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Concrete/Screed/Polish

Started by whizbang102000, 17th March 2008 06:27 PM

12-15mm, affect, aware, bond, chemical, cleanliness, concrete, cut, family/dining, floor, includes, kitchen, layer, laying, level, meals/oil/drinks, nasty, oils, polish, provide, reno, screed, slab, spilled, step, suitable, thin, traffic, wear, wooden

Replies: 3
Views: 2,862

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th March 2008 09:56 AM; by whizbang102000

Forum:
CONCRETING

Is it worth using Gypsum?

Started by Tubby2, 17th March 2008 03:44 PM

100mm, backyard, break, breakdown, cheers, clay, coule, drains, excavated, finished, front, gday, gunna, gypsum, hell, layer, putting, retainting, running, shale, sirwalter, thatll, thinking, top, trick, turf, underlay, wall, worth, yard

Replies: 0
Views: 1,325

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th March 2008 03:44 PM; by Tubby2

Forum:
LANDSCAPING, GARDENING, OUTDOORS

Painting over flaked paint layers

Started by Reno7, 26th February 2008 12:46 AM

australia, background, bought, bumps, cheers, compound, easily, edges, feather, flake, flaked, forum, heard, layer, layers, level, minded, novice, paint, painting, peeled, product, question, reno, sanding, smooth, spackling, technically, utter, websites

Replies: 3
Views: 1,840

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th March 2008 02:04 AM; by Slobba

Forum:
PAINTING

Carpet Layers

Started by creativeres, 11th March 2008 04:08 PM

carlton, carpet, contact, job, layer, layers, melbourne

Replies: 1
Views: 1,342

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th March 2008 05:05 PM; by Calm

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

Weed mat. Worth having or a waste of time?

Started by woodbe, 18th February 2008 06:44 PM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

10cm, bark/wood, built, chips, choked, compost, control, decent, garden, groundcovers, layer, mat, material, mulch, mushroom, newspaper, plant, planted, shrubs, stuff, suggestions, time, waste, weed, weedmat, weeds, woodbe, worse, worth, woven

Replies: 30
Views: 34,983

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th February 2008 12:25 PM; by woodbe

Forum:
LANDSCAPING, GARDENING, OUTDOORS

Screws into ceiling, and adhesive as cornice cement?

Started by Spelunx, 9th February 2008 11:19 PM

adhesive, advice, bad, bucketload, buried, ceiling, cement, channel, cheers, concerned, cornice, eye, finishing, flush, half, indented, jayson, job, layer, left, pictures, plaster, post, promiseddd, questions, screws, sitting, slightly, stud, tips

Replies: 12
Views: 3,965

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th February 2008 11:15 PM; by rod@plasterbrok

Forum:
PLASTERING

fujitsu split a/c icing up

Started by bwana, 29th May 2006 04:21 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

a or c, a/c, avail, fins, fujitsu, growing, guess, halcyon, happen, house, ice, icing, installed, installer, layer, melts, normal, phenomenon, proceed, recharging, recommendationson, running, split, system, telling, unit, units, wall, water, window

Replies: 18
Views: 6,635

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th February 2008 11:33 AM; by Learner

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

trusses, battens and bracing

Started by gg23, 8th February 2008 09:54 AM

90x45, advice, arrangement, batten, battens, bracing, bracing/batten, breathable, curved, cut/checked, excellent, finally, flat, flatten, forum, greg, intersects, layer, secured, sissilation, steel, trusses, varieties

Replies: 4
Views: 1,781

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th February 2008 11:40 PM; by journeyman Mick

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

floating v engineered

Started by firsthomebuyer, 16th January 2008 11:10 PM

allergy, alternate, average, bouncey, brisbane, confirm, engineered, floating, floor, flooring, hollow, home, laminate, layer, laying, low, mine, opinions, opposed, outcome, prices, pro, reputable, resale, sound, southside, specialises, term, type, wise

Replies: 11
Views: 4,401

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th January 2008 09:06 AM; by 123

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Shade cloth on the roof

Started by jp..., 11th January 2008 08:04 AM

advance, anchored, basically, cloth, cloth/sail, cloth/sails, exposure, feasable, flat, hammered, horizontally, house, ideas, inches, layer, lurker, mellow, pages, poster, prevent, rear, revealed, roof, shade, slightly, sloping, solution, sun, time, upwards

