills, special, stuff, thread, window

Replies: 0
Views: 2,025

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th November 2009 04:00 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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Gyprock usage in Kitchen reno.

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 20th October 2009 07:20 PM

advance, bring, correct, cupboards, fibro, fill, flow, gut, gyprock, house, inside, joins, kitchen, line, lined, masonite, matter, moisture, muck, piece, product, read, reno, renovateforum.com, sink, team, thickness, thinkness, thread, wall

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Views: 1,240

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th October 2009 07:20 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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cloudy finish under poly surface

Started by Ned Kelly, 7th October 2009 09:49 AM

bench, cheerio, cloudy, commercial, complete, drawing, due, finish, gday, heat, kitchen, laminated, layer, moisture, myrtle, ned, occurred, poly, refinish, repair;, spots, suggestions, surface, suspect, tas, tired, top, trapped, typical, white

Replies: 2
Views: 2,283

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th October 2009 05:50 PM; by Sweevo

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FINISHING

bearer

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 30th September 2009 11:50 PM

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Views: 806

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th September 2009 11:50 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Insulation vs moisture

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 24th September 2009 12:20 PM

barrier, batts, boards, bung, couple, gist, ground, house, insulate, insulation, internal, moisture, odds, raise, read, remove, renovateforum.com, replace, sods, swallow, thread, tim, touching, walls, weatherboard, weatherboards

Replies: 0
Views: 1,801

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th September 2009 12:20 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

What to do with Effloresence

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 19th September 2009 10:30 PM

block, concrete, damage, damp, due, effloresence, filled, found, foundations, garage, ground, internal, lifting, moisture, paint, painted, property, read, render, rendered, renovateforum.com, repaint, repair, slope, surface, tank, thread, water

Replies: 0
Views: 1,532

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th September 2009 10:30 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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wall batts and moisture

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 17th September 2009 12:20 AM

batt, batts, buy, completly, designed, exterier, forum, gutted, guys, house, inside, installing, insulate, line, matt, middle, moisture, names, plaster, read, renovateforum.com, renovating, resist, stop, thread, time, wall, walls, weatherboard

Replies: 0
Views: 1,205

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th September 2009 12:20 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

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GENERAL ODDS N SODS

Errant weep holes ???

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 28th August 2009 09:20 PM

accurate, acquired, adjoining, archicentre, bathrooms, builders, clearance, conflicting, contact, correct, covered, deck, insurance, meter, moisture, newly, original, plumber, read, reading, recorded, renovateforum.com, reports, thread, timber, wall, warranty, weep-holes, witch1oo, wooden

Replies: 0
Views: 1,653

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th August 2009 09:20 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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spray gun and little black bitties

Started by old_picker, 7th August 2009 09:12 AM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

ago, air, beginning, bitties, black, bought, cleaned, colour, coming, common, compressor, dirt, filter, finish, gmc, gun, impurities, job, litre, moisture, plagued, pumping, seens, sieving, solid, spray, spraying, suspect, tiny, trap

Replies: 30
Views: 4,267

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th August 2009 06:10 PM; by old_picker

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FINISHING

Leaving lights on all day to prevent mould

Started by qld, 25th July 2009 12:22 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

ceiling, compared, cover, day, effective, growth, heat, lamp, leaving, light, lightbulb, lights, mildew, moisture, mould, prevent, reduce, spread

Replies: 22
Views: 2,469

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th July 2009 07:23 PM; by rrobor

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NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

Timber Finishing

Started by kipper31, 5th July 2009 09:53 PM

,good, advice, application, applications, benchtops, boardroom, build, called, commonly, doors, finish, finishes, finishing, fitouts, forum, furniture, gloss, hard, hardness, kitcken, lacquers.common, levels, moisture, offer, polishing, polyurethane, resistant, shop, start, timber

Replies: 2
Views: 1,237

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th July 2009 08:05 PM; by paul k

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FINISHING

Household tips

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 4th July 2009 01:30 PM

ants, bottom, cupboard, disappear, door, finished, fly, kids, line, linen, marks, microwave, minutes, moisture, move, nice, re-do, remove, rid, screen, shade, sit, soda, sprinkle, stain, stains, steam, stop, water, wipe

