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How to fix a really ugly concrete floor

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

20mm, bits, colours, concrete, cracked, diy, fix, floor, guys, half, hideous, house, numerous, patched, patio, paver, plain, repairs, rest, slab, solution, sunken, thick, thin, ugliest, ugly

Replies: 0
Views: 1,703

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

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CONCRETING

Laying laminate flooring on external tiles

Started by ubeaut, 16th November 2008 07:03 AM

advice, appreciated, attached, balcony, compound, enclosed, external, floor, flooring, gap, grout, ideas, job, laminate, laying, levelling, pics, pontetial, steve, thick, thin, thumbnails, tiles, tolerance, underlay, uneveness, unit, wondering

Replies: 0
Views: 1,961

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th November 2008 07:03 AM; by ubeaut

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Magnasite flooring

Started by ubeaut, 16th November 2008 07:03 AM

$40, advance, bag, bondcrete, cement, cement/sand, crumbling, edges, extra, feathers, flat, floating, floor, laminate, lay, levelling, lowest, magnesite, mix, moment, painted, sand, seal, spot, spread, stick, stronger, thin, timber, told

Replies: 0
Views: 2,333

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th November 2008 07:03 AM; by ubeaut

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Keeping paint OFF the carpet?

Started by ubeaut, 16th November 2008 06:50 AM

attention, boards, bounce, brush, carpet, carpeted, cheerio, guide, hoping, keeping, mark, metal, move, paint, piece, sheet, skirting, suggestions, thin

Replies: 0
Views: 1,260

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th November 2008 06:50 AM; by ubeaut

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How to match new render with existing?

Started by ubeaut, 16th November 2008 06:50 AM

advice, appreciated, chasing, coat, coats, existing, feels, fill, greatly, hand, holes, kitchen, layer, lightly, lots, match, paint, particles, powerpoints, render, rendering, rough, rougher, sand, smooth, smoother, spread, thin, top, wall

Replies: 0
Views: 1,400

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th November 2008 06:50 AM; by ubeaut

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bathroom tiling

Started by ubeaut, 16th November 2008 06:50 AM

acid, advice, bath/shower, bathroom, bondcrete, bought, compartmentalise, concrete, couple, floor, forum, house, painted, panelling, recently, redo, removing, sealing, shower, sitting, tackle, thin, tiles, tiling, time, toilet, track, vanity, walls, wood

Replies: 0
Views: 1,288

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th November 2008 06:50 AM; by ubeaut

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Do you scrape lacquer?

Started by jmk89, 25th March 2008 08:42 AM

accord, application, collection, dry, experience, finishing, frids, hooked, lacquer, piece, raw, reading, results, sandpaper, scrape, scrapers, sense, steel, suggests, surface, tage, talks, thin, timber, tips, volume, wet, wondered, woodworking, wothwhile

Replies: 5
Views: 2,602

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st November 2008 05:01 PM; by mic-d

Forum:
FINISHING

How much thinners?

Started by garfield, 7th October 2008 05:04 PM

25%, 30%, compressor, enamel, geoff, gloss, gun, idea, mdf, paint, primed, spray, thin, thinners, wondering

Replies: 2
Views: 1,309

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th October 2008 08:44 AM; by garfield

Forum:
FINISHING

HELP - having trouble with Organoil

Started by missionaryman, 27th September 2008 05:31 PM

1/3, 750w, black, bloke, bought, buff, burnishing, carbatec, cheap, crap, decker, dull, fault, figured, hard, oil, orbital, organoil, properly, random, result, ryobi, sander, sanders, satin, scrap, sheen, sheet, thin, trouble

Replies: 12
Views: 2,806

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th October 2008 06:25 PM; by missionaryman

Forum:
FINISHING

polyeurothane PITA

Started by mattym83, 6th August 2008 06:53 PM

add, application, applies, body, brush, bubbles, coat, cost, dried, found, matt, mins, paint, partially, pita, polyeurothane, seams, secong, secrets, sprayer, spraying, stroaks, thin, worth

Replies: 9
Views: 2,020

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st August 2008 01:24 AM; by Pusser

Forum:
FINISHING

Spraying lacquer

Started by garfield, 26th November 2007 09:38 AM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

10%, advice, applying, batch, camp, coat, dry, gun, hard, job, kitchen, lacquer, light, metho, mixing, moment, ply, poor, properly, properlycant, roughly, spray, spraying, stuffing, theory, thin, wondering, wood

Replies: 31
Views: 6,434

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th August 2008 04:14 AM; by kcasser

Forum:
FINISHING

Lacquer over shellac?

