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Brick paving question

Started by luro, 16th June 2007 03:32 PM

added, advice, brick, bricks, concrete, driveway, existing, extension, grateful, happy, job, joints, luro, mix, mixture, money, mortar, paving, pay, question, reasonable, relaying, remainder, rest, rip, ripped, slab, specifications, suggestion

Replies: 0
Views: 2,066

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th June 2007 03:32 PM; by luro

Forum:
BRICKWORK

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: 6,262

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

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

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: 2,651

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

Forum:
CONCRETING

Fitting a bath? I know, I know.....

Started by anawanahuanana, 16th April 2007 07:21 PM

acceptable, admit, alternative, assume, bath, bed, bother, comments, competent, completely, crossmembers, decent, fitted, fitting, licenced, mortar, mounted, pictures, question, save, sit, size, stable, supposed, timber, time, tradesperson

Replies: 11
Views: 5,205

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th May 2007 02:02 PM; by julianx

Forum:
BATHROOM & TOILET

Repointing brickwork

Started by emptybucketman, 16th April 2007 01:30 PM

appears, based, basic, brick, brickwork, cement, crumbling, double, existing, house, lime, mix, mortar, perps, plan, planning, power, ratio, remove, repointing, sand, sand/cement/lime, tools, white, white/off-white

Replies: 7
Views: 5,540

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th April 2007 06:13 PM; by ozwinner

Forum:
BRICKWORK

under-bath ventilation regulations????

Started by adam01, 23rd April 2007 05:16 PM

adequate, bath, batts, bed, box, built, floor, floorboards, frame, guidelines, house, ideas, insulation, manufacturer, mortar, packing, planning, raised, read, recesses, regulations, removed, replacing, required, steel, stud, stumps, under-bath, underbath, ventilation

Replies: 4
Views: 2,475

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd April 2007 09:56 PM; by adam01

Forum:
BATHROOM & TOILET

concrete base to lay pavers do i use sand or motar mix

Started by ceaser, 19th March 2007 05:22 PM

25mm, 300mm, 400mm, 50mm, base, bed, concrete, conduit, court, decided, girls, guys, lay, mix, mortar, motar, pavers, question, sand, screen, shell, yard

Replies: 6
Views: 24,942

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th April 2007 08:30 AM; by varpy

Forum:
CONCRETING

Lavastone driveway paving

Started by silver, 25th February 2007 09:30 PM

$2k, concerns, concrete, crack, deal, driveway, experiences, glue, grout, guys, lavastone, loose, meters, mortar, opinion, outdoor, pave, paved, paving, pieces, planning, price, quoted, salesman, shop, silver, square, suggested, time, wear

Replies: 11
Views: 3,717

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th April 2007 12:30 AM; by silver

Forum:
PAVING

Reconstituted Stone Paving Project for long weekend -- HELP

Started by latinkgb, 31st March 2007 01:08 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

advance, approx, base, box, fall, finised, grate, input, joints, long, missed, mortar, pavers, paving, pipe, planter, procedure, project, putting, raised, reconstituted, road, sand, sock, steps, stone, total, ugly, valuable, weekend

Replies: 21
Views: 6,310

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th April 2007 12:37 PM; by TARLOX

Forum:
BRICKWORK, CONCRETING, PAVING, RENDERING, etc

Power tool for removing mortar without wrecking bricks?

Started by mixin, 20th March 2007 07:56 PM

brick, bricks, bunnies, ground, hammer, heard, joints, literally, local, lot, manufacturer, money, mortar, pay, power, prepared, quality, remove, removing, reno, reuse, rubbed, scutch, shop, sort, tool, veneer, wondering, wreck, wrecking

Replies: 13
Views: 21,664

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd April 2007 02:02 PM; by emptybucketman

Forum:
BRICKWORK

Tips on filling in 2-5mm recessed mortar lines (not quite repointing)

Started by campbeln, 26th March 2007 09:22 PM

2-5mm, 25mm, affix, appreciated, besa-block, cement, conditions, consistency, cornace, cornice, crumbly, csr, depths, desired, dulux, effect, experience, exterior, filling, greatly, guessing, lines, mortar, paint/texture, painting, recessed, repointing, route, suggestions, tips

Replies: 4
Views: 4,534

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th March 2007 08:28 PM; by campbeln

Forum:
CONCRETING

cracks in new brickwork

Started by contrebasse, 23rd March 2007 01:49 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

brick, bricks, brickwork, builder, built, ceiling, courses, crack, cracks, engaged, fix, footing, footings, garage, inside, mortar, mud, normal, normal.~, pier, piers, resting, running, slab, standard, sticky, stuff, tied, ties, wall