Replies: 0
Views: 1,037

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th July 2009 01:30 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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GENERAL ODDS N SODS

T & G floor over chipboard

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 1st July 2009 06:20 PM

130, barrier, based, boards, chipboard, dampen, dust, existing, finish, floor, framing, glue, gum, gun, job, lay, moisture, nail, nails, paslode, read, renovateforum.com, spotted, squeaks, straight, suit, thread, top, vapor, water

Replies: 0
Views: 1,736

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st July 2009 06:20 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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FLOORING

repainting concrete retaining walls

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 22nd May 2009 06:10 PM

backyard, coming, concrete, condition, hold, lots, moisture, mtr, paint, peeling, pitted, poor, project, repaint, repainting, retaining, seeps, soil, terraced, wall, walls, wondering, worth

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Views: 1,187

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd May 2009 06:10 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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Overlay flooring on concrete

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 13th May 2009 06:40 PM

10mm, 40cm, advice, barrier, battens, buying, concrete, ebay, fixing, flooring, ground, idea, issues, jarrah, laying, levels, moisture, nailer, poster, read, reader, renovateforum.com, roll, secret, slab, spaced, surplus, thread, time, wood

Replies: 0
Views: 1,517

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th May 2009 06:40 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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FLOORING

metal shower waste installation

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 10th May 2009 04:00 PM

concrete, drainage, entering, explains, flange, inhibit, install, installation, metal, moisture, picture, pipe, plastic, quickly, read, renovateforum.com, ruin, screed, sit, situation, stuck, sub-floor, supposed, talking, thread, tray, waste, wastes, water, waterproof

Replies: 0
Views: 4,478

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th May 2009 04:00 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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Junction Box under house

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 11th April 2009 10:00 AM

500mm, box, boxes, correct, crawl, due, electrical, event, flooding, found, house, junction, minor, moisture, read, renovateforum.com, space, thread, told, yesterday

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Views: 1,591

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th April 2009 10:00 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

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PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

block retaining wall moisture preventer

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 5th April 2009 03:00 AM

block, moisture, preventer, read, renovateforum.com, retaining, thread, wall

Replies: 0
Views: 3,667

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th April 2009 03:00 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

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RETAINING WALLS

New Yankee Workshop Kitchen

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 26th March 2009 03:00 PM

assuming, biscuit, board, carcases, comments, due, edges, hmr, issue, joined, melamine, mentioned, missing, moisture, pitch, ply, question, read, renovateforum.com, sales, sealed, space, start, swells, thread, times, told, unrelated, workshop, yankee

Replies: 0
Views: 1,967

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th March 2009 03:00 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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sarking/condensation/ gluing insulation to

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 23rd March 2009 10:30 PM

20-30mm, adding, aircell, boxing, cliplock, condensation, direct, drop, dropped, evaporate, fittings, gap, glue, gluing, guttering, iron, lifted, moisture, pose, read, renovateforum.com, roof, sarking, simply, taking, thinking, thread, top, trap, verandah

Replies: 0
Views: 1,495

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd March 2009 10:30 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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no sarking in roof??

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 15th March 2009 09:40 PM

add, adding, box, build, cavity, cement, cladding, complete, condensation, direct, fill, gaps, iron, leave, lift, line, moisture, option, plate, plenty, rafters, read, renovateforum.com, roof, sarking, seamless, thread, ventilation, verandah, wall

Replies: 0
Views: 3,973

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th March 2009 09:40 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Best finish for a wet area. Bathroom.