Started by JB, 1st August 2008 02:15 PM

achieve, adhesion, coat, coats, current, effect, lacquer, maple, match, pre-cat, project, protection, qld, sealer, shellac, stain, table, thin, top, tricky, woods, yellow

Replies: 0
Views: 1,412

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st August 2008 02:15 PM; by JB

Forum:
FINISHING

perfect gloss

Started by mattym83, 20th July 2008 08:56 PM

air, applying, attempt, brush, brushed, bubbles, dried, dust, finish, gloss, gun, heat, layer, lots, matt, particles, perfect, picked, pour, poured, question, remove, seam, spatula, spread, thicker, thin, thinking, weekend

Replies: 0
Views: 1,742

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th July 2008 08:56 PM; by mattym83

Forum:
FINISHING

Shellawax Cream

Started by Denis Lalonde, 9th July 2008 10:52 AM

consistency, cream, denis, jar, shellawax, thick, thin, thinners

Replies: 6
Views: 2,565

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th July 2008 10:58 PM; by Sawdust Maker

Forum:
FINISHING

How to Thin down Teak Oil !!

Started by Duke_Nukem, 9th June 2008 08:49 PM

barely, coarse, cut, directions, evidence, george, grit, hours, mahogany, moment, oil, penetration, piece, planed, positive, proportions, sample, sanding, speargun, submerged, surface, teak, teh, test, thin, treated, untreated, water, weatherproof, wood

Replies: 8
Views: 14,107

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th June 2008 11:07 PM; by Duke_Nukem

Forum:
FINISHING

Shellac Runs "migrating front"

Started by StuartC24, 14th June 2008 08:40 PM

blemishes, brush, clean, coats, dark, edge, fine, finishing, forget, forward, front, hawk, hoping, huge, input, layer, layers, migrating front, mix, pad, putting, run, runs, sand, shellac, steel, stuartc24, thin, watching, wool

Replies: 4
Views: 1,881

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th June 2008 08:11 PM; by StuartC24

Forum:
FINISHING

Finishing radiata with varnish stain

Started by Dengue, 23rd May 2008 08:45 AM

50%, advise, apply, applying, appreciated, brush, cabots, coat, colour, combined, finish, finishing, found, furniture, gratefully, ideas, jill, match, painting, paper, pine, radiata, sand, size, stain, suggestions, tests, thin, tin, varnish

Replies: 12
Views: 5,055

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th May 2008 01:54 PM; by Dengue

Forum:
FINISHING

Floating timber floor queries

Started by clancy, 2nd May 2008 08:49 PM

$29, afford, bunnings, compound, dearest, floating, floor, floors, home, informative, kitchen, lay, levelling, lino, looked, lots, love, mtr, pretty, price, queries, reading, real, renovating, responses, sort, thicker, thin, timber, underlay

Replies: 3
Views: 1,699

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th May 2008 09:35 PM; by That Floor Guy

Forum:
FLOORING

How to paint steel windows so they don't stick?

Started by totoblue, 14th March 2008 12:27 PM

acrylic, casement, closed, closing, coat, cooking, dulux, inside, layer, oil, oil-based, overlap, paint, paper, primer, proof, rust, rust-proof, saves, spots, spray, steel, stick, sticking, tape, thin, undercoat, wax, window, windows

Replies: 6
Views: 3,917

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd May 2008 02:22 PM; by totoblue

Forum:
PAINTING

Removing old hot water system in roof

Started by zacnelson, 28th March 2008 07:59 AM

ago, anymore, cheers, connected, cut, drop, empty, explosions, gas, grinder, hot, house, joists, pieces, power, rafters, remove, removing, replaced, roof, safe, solution, sparks, system, tank, thin, tiles, usual, water, zac

Replies: 13
Views: 3,130

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd May 2008 02:11 AM; by peterw

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Self levelling compound for large area?

Started by Jackie, 22nd April 2008 03:09 PM

2cm, approx, area, bit, building, close, compound, concrete, converted, decent, difference, drop, entire, hole, ish, large, layers, level, levelling, lower, odd, recently, rough, section, size, slab, thin, tiny, ~10ft, ~20ft

Replies: 12
Views: 10,075

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th April 2008 08:05 PM; by DaveD-75

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

Cut and weld stirrups, pack out or bolt on bearers above plate for correct height?

Started by Williamstown, 18th April 2008 10:01 AM

300mm, alternatively, bearer, bearers, bolt, bolts, cement, clearance, correct, cut, deck, firstly, height, i’m, isn’t, level, options;, pack, plate, required, resting, short, slab, stirrup, stirrups, taking, thin, timber, weight, weld

Replies: 5
Views: 3,658

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st April 2008 09:06 PM; by UteMad

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

radiant heating and a softer floor?

Started by yojimbo, 13th April 2008 03:54 AM

bone-density, building, chemicals, combustible, compromising, concern, concrete, fire, floated, floor, hazard, heat, heating, mention, mind, mine, output, pose, radiant, rubber, sawdust, shop, softer, solvents, suggestions, surface, thin, thump, wood, workshop

Replies: 0
Views: 1,430

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th April 2008 03:54 AM; by yojimbo

Forum:
HEATING & COOLING

Fix humidity in garden shed

Started by arose62, 6th March 2008 02:33 PM

acquired, andrew, bed, bird, cement, cheers, coating, days, e-vent, electricity, fix, garden, humidity, ideas, lathe, layer, laying, light, mentioned, nsw, plastic, practical, rust, seller, shed, thin, thinking, whirly, woodwork, worth

Replies: 2
Views: 1,935

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th April 2008 11:37 AM; by arose62

Forum:
THE GARDEN SHED

Turning Doors into Walls...

Started by CluelessChick, 5th April 2008 03:28 PM

10-12cm, 70s, bedroom, block, cc-, close, closing, concrete, cost, divides, door, doors, existing, finished, frame, involved, loungeroom, skirtings, sort, thin, thx, turning, unit, useless, wall, walls, width

Replies: 10
Views: 2,251

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th April 2008 07:02 PM; by Fuzzie

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Tiling on brickwork

Started by SkyHook, 4th April 2008 09:53 PM

bathroom, batons, brick, bricks, brickwork, built, cheers, directly, en-suite, existing, extension, garage, home, limited, mark, maximise, piers, recess, shower, single, space, stick, suggestions, thin, tiled, tiling, veneer, villaboard, wall

Replies: 7
Views: 2,602

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th April 2008 09:56 PM; by RPMT

Forum:
TILING

Asbestos in Vinyl/lino flooring?

Started by noideamad, 24th March 2008 10:56 PM

50s, achieves, amount, asbestos, built, commonly, dealing, fibery, flooring, house, idea, kitchen, laid, laundry, layer, lino, masonite, moved, piece, pulled, pulls, sheeted, sound, stuff, thin, ugly, vinyl, vinyl or lino, vinyl/lino, wrong

Replies: 3
Views: 1,673

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th March 2008 11:07 PM; by noideamad

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

Two pack poly that looks like Danish Oil

Started by rsser, 29th January 2008 01:25 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

danish, finish, furniture, gap, halls, italy, maker, oil, pack, poly, redgum, soaks, sources, stopped, sworn, thin, timber;

Replies: 19
Views: 4,795

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd March 2008 03:46 PM; by rsser

Forum:
FINISHING

Carnauba Wax, has anyone tried...?

Started by astrid, 29th January 2008 12:15 PM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

astrid, carnauba, cedar, circles, coats, danish, deep, dry, fill, filler, filling, grain, hard, oil, poly, pretty, refinishing, shine, spots, table, thin, timber, time, wax, wipe, wondering

Replies: 33
Views: 5,930

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st March 2008 11:29 AM; by astrid

Forum:
FINISHING

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: 2,736

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

Forum:
CONCRETING

Removing battens on old wood panel walls

Started by TCX, 13th March 2008 08:05 AM

answer, attached, battens, board, bought, consist, easily, exact, filler, flush, hope, horizontal, interior, joins, nailed, panel, photo, plywood, pulled, question, removing, rid, similar, studs, stuff, thankfully, thin, vertical, walls, wood

Replies: 12
Views: 2,590

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th March 2008 01:12 AM; by Charles81

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

Making deck level

Started by roba, 14th March 2008 02:36 PM

10cm, added, advice, angle, appreciated, attached, balcony, beams, closest, construction, cut, deck, decking, guess, left, level, making, middle, picture, pictures, pole, rotted.any, stage, sunk, supporting, thick, thin, thinking, wall, weathboard

Replies: 6
Views: 2,185

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th March 2008 05:38 PM; by roba

Forum:
DECKING

Shower Tray Installation... has come unstuck :((

Started by Gooner, 11th March 2008 06:57 PM

adhesive, advice, alot, alternative, alternatively, appreciated, base, based, cement, coat, expensive, greatly, installation, leave, level, mix, mortar, perfectly, question, recommends, rip, shower, spent, start, thin, tile, time, tray, underlay, unstuck

Replies: 12
Views: 6,220

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th March 2008 01:01 AM; by Gooner

Forum:
BATHROOM & TOILET

Earthenware Bath Waste Pipe

Started by reidy, 9th March 2008 01:47 PM

attached, bath, cheers, colar, common, concrete, drills, dropping, earthen, earthenware, fantastic, feature, hammer, jack, jobs, metal, ozito, people, pics, piece, pipe, position, poured, question, reidy, steel, stop, thin, ware, waste

Replies: 1
Views: 1,571

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th March 2008 03:44 PM; by davo2310

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

danish oil - tips on application?

Started by old_picker, 6th March 2008 10:01 AM

application, bayswater, cabots, coat, crack, danish, dry, feast, heavy, locally, minutes, oil, reapply, recomended], repeat, rustins, sand, scandinavian, tackle, thin, tips, vic, watco, watson, wipe, [most

Replies: 2
Views: 2,227

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th March 2008 10:18 AM; by DJ’s Timber

Forum:
FINISHING

Cardboard thin plasterboard

Started by dongi, 5th March 2008 06:19 PM

apparently, apprently, architraves, cardboard, cracked, directly, glued, heard, option, pieces, plaster, plasterboard, shirts, thickness, thin

Replies: 1
Views: 3,533

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th March 2008 06:40 PM; by rod@plasterbrok

Forum:
PLASTERING

Brush Fencing Supplier

Started by JulianH, 23rd February 2008 03:28 PM

$145, 1.8m, brush, bunnings, centimetres, cover, existing, fairly, fence, fences, fencing, flimsy, ideally, julian, length, melbourne, panels, quality, rear, rolls, run, seemingly, sold, standard, stuff, supplier, thickness, thin, websites, wooden

Replies: 5
Views: 12,368

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd March 2008 03:41 PM; by want2learn

Forum:
LANDSCAPING, GARDENING, OUTDOORS

danish wax

Started by hoopy, 11th February 2008 06:48 AM

ago, boo, commercial, consistency, couple, danish, finish, finishing, furniture, grateful, hiss, huge, info, manufacturer, nice, project, shellac, simple, smell, thin, tin, wax

Replies: 1
Views: 2,201

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th February 2008 05:54 PM; by Baz

Forum:
FINISHING

Thickness for small suspended slab???

Started by Make it work, 18th October 2007 10:06 PM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

1mtr, 25mpa, 75mm, alan, brick, cheers, concrete, corners, door, edge, intend, landing, pour, question, reo, setting, slab, small, square, supported, suspended, thick, thickness, thin

Replies: 30
Views: 7,232

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th February 2008 04:44 PM; by Make it work

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

How to Chase pipework into the brick - Outside walls

Started by DaleBlack, 31st January 2008 09:58 PM

&around, 125mm, angle, brick, chase, cheers, chisel, cost, curved, cut, cuts, deep, existing, grinder, outer, pipe, pipes, pipework, plumber, pushed, shape, sinking, sort, std, surface, taps, thin, trade, walls, wedges

Replies: 9
Views: 6,054

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st February 2008 03:07 PM; by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

best and cheapest way to make house more appealing for sale

Started by need_2_sell, 17th January 2008 08:12 PM

4 Pages •: 1 2 3 4

ages, appealing, aroung, asap, baby, brick, bricks, cheap, cheaper, cheapest, due, go?the, house, houses, idea, make, market, outline, oxley, paint, park, render, rough, sale, sell, sydney, thin, thinking, western, wondered

Replies: 57
Views: 7,167

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd January 2008 10:08 AM; by aussieorchid

Forum:
BRICKWORK, CONCRETING, PAVING, RENDERING, etc

Pine Panelling

Started by OBBob, 23rd January 2007 08:47 AM

1000mm, add, advance, attach, battens, couple, easier, existing, floor, flush, guess, height, house, install, lot, nail, noggings, panelling, pine, plaster, pretty, rows, stage, standard, stud, studs, thin, thinking, vertical, wall

Replies: 4
Views: 1,505

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th January 2008 09:11 PM; by echnidna

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

Rendering - Technique & Colour

Started by Sancho, 5th January 2008 02:52 PM

apply, bag, brick, bunnings, cheap, coat, colour, entire, finished, hidden, job, mix, post, practise, process, render, rendering, ridges, rough, slightly, takes, technique, thin, tools, top, trowel, trowels, wall, weeks, wetter

Replies: 2
Views: 6,677

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th January 2008 08:13 PM; by bugsy

Forum:
RENDERING

How do I reface chipped veneer kitchen cupboards?

Started by jahneenl, 29th December 2007 01:54 AM

attractive, bathroom, board, budget, cheapest, chipped, covering, cupboards, directly, doors, gluing, jan, kitchen, limited, mdf, painting, panels, particle, re-placing, reface, suggest, thin, ugly, veneer, veneered, white, wood

Replies: 4
Views: 3,847

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st December 2007 10:22 PM; by addy999

Forum:
KITCHENS

Find the picture/website and win the prize

Started by RufflyRustic, 30th November 2007 04:13 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

$20, amazing, appreciated, bunnies, cheers, cover, fairly, floorboards, greatly, leatherbound, link, machine, notebook, picture, picture or website, prize, produced, remember, reminded, ribbons, shavings, surfacing, thicknesser, thin, timber, voucher, wendy, width, win, wisper

Replies: 18
Views: 3,301

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st December 2007 09:42 AM; by RufflyRustic

Forum:
Woodies Quiz Forum

Lifting a slate floor

Started by DNL, 23rd October 2007 08:30 AM

.5mm, 15m2, adhesive, apparently, appreciated, blade, boards, cheers, dave, expected, floor, gday, hoping, hours, job, lift, lifting, remove, residual, sander, scrapping, sheets, similar, sitting, slate, straight, stripper, suggestions, thin, tiles

Replies: 2
Views: 9,093

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th October 2007 06:55 PM; by UteMad

Forum:
FLOORING

Tassie Oak and Blackwood

Started by sCORCH, 9th October 2007 03:24 PM

advance, bit, blackwood, box, buffed, cabinet, coats, couple, fairly, finish, flaw, gillys, glossy, lid, oak, pics, plan, sanding, scorch, sealer, set, simple, simply, tassie, thin, thinking, top, trad, ubeaut, wax

Replies: 0
Views: 1,541

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th October 2007 03:24 PM; by sCORCH

Forum:
FINISHING

Help with spraying house paint!!!

Started by pricey74, 25th June 2007 11:10 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

airless, buying, clogging, ebay, gun, guys, house, link, paint, painting, pricey, purchased, spray, spraying, stop, straight, system, thin, told, type, wagner

Replies: 22
Views: 4,539

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th October 2007 01:22 PM; by FlyingDuck

Forum:
PAINTING

Splitting slate

Started by abitfishy, 30th September 2007 04:26 PM

appreciated, belly, bolster, hammer, heath, hints, martn, non-handyman, pieces, pot, slate, split, splitting, spot, thin, thinner

Replies: 4
Views: 2,087

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st October 2007 08:46 AM; by johnc

Forum:
BRICKWORK, CONCRETING, PAVING, RENDERING, etc

Female Economics

Started by wheelinround, 26th September 2007 11:47 AM

$50, $50+, charges, colours, cut, decided, doh, door, dressers, due, economics, economy, false, fees, female, fil, flamin, gov, grow, hair, loml, mil, mine, reach, rises, saving, sundrie, thin, top, waist

Replies: 7
Views: 1,576

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th September 2007 03:06 PM; by astrid

Forum:
NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

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