Replies: 9
Views: 11,739

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th January 2008 05:21 PM; by OLDPHART

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Paving a sloping driveway.. from scratch

Started by becks, 18th July 2007 01:31 AM

becks, block, builders, cheers, dick, diy, drain, driveway, edge, edging, fill, grated, help/comments, herringbone, layer, left, level, mortar, pave, paving, road, run, sand, scratch, slope, sloping, slurry, sponge, sweep, time

Replies: 9
Views: 15,396

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th January 2008 12:11 AM; by cmore_2

Forum:
PAVING

Roof insulation - how much is enough?

Started by Downramp, 12th December 2007 02:10 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

1.5, 4x2, additional, afternoon, battens, built, cathedral, ceilings, colorbond, confident, depth, gyprock, ideally, installing, insulation, kidding, layer, lot, mount, r-rating, rafters, reckon, roof, sarking, sceptical, setup, style, thicker, underside, warm/cool

Replies: 15
Views: 5,424

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th December 2007 11:41 PM; by Trav

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Levelling

Started by KokodaRick, 8th December 2007 04:20 PM

Replies: 2
Views: 1,751

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th December 2007 08:53 PM; by KokodaRick

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Silverbatts

Started by spartan, 12th November 2007 01:21 AM

Replies: 2
Views: 1,434

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th December 2007 01:09 PM; by jimc

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Good paver - Perth

Started by Scoofy, 28th November 2007 06:20 PM

disappointing, good, guys, highly, hoping, job, layer, northern, paved, paver, perth, pool, recommend, recommended, redo, result, scoofy, suburbs

Replies: 4
Views: 2,033

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th November 2007 04:46 PM; by rod1949

Forum:
BRICKWORK, CONCRETING, PAVING, RENDERING, etc

floor joists - span length - max load

Started by kyra08, 20th November 2007 01:01 AM

2nd, 2x4, 2x4s, 2x6, 3/4, 4x6, advance, answer, boards, calculate, ceiling, crossing, exact, floor, grade, grooved, inspection, joist, joists, laid, layer, length, load, max, perpendicular, reinforce, simply, single, span, tounge

Replies: 9
Views: 3,437

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st November 2007 08:03 PM; by addo

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

floor joists - span length - max load

Started by kyra08, 19th November 2007 03:19 AM

Replies: 1
Views: 4,555

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th November 2007 09:05 PM; by OBBob

Forum:
GENERAL ODDS N SODS

Preparing to lay floor tiles (preparing bed)

Started by Fernando, 13th November 2007 08:57 PM

bathroom, bed, cement, chicken, compressed, concerns, correct, cracking, drawn, fall, fibre, floor, future, guide, horizontal, intend, lay, layer, laying, line, mimimize, preparing, sand, smooth, start, tiles, tiling, tips, wall, wire

Replies: 2
Views: 4,955

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th November 2007 08:08 AM; by Fernando

Forum:
TILING

Double gyprock Vs insulation???

Started by Rhino666, 30th October 2007 07:04 PM

900mm, add, added, batts, builder, cavity, ceiling, couple, double, existing, expensive, gyprock, insulate, insulated, insulation, interior, layer, layers, lot, office, option, plasterboard, proofing, sound, space, tiles, travels, wall, walls, walls3m

Replies: 8
Views: 21,342

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st October 2007 08:38 PM; by pawnhead

Forum:
PLASTERING

Attic tin roof insulation options sought (Foil batts, wirly birds...)

Started by Leviathon, 31st August 2007 02:25 PM

120mm, adding, attic, batts, bedroom/study, bird, birds, ceiling, concerned, concertina, consists, floor, foil, heat, include, insulated, insulation, laid, layer, living, options, roof, sought, space, study, study/bedroom, tin, upstairs, walls, wirly

Replies: 5
Views: 6,763

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th September 2007 10:58 PM; by Spoon Man

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Renovating Old Teak Door

Started by g3nd03t, 29th August 2007 02:48 PM

80grain, afraid, color, completely, door, doors, house, joint, layer, layers, original, owner, paint, painted, pores, previous, purchased, recommendations, removed, remover, renovating, rid, rookie, sanded, stain, stephen, suggestions, teak, white, woods

Replies: 7
Views: 1,858

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th September 2007 09:20 PM; by Spoon Man

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Tung Oil problems

Started by TOUCHDRY, 5th September 2007 12:22 PM

100m2, 130mm, also-, bumps, coat, dust, expecting, final, finish, flatten, floor, glossier, gum, happen, hybrid, is-, layer, nature, offered, oil, oils, oily, problems, question, re-do, satin, spotted, timber, top, tung

Replies: 4
Views: 5,995

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th September 2007 05:00 PM; by TOUCHDRY

Forum:
FINISHING

White Paint in Teak's Pores

Started by g3nd03t, 28th August 2007 10:08 PM

Replies: 2
Views: 3,474

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd September 2007 12:56 AM; by BobL

Forum:
FINISHING

weak finish

Started by la Huerta, 3rd August 2007 07:52 PM

,could, adhesive, allowing, applied, black, brush, creating, drying, finish, floorproof, grain, hey, japan, keying, layer, mess, pity, proper, seal, shellac, smooth, speak, stain, suggestions, surfaces, tape, thick, thin, times, weak

Replies: 6
Views: 1,822

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd August 2007 09:41 PM; by la Huerta

Forum:
FINISHING

Restoring old chairs with my 2nd attempt of using shellac

Started by Blackout, 22nd July 2007 03:56 PM

0000, 2nd, aiming, applied, attempt, bring, chair, chairs, cleaning, close, condition, existing, finish, funiture, glass, grain, layer, light, methylated, oil, original, parafin, restoring, retore, rub, rubbed, shellac, steel, step, wool

Replies: 1
Views: 2,889

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd July 2007 08:19 PM; by RufflyRustic

Forum:
FINISHING

Now it's Cold

Started by Terry B, 19th June 2007 11:02 PM

cold, dear, fire.cold, infront, layer, sleet, thin, verandah

Replies: 5
Views: 2,035

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th June 2007 11:12 AM; by RufflyRustic

Forum:
NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

Ceramic tiles: floor preparation

Started by Groggy, 16th June 2007 10:12 AM

3-5mm, adhesive, ceramic, clean, entryway, flat, floor, laid, layer, moment, preparation, removed, tiles, wondering

Replies: 9
Views: 2,683

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th June 2007 10:50 AM; by rod1949

Forum:
FLOORING

Removing Japanned finish

Started by Andy Mac, 15th June 2007 02:42 PM

apply, cloth, crevices, dents, fingers, finish, happy, holes, hoping, japanned, layer, left, metho, moulding, nail, pigment, reading, removed, removing, shellac, stay, stuff, suggestions, tended, timber, time, touch, wait, wax, wood

Replies: 2
Views: 2,134

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th June 2007 08:08 PM; by MajorPanic

Forum:
FINISHING

Stone footing repair

Started by mark b, 1st May 2007 03:52 PM

10mm, 45142, 45143, 45144, advice, advise, black, bridged, built, concrete, crumbly, damp, fix, footing, form, fretting, home, layer, mark, mortar, permanently, repair, resulting, sand, solution, sound, stone, stones, stonework, thick

Replies: 4
Views: 2,647

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th May 2007 02:13 PM; by mark b

Forum:
CONCRETING

painting a concrete retaining wall

Started by gsouth, 30th March 2007 08:45 PM

airpockets, armawall, called, cheers, clean, concrete, fairly, fill, formwork, geoff, house, layer, paint, painting, penetration, poured, prep, purchased, questions, render, retain, retaining, satin, sealer/waterproof, surface, taubmans, thick, wall, walls, water

Replies: 3
Views: 6,387

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd April 2007 09:34 PM; by Master Splinter

Forum:
PAINTING

Can anyone give me advice about soundproofting and plasterboard ceilings?

Started by deuce42, 18th March 2007 10:41 PM

advice, air, bedroom, ceiling, ceilings, complain, difference, escaping, expense, gyprock, gyprocker, insulation, layer, lower, money, neighbours, noise, ordinary, piece, plasterboard, question, sheet, sound, soundcheck, soundproofting, studio, thinking, unit, vents, vermiculite

Replies: 8
Views: 3,019

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th March 2007 02:12 PM; by soundman

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Removal of sandy composition

Started by MICKYG, 7th February 2007 04:51 PM

accomadate, board, building, carpet, chip, clean, composition, discovered, floor, flooring, floors, glue, glued, idea, ideas, intend, laid, layer, leave, masonite, mike, nice, process, removal, renovation, sandy, shop, suggestion, type, wink

Replies: 0
Views: 1,575

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th February 2007 04:51 PM; by MICKYG

Forum:
HINTS & TIPS

problem removing render

Started by emptybucketman, 1st February 2007 05:01 PM

1930s, 25mm, art, bathroom, brick, bricks, brickwork, chisel, club, damage, deco, difficult, dislodge, halfway, hammer, ideas, layer, loosening, mortar, problem, remove, removing, render, step, step?o, thick, tiled, tiles, wall

Replies: 6
Views: 3,774

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th February 2007 12:38 PM; by Bleedin Thumb

Forum:
KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, THEATRES, etc

Preparing varnished skirting and architraves

Started by Art Martin, 30th January 2007 12:28 PM

acrylics, advice, appreciated, architraves, bare, bonding, doors, experience, gloss, hand, layer, light, mixed, overkill, paint, painting, prefer, prepare, preparing, sand, sander, sandingusing, simply, skirting, surface, surfaces, varnish, varnished, wood, worried

Replies: 2
Views: 5,036

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st January 2007 08:05 PM; by drummelars

Forum:
PAINTING

marble tiles

Started by cityrunner, 31st January 2007 03:23 PM

20mm, 600, acquired, advice/tips, appreciated, baltic, cement, concerns, ebay, feedback, fibre, floor, greatly, kitchen, layer, marble, pine, planning, recently, subject, tiles, weight

Replies: 0
Views: 1,150

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st January 2007 03:23 PM; by cityrunner

Forum:
TILING

direct stick on wood questions

Started by wire, 23rd January 2007 04:45 AM

12mm, adelaide, advice, boards, concrete, direct, eternally, floating, floor, floors, front, glue, greatful, house, kitchen, lay, layer, main, meets, questions, remove, sand, selleys, sika, stick, terracotta, tiles, timber, ultraset, wood

Replies: 2
Views: 2,953

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd January 2007 12:31 PM; by wire

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Carpet Recomendations - Perth

Started by Damon_11, 2nd January 2007 01:06 AM

$46/m2, appreciated, bil, boards, carpet, carton, cheers, embeltons, engineered, excercise, floor, investigate, layer, laying, mate, pacific, perth, plank, prices, question, reasonable, reccomend, recomendations, region, responses, retailers, single, underlay, walnut, wholesalers

Replies: 3
Views: 4,451

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd January 2007 11:54 PM; by Damon_11

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Window cleaning disaster

Started by old_picker, 23rd December 2006 05:35 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

advice, afraid, attacked, bottle, cleaning, cleanup, confused, disaster, duty, fine, front, heavy, helpfull, history, house, kitchen, layer, loungeroom, marks, metres, removed, scratches, squirty, streaky, sugarsoap, surely, swmbo, window, windows, wth

Replies: 16
Views: 4,197

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st December 2006 04:13 PM; by attie

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

sparaying kitchen cupboard door

Started by powerbuff, 16th December 2006 10:37 AM

cheers, cupboard, custom, door, doors, finish, generate, gloss, grab, heat, kitchen, layer, match, mind, oven, pak, panel, polyurethane, products, reasonable, remaking, sparaying, spray, surround, vacuum, white, wood, wrapped

Replies: 1
Views: 2,011

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th December 2006 07:09 PM; by celeste

Forum:
KITCHENS

Will grout adhere to paint on the wall?