Started by Enfield Guy, 8th March 2009 06:23 PM

area, bathroom, cabinet, concern, contact, damage, english, figure, finish, finishing, floor, grain, item, legs, main, marble, method, moisture, oak, occasional, people, piece, reckon, splash, subjected, tiled, time, top, wet, wick

Replies: 1
Views: 2,180

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th March 2009 07:04 PM; by Papa

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FINISHING

Green timber for external use

Started by Burnsy, 8th February 2009 08:04 PM

aquaponic, benches, bolted, cut, drying, elements, exposed, external, finish, fresh, green, gum, linseed, mix, moisture, oil/turps, quickly, sitting, spotted, stop, suggestions, supports, tank, term, thinking, timber

Replies: 7
Views: 4,052

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th February 2009 10:57 PM; by mic-d

Forum:
FINISHING

problem with mortar in store room

Started by Buzzbox, 20th January 2009 02:38 PM

agent, appreciated, attached, brick, crumbly, feeling, finger, greatly, hardener, horrible, house, inside, moisture, mortar, powdery, problem, product, raking, remedy, repointing, room, rotted, rubbed, similar, single, store, stuff, walls, waterproofing, wood

Replies: 0
Views: 1,651

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th January 2009 02:38 PM; by Buzzbox

Forum:
BRICKWORK, CONCRETING, PAVING, RENDERING, etc

Swimming pool chemicals and rust???

Started by Chumley, 5th January 2009 08:39 AM

acid, adam, advice, ash, block, bunch, chemicals, chlorine, due, faster, floor, garden, gday, hydrochloric, issue, moisture, normal, pool, presence, rains, rust, rusting, rusty, sealing, shed, sits, swimming, tools, walls, wet

Replies: 7
Views: 5,104

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th January 2009 10:41 AM; by Vernonv

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NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

camphor laurel cofee table

Started by david devine, 9th December 2008 06:20 PM

18%, advice, camphor, cofee, dave, devine, experienced, filling, finish, finishing, forum, gentlemen, girls, guys, hoping, it.rolleyes, laurel, live, moisture, nice, post, reading, salvage, slab, table, w.a, wood, worker

Replies: 5
Views: 1,662

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th December 2008 12:15 PM; by david devine

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G'day mate - THE WELCOME WAGON -Introduce yourself

block retaining wall moisture preventer

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 21st November 2008 11:20 AM

Replies: 0
Views: 3,693

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st November 2008 11:20 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

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Preparing to tile a single brick wall

Started by ubeaut, 16th November 2008 07:10 PM

advice, affect, brick, bricks, brush, combined, exterior, flaking, house, inside, job, laundry, moisture, mortar, paint, planning, questions, read, render, rendering, renovateforum.com, rid, seal, single, straight, thread, tile, tiling, wall, wire

Replies: 0
Views: 2,096

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th November 2008 07:10 PM; by ubeaut

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Hollow sound coming from beneath concrete?

Started by ubeaut, 16th November 2008 07:21 AM

accumulates, advice, alot, amount, beneath, box, brick, bricks, causing, circle, close, coming, concrete, corner, couple, cracks, hollow, home, leaks, moisture, notice, planter, sound, underpinning, walls, water, wondering

Replies: 0
Views: 1,018

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th November 2008 07:21 AM; by ubeaut

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Laundry renovation

Started by ubeaut, 16th November 2008 07:18 AM

advice, coming, concrete, consistent, crumbly, depth, floor, guessing, half, historic, laundry, leaks, loose, lot, migrating, moisture, mortor, pad, re-doing, re-render, render, renovation, sloping, smashed, sort, surrounding, tiles, walls, water, wondering

Replies: 0
Views: 1,646

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th November 2008 07:18 AM; by ubeaut

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Using cement renderer's bricks

Started by ubeaut, 16th November 2008 07:18 AM

absorb, apparently, brick, bricks, building, cement, cheap, cheaper, couple, crack, cracks, due, fall, garage, grey-coloured, heard, lot, means, moisture, money, normal, occur, people, plan, poor, quality, render, renderers, save, size

Replies: 0
Views: 1,517

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th November 2008 07:18 AM; by ubeaut

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BRICKWORK

Home drainage problem, back of house and backyard

Started by ubeaut, 16th November 2008 07:10 AM

110, advice, ago, backyard, boundary, closest, council, day, drainage, fans, fence, grated, hours, house, imagine, install, installed, kerb, moisture, neighbours, people, planning, running, similar, starting, timber/weatherboard, underfloor, ventilation, wall, yard

Replies: 0
Views: 1,642

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th November 2008 07:10 AM; by ubeaut

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PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc