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new patio concrete too high

Started by Christo, 26th February 2008 06:35 PM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

11m, 5mm, chris, concrete, contractor, discovering, fall, floor, fragile, grinding, high, house, jackhammer, jokes, level, mind, morning, patio, poured, returned, roofing, set, similar, suggestions, tile, water, weeks

Replies: 38
Views: 6,606

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th March 2008 08:49 AM; by Terrian

Forum:
CONCRETING

repairing solid plaster on brick walls?

Started by Border boy, 7th March 2008 07:05 PM

1940s, 5mm, attached, brick, brick/render, cheers, filler, fireplace, home, lounge, modifying, parents, plaster, removed, repairing, shelves, shelving, solid, stick, walls, yesterday

Replies: 4
Views: 1,840

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th March 2008 09:45 PM; by Border boy

Forum:
PLASTERING

Att "silent c". ardex lq 92 info

Started by tidemaster, 5th March 2008 11:36 PM

20mm, 5mm, appreciated, ardex, att, bed, cement, cracking, fall, flexible, glue, grout, info, layed, liner, membrane, product, proof, pvc, response, sand, silent c, suggested, suitable, thicker, tile, type, water, weight, wooried

Replies: 0
Views: 1,821

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th March 2008 11:36 PM; by tidemaster

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Repairing & Painting solid plaster walls

Started by rscho, 25th February 2007 09:38 PM

5mm, acrylic, adhere, advice, appreciated, coat, crack, dining, ensure, existing, exposing, fine, imperfections, living, matt, paint, painting, plan, plaster, prep, range, re-plastering, repairing, size, skim, solid, sticks, suit, wall, walls

Replies: 2
Views: 8,232

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th February 2008 02:50 PM; by rod@plasterbrok

Forum:
PAINTING

Space b/w floor boards

Started by prof_montoya, 21st February 2008 09:11 AM

145mm, 150mm, 5mm, acceptable, b or w, b/w, baltic, boards, damaged/rotted, fixes, floor, gap, gaps, house, leave, nails, pine, polishing, pull, rest, rusted, severely, shrunk, solutions, space, stop, surrounding, thinking, wider, wood

Replies: 1
Views: 1,548

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th February 2008 05:38 AM; by bnpenty

Forum:
FLOORING

paving replacement

Started by Christo, 26th February 2008 06:25 PM

2sm, 50mm, 5mm, backfilled, concrete, existing, gidday, inch, loam, pavers, paving, pipe, pipes, removed, replace, replacement, replacements, river, sand, sandy, set, settleing, sewerage, thinking, top, trench

Replies: 2
Views: 1,232

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th February 2008 11:07 AM; by Terrian

Forum:
LANDSCAPING, GARDENING, OUTDOORS

Best way to cut a cast-iron bath in half...

Started by Batpig, 15th January 2008 09:54 PM

185mm, 5mm, angle, attempting, bath, blade, buying, cast-iron, castiron, circular, cold-cut, correct, cut, disc, enamel, forums, glazing, gmc, grinder, half, irwin, kill, masonry, metal-cutting, possibly, remove, set, similar, size, walls

Replies: 1
Views: 2,704

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th January 2008 10:08 PM; by DJ’s Timber

Forum:
BATHROOM & TOILET

Plastic strips holding up Fibro Board

Started by Spelunx, 31st December 2007 11:01 AM

1980, 5cm, 5mm, board, built, called, cheers, cover, door, due, fibro, helps, holding, house, inside, jayson, join, moving, nailed, panels, picture, plastic, post, renovating, sliding, source, strip, strips, stud-work, wide

Replies: 4
Views: 3,481

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th January 2008 12:17 AM; by X-Man

Forum:
PLASTERING

F17 vs HYSPAN

Started by gg23, 4th January 2008 09:19 AM

5mm, 90x45, 95x45, advice, appreciated, cleared, difference, engineer, extension, f17, greatly, greg, height, hyspan, installing, joists, lvl, plans, process, rated, received

Replies: 2
Views: 2,402

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th January 2008 04:54 PM; by gg23

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Decking on concrete, which deck direction?

Started by moonos, 1st January 2008 12:00 PM

5mm, advantages, ago, angle, approx, battens, boards, cad, concrete, confusing, deck, decking, degree, direction, edge, finish, gaps, hardwood, house, info, joist, metres, negative, nicely, plan, pool, required, run, running, veranda

Replies: 6
Views: 2,219

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st January 2008 10:04 PM; by moonos

Forum:
DECKING

Help wanted - new door is thicker

Started by jarrahhead, 20th October 2007 10:11 AM

5mm, armful, attach, door, existing, frame, front, jam, matter, modern, putting, removing, replacing, simple, sit, taking, thicker, wanted

Replies: 10
Views: 3,237

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd December 2007 07:22 PM; by 3Days

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

door jamb not plumb

Started by juan, 8th November 2007 08:27 PM

59799, 5mm, appreciated, approx, architrave, architraves, bathroom, bottom, cheers, door, hallway, hell, hinged, inside, jamb, lining, lock, plumb, project, pulling, remove, renovation, replace, replastered, results, suggestions, top, touched

Replies: 3
Views: 3,991

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th November 2007 11:59 AM; by pawnhead

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Increasing amount of gutter-feed into rain-water tank

Started by sendwine, 25th October 2007 06:51 PM

1cm, 5mm, causing, down-pipe, downpipe.what, dreamin, flow, gutter, gutterfeed, height, increasing, leave, lip, mosquitos, nice, northern, pond, pool, rain-water, rainwater, reckon, rust, slow, solution, southern, suggestions, tank, top, water, yuz

Replies: 3
Views: 2,116

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th October 2007 10:20 PM; by woodbe

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Removing roots from pipes without replacing pipes

Started by Williamstown, 7th October 2007 02:49 AM

10mm, 5mm, 90mm, caustic, digging, dozen, easily, feeding, fine, half, larger, managed, middle, offending, pcv, pipe, pipes, remove, removed, removing, replaced, replacing, rest, roots, sections, soda, trees

Replies: 8
Views: 10,297

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th October 2007 01:27 AM; by elkangorito

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Slope on deck (for drainage)?

Started by Williamstown, 5th October 2007 09:04 AM

5mm, ago, boards, deck, difference, drainage, existing, fall, flush, i.e, metre, putting, regard, required, slope, sound, spaced, time, told, veranda, wondering

Replies: 0
Views: 2,822

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th October 2007 09:04 AM; by Williamstown

Forum:
DECKING

Correcting misaligned adjoining floors

Started by JontyG, 21st September 2007 09:34 PM

120sqm, 2tsup, 5mm, adjoining, approx, bathroom, correcting, covering, difference, double, existing, fairly, floorboards, floors, house, jonty, karri, kitchen, lay, levels, lower, means, misaligned, replaced, search, severe, simplest, solution, storey, tiled

Replies: 5
Views: 2,567

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th September 2007 08:18 AM; by OBBob

Forum:
FLOORING

Fixing Battens to Concrete & Decking to Battens

Started by Tubby2, 27th August 2007 03:32 PM

5mm, 75x35, advance, ago, anchors, battens, bit, bolts, concrete, couple, decking, dyna, extended, fibro, fix, fixing, front, hardwood, how/what, lead, pack, planning, porch, putting, questions, ramset, ready, size, slab, weeks

Replies: 7
Views: 16,672

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th August 2007 09:42 AM; by thebuildingsurv

Forum:
DECKING

Guide for sliding door

Started by ramonski72, 6th August 2007 04:49 PM

13mm, 5mm, alcove, allowing, attached, bottom, built, cut, door, doors, floor, groove, guide, hung, installed, length, pair, plastic, rail, slide, sliding, stop, suggest, swinging, top, wardrobe, wheels, wide, wooden

Replies: 6
Views: 6,620

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th August 2007 11:47 AM; by zenwood

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Led Strip Lighting

Started by -mick-, 24th July 2007 02:07 PM

$30, 10mm, 5mm, bit, cabinet, closed, cover, dirt, ebay, flexible, floor, gap, hardwood, led, lighting, lines, mopped, pcb, perspex, result, silicon, slate, strip, strips, swept, thin, tiles, walked, wide, wood

Replies: 11
Views: 5,345

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd August 2007 07:26 PM; by -mick-

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Gyprock question

Started by redheeler, 7th June 2007 04:46 PM

5mm, accomodate, board, convoluted, decipher, edge, finished, flush, forum, gyprock, hope, horizontal, informative, installing, join, joinsno, masonry, moment, plasterboard, post, proud, question, rebate, redheeler, scrape, sheet, sheets, taping, top, walls

Replies: 4
Views: 3,531

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th June 2007 11:24 PM; by redheeler

Forum:
PLASTERING

what spacers to use

Started by reybec, 27th May 2007 09:06 PM

3mm, 5mm, corners, frame, grout, leave, line, major, mark, pita, sealed, shower, size, spacers, spaces, stage, stretch, tile, tiles, tiling, unsure, wall, walls, waterproof

Replies: 5
Views: 3,647

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th May 2007 09:29 AM; by reybec

Forum:
PAINTING, PLASTERING, TILING, DECORATING, etc.

customising platpax cabinets

Started by matttt, 26th May 2007 02:27 AM

2195mm, 5mm, appliances, cabinet, cabinets, customising, easy, flatpax, kitchen, length, planning, platpax, post, process, reduce, replacement, sise, wondering

Replies: 3
Views: 2,018

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th May 2007 12:12 AM; by matttt

Forum:
KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, THEATRES, etc

steel lintel size for removed brick arch

Started by transit, 9th May 2007 07:53 PM

1.6m, 150mm, 5mm, 75mm, arch, archways, average, brick, bricklayer, brickwork, call, deeper, embedded, found, job, joins, lintel, modern, mortar, pain, perfect, remove, removed, search, size, specific, steel, support, thicker, threads

Replies: 3
Views: 6,074

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th May 2007 01:50 AM; by transit

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Opening not quite level

Started by atregent, 24th April 2007 01:08 PM

5mm, 650mm, admire, ages, angles, carefully, coat, corners, created, cut, discovered, edges, fart-arsing, handy, level, non-destructive, opening, pantry, plaster, plasterboard, pull, question, slip, sorting, spent, start, stood, top, unnoticed, walk

Replies: 1
Views: 1,510

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th April 2007 02:21 PM; by rat52

Forum:
PAINTING, PLASTERING, TILING, DECORATING, etc.

tolerance in bearers

Started by 4woods, 10th March 2007 05:46 PM

150, 3mm, 4mm, 5mm, acceptable, bearers, bolted, hyspan, level, metres, setting, slump, stumps, timber, tolerance

Replies: 2
Views: 1,880

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th March 2007 12:01 PM; by soundman

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Whats the blue tack for?

Started by zendo, 8th February 2007 10:45 AM

350mm, 5mm, bench.i, bit, blue, box, crapy, gas, hot, ideas, plate, rubbery, sits, squash, strips, stuff, tack, wide

Replies: 4
Views: 1,635

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th February 2007 04:23 PM; by bricks

Forum:
KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, THEATRES, etc

Damp, particle board and bearer/joist spacers

Started by thejazzlord, 30th December 2006 03:46 PM

5mm, advice, ago, assumed, bearer or joist, bearers, board, coming, damp, decayed, dropped, figuring, floating, floor, i.e, intend, joists, laid, mark, normal, particle, replacing, spacers, stopping, strong, sunk, t&g, top, water, worry

Replies: 2
Views: 3,109

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th December 2006 08:53 PM; by thejazzlord

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Barrel Hinge Markers

Started by watson, 13th December 2006 03:14 PM

5.2mm, 5mm, 6mm, barrel, bastard, bit, breath, centre, chuck, dowell, file, finally, fit, helpful, hinge, hinges, holding, hole, hope, lathe, markers, mounted, noel, positions, set, tested, transfer, usual, whilst, wood

Replies: 8
Views: 3,428

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th December 2006 12:42 PM; by Shedhand

Forum:
HINTS & TIPS

Estimating Decking Needed

Started by Hootsmon, 3rd November 2006 06:44 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

1.7m, 3.0m, 5mm, bearers, boards, bunnies, concrete, decking, deckling, edges, estimating, frame, gap, gratefully, inside, laying, makes, mitred, needed, photos, plm, post, ready, received, rectangular, sense, slab, straight, top, wondering

Replies: 17
Views: 4,422

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th November 2006 09:17 AM; by Ben (TM)

Forum:
DECKING

Countersink screws

Started by vGolfer, 1st November 2006 09:26 AM

5mm, bit, countersink, countersinking, drilling, explain, flush, material, metal, novice, piece, screw, screws, theory, thick, thin, understand

Replies: 8
Views: 3,030

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd November 2006 02:19 AM; by bsrlee

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

electrical help

Started by Harry II, 23rd October 2006 11:00 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

5mm, alot, builders, chistmas, curious, electrical, expecting, fail, forum, grid, history, hoping, hurt, idea, kill, led, lights, minature, model, pattern, replied, reponse, resin, set, shape, suppliers, tham, thread, touch, train

Replies: 22
Views: 3,594

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th October 2006 08:44 PM; by Harry II

Forum:
NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

Architrave 2

Started by DavidC, 22nd September 2005 11:18 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

5mm, architrave, architraves, close, corner, curve, dead, door, edge, entrance, experts, extreamily, gap, guping, hard, makes, meets, paint, painting, question, sealant, slight, stained, straight, wall

Replies: 19
Views: 4,348

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd May 2006 04:17 PM; by Markw

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Low spot in concrete floor

Started by Howdya do that, 8th February 2006 08:55 AM

5mm, concrete, cut, deep, door, drain, floor, forms, front, left, low, mad, metre, miiddle, pool, poured, rains, roller, round, running, shallow, shed, slab, spot, water

Replies: 11
Views: 2,903

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th February 2006 08:12 PM; by Greg Q

Forum:
THE GARDEN SHED

Jacking up the bearers

Started by John NW, 2nd February 2006 08:40 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

1973, 1cm, 5mm, attempt, bearer, bearers, built, cms, dry, floor, house, jack, jacking, level, levels, outline, permanently, plan, plastic, proceed, time, tube, water

Replies: 16
Views: 7,871

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th February 2006 09:36 PM; by John NW

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

self levelling agent

Started by Trav, 28th September 2005 10:56 AM

1200x300x5, 5mm, agent, arrives, ash, boards, cheers, drop, flooring, gear, guy, height, house, level, levelling, presume, product, ready, recommend, self-levelling, slab, smooth, specific, subfloor, teh, tiles, total, trav, tricks, vic

Replies: 6
Views: 2,644

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th September 2005 11:59 AM; by Trav

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Your Wisdom sought.........yeah right

Started by ozwinner, 20th July 2005 05:36 PM

10mm, 3mm, 5mm, 8mm, answers, bed, brickwork, confused, difference, enlighten, head, joint, lay, learned, max/min, memo, min, note-, ohh, perpend, ppl, soughtyeah, tail, thickness, tolerance, tolerances, width, wisdom, word, writ

Replies: 14
Views: 1,841

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st July 2005 12:06 PM; by keith53

Forum:
NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

Joining floorboards

Started by Marc, 13th June 2005 01:58 PM

5mm, aligned, board, boards, bummer, carpet, closer, cork, darker, dining, drop, feel, fill, floor, floorboards, food, gap, grandchildren, hardwood, joining, joist, leveled, libitum, lower, mess, placing, replacing, reutering, visit, wall

Replies: 5
Views: 2,517

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th June 2005 10:01 PM; by julianx

Forum:
FLOORING

Tips Required Re:- Ali insect screen.

Started by ptrott, 1st June 2005 08:52 PM

5mm, 6mm, ali, aluminium, clues, concave, convex, doors, drag, fibreglass, fly-wire, groove, heavier, insect, insert, pet-screen, prior, push, re-, re-wire, required, results, rip, screen, slot, spline, stuffmad, tips, wheel, wire

Replies: 10
Views: 2,680

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd June 2005 11:24 PM; by ptrott

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Gaps in old floorboard joins

Started by Strungout, 26th March 2005 09:50 AM

1915s, 3/4, 5mm, aged, boards.the, carpet, common, floor, floorboard, gaps, greg, house, intention, joins, kourie, main, nice, polished, pretty, pulled, pulling, rest, sand/polish, sanded, tight, unfortunate, walkway, wondering

Replies: 4
Views: 3,387

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th March 2005 10:18 PM; by Taffy

Forum:
FLOORING

Repairing dodgy driveway

Started by Scooterscum, 13th September 2004 12:03 PM

5mm, advise, affected, ago, appeared, appreciated, bought, close, concrete, concreting, correct, cutting, dodgy, drive, driveway, edge, greatly, laid, matter, mesh, repairing, rusting, section, simon, spalling, tearing

Replies: 3
Views: 2,833

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th September 2004 10:23 AM; by Scooterscum

Forum:
CONCRETING

Steel plate in Perth

Started by smidsy, 14th August 2004 07:36 PM

200mm, 300mm, 5mm, building, cheers, costing, guys, hei, pay, perth, piece, plate, router, smidsy, steel, table

Replies: 6
Views: 3,378

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd September 2004 12:25 AM; by gemi_babe

Forum:
NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

plate joining bearers mid span

Started by capedcrusader, 16th August 2004 01:01 PM

1800, 5mm, advice, bearers, bolts, building, considered, dry, halved, joining, m10, mid, plate, plates, practice, prefer, removing, rotten, sound, span, steel, stump, stumps, wood

Replies: 5
Views: 6,322

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th August 2004 08:31 PM; by capedcrusader

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

How to cut thick glass?

Started by Wongo, 9th February 2004 02:26 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

4mm, 5mm, break, clamp, clean, couldn’t, couple, cut, cutter, diamond, glass, guide, hobbyist, line, piece, score, success, technique, term, thick, times, tipped, tools, wood, workbench

Replies: 21
Views: 9,156

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th July 2004 12:20 AM; by journeyman Mick

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Drilling in Metal

Started by John G, 22nd December 2003 05:25 PM

1/16th, 16mm, 5mm, accurate, bit, bits, body, buy, drill, drilling, hole, holes, idea, larger, lot, lubricant, metal, metalwork, oil, pilot, school, serious, short, steel, stubby, tapered, thicker, time, tip, wander

Replies: 4
Views: 2,860

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th December 2003 01:28 PM; by gatiep

Forum:
NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

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