Started by Paws, 12th November 2006 07:01 PM

adhere, bit, bottom, confusing, couple, dry, edge, gap, grout, grouting, include, laundry, layer, paint, painting, replaced, row, sealing, single, tiles, top, wait, wall, walls, weeks

Replies: 5
Views: 2,708

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th November 2006 10:38 PM; by Paws

Forum:
PLASTERING

Reo Rust

Started by OBBob, 7th November 2006 03:49 PM

Replies: 1
Views: 2,481

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th November 2006 05:46 PM; by Tommy

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Forwarding between VLANS

Started by makhan, 6th November 2006 01:49 PM

,vlan2, assigned, communicate, communication, connected, created, data, destination, directly, earlier, explain, explained, finally, forwarding, forwards, i.e, interfaces, layer, mechanism, pc1, pc2, router, sends, switchequivalent, vlan, vlan1, vlan2, vlan3, vlan4, vlans

Replies: 2
Views: 1,472

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th November 2006 02:31 PM; by silentC

Forum:
NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

Joists Spacing

Started by OBBob, 9th October 2006 01:57 PM

advance, advantage, bearing, complete, construction, days, disadvantage, edges, flooring, gap, joists, laminated, layer, load, nail, norm, prior, protrude, spacing, standard, stood, supported, tongue, top, wall, walls, yellow

Replies: 5
Views: 2,516

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th October 2006 09:19 AM; by silentC

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

undercoat for plaster walls

Started by dexx, 4th October 2006 05:38 PM

bonding, brick, cement, covered, float, grey, internal, layer, plaster, plastered, provide, seal, strength, surface, thin, top, topcoat, undercoat, walls

Replies: 9
Views: 7,385

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th October 2006 10:24 PM; by Tools

Forum:
PAINTING

Heat gun on Acrylic Paint

Started by bpj1968, 2nd October 2006 10:13 AM

80s, acrylic, allowed, answer, cracks, doors, exposed, final, frames, grain, gun, heat, job, layer, levaing, paint, painted, patches, poor, process, repaint, repainting, sand, sanded, speed, strip, thinking, timber, weather, window

Replies: 1
Views: 2,722

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd October 2006 09:04 PM; by durwood

Forum:
PAINTING

Can you get stain sprays in little cans ?

Started by JDarvall, 12th September 2006 07:01 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

advice, affect, air, award, cans, colours, compressor, fella, harder, layer, oakjust, pre-mixed, rag, regular, rubbing, sheilds, shop, silky, spray, sprays, stain, stains, straight, stuff, thingys, trophy, types, uno, verying, worried

Replies: 26
Views: 4,418

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st September 2006 09:04 PM; by JDarvall

Forum:
FINISHING

What to do with/to this driveway?

Started by Tok, 17th September 2006 01:57 PM

001.jpg, 002.jpg, 003.jpg, 004.jpg, 005.jpg, 4-6, advice, block, can/should, considerable, difference, driveway, heaps, height, hoping, inches, layer, lot, question, raising, re-concrete, rip, roadbase, scratch, slope, start, suggestions, tok, whack, with or to

Replies: 4
Views: 4,925

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th September 2006 09:35 AM; by Tok

Forum:
BRICKWORK, CONCRETING, PAVING, RENDERING, etc

Trapdoor in 2 layers of floorboards

Started by thejazzlord, 10th September 2006 11:33 PM

access, assume, boards, cutting, figure, finished, fix, floor, floorboards, gor, hand, ideas, joists, layer, layers, left, lower, luckily, mark, messy, nails, owner, previous, stack, tell-tale, trapdoor, underfloor, underneath, unused, upper

Replies: 12
Views: 3,077

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th September 2006 04:00 PM; by Bleedin Thumb

Forum:
FLOORING

Help with cracked acrylic shower base

Started by Bald Wombat, 10th September 2006 01:07 PM

600mm, acrylic, alternative, bald, base, bottom, cheers, crack, cracked, forlorn, hope, jumped, layer, locked, means, middle, pretty, pulling, removing, replace, rows, screen, shower, suggestions, tiles, top, window, wombat

Replies: 1
Views: 4,284

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th September 2006 05:11 PM; by workgoose

Forum:
KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, THEATRES, etc

Dust proofing attic - sisalation on under side of rafters?

Started by Mcblurter, 31st August 2006 11:34 AM

1st, 25mm, advice, air, aluminium, answer, attach, attic, batten, cheers, cover, dust, erica, exposed, gap, horizontally, improved, insulation, jong, layer, mcblurter, pitched, proof, proofing, rafters, roof, sisalation, tape, tiles, underside

Replies: 8
Views: 7,260

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st August 2006 05:16 PM; by Mcblurter

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

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