Replies: 22
Views: 5,652

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th March 2007 06:38 PM; by ozwinner

Forum:
BRICKWORK

Mortar crumbling

Started by nic, 11th March 2007 08:15 PM

,mostly, 1-is, 2-if, 50cm, crumbling, garage, mortar, nic, paint/spray, rock, shed, solid, stop

Replies: 3
Views: 2,346

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th March 2007 02:13 PM; by ozwinner

Forum:
BRICKWORK, CONCRETING, PAVING, RENDERING, etc

sandstone paving - expansion joint

Started by gsouth, 25th February 2007 08:01 PM

10mm, 400, 600, bed, cheers, completed, concrete, continue, easy, existing, expansion, fill, geoff, grout, grouted, job, joint, joints, laid, lines, match, material, mortar, pavers, paving, question, sandstone, slab, start, subform

Replies: 11
Views: 3,583

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th February 2007 08:23 AM; by Bleedin Thumb

Forum:
PAVING

Pebbling help please?

Started by Buzza, 16th February 2007 04:00 PM

1.70, 2.70, 40mms, bags, box, cement, concrete, edge, finish, flat, forums, gday, included, job, mix, mortar, mteres, pebbling, picture, pond, premixed, river, round, sit, slightly, stones, surface, thick, top, walk

Replies: 3
Views: 1,434

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th February 2007 10:02 AM; by Bleedin Thumb

Forum:
CONCRETING

How to fill 30mm gap in slab.

Started by martrix, 20th January 2007 12:09 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

#####, 3.8mtrs, 30mm, adjoining, bit, concrete, deep, expansion/contractiondoes, fill, floor, flush, gap, ideas, machines, mix, mortar, nice, pain, post, runs, slab, slabs, thinking, tia, wheeling, wide, width, workshop

Replies: 17
Views: 6,898

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th February 2007 10:54 PM; by tourgy

Forum:
CONCRETING

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: 3,777

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

Forum:
KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, THEATRES, etc

Concrete/Mortar for laying rock garden bed -what type do I buy?

Started by makka619, 23rd January 2007 09:05 AM

50mm, approximately, bed, buy, cement, concrete, concrete or mortar, edge, edging, finish, gaps, garden, ground, hard, idea, joint, joints, laying, line, mix, mortar, pieces, rock, sand, sausage, soil, stone, stones, top, type

Replies: 5
Views: 17,313

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th January 2007 12:02 PM; by makka619

Forum:
LANDSCAPING, GARDENING, OUTDOORS

Mortar mix over new concrete ???

Started by Boofhead, 26th December 2006 09:43 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

,then, advise, bit, bondrete, colour, coloured, colouring, concrete, conditions, couple, cover, creating, day, differant, grey, hand, hold, imperfections, job, mates, mix, mortar, path, questions;, shade, shades, straight, stuff, top, weather

Replies: 19
Views: 5,816

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd January 2007 08:59 AM; by Bleedin Thumb

Forum:
CONCRETING

Timber Sleeper Capping

Started by stumbling dubbo, 15th June 2006 05:38 PM

besser, block, built, cap, capping, courtyard, filled, fix, mortar, pine, provide, sandstone, seating, sleeper, sleepers, sleppers, timber, treated, wall

Replies: 2
Views: 2,785

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th December 2006 11:56 AM; by tisme01

Forum:
LANDSCAPING, GARDENING, OUTDOORS

Bagging old sandstock brick wall

Started by lateral, 19th November 2006 11:56 AM

100, bad, bag, bagging, boncrete, bondcrete, brick, bricks, crap, expect, fair, falling, greg, guys, hit, mortar, original, prepare, provide, ratio, render, sandstock, simply, surface, sydney, tinted, vacuum, wall, walls, water

Replies: 10
Views: 7,281

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th November 2006 06:00 PM; by lateral

Forum:
BRICKWORK

Bush Rock garden edging wanted

Started by Smiley Guy, 10th November 2006 03:52 PM

address, border, bush, bushrock, details, edge, edging, email, finding, finish, firends, friend, garden, grass, grow, holsworthy, house, leave, mortar, quality, reccommend, rock, rocks, smooth, sydney, trim, trimmer, trouble, wanted

Replies: 3
Views: 5,061

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th November 2006 01:48 PM; by Bleedin Thumb

Forum:
LANDSCAPING, GARDENING, OUTDOORS

Relocate bath/shower drain

Started by dreng, 11th November 2006 05:48 AM

avoids, bath, bath or shower, bath/shower, bed, concrete, connect, directly, discharge, drain, drain;, enclosing, existing, fall, floor, gap, installed, layout, leaving, makes, mortar, pipe, plumber, relocate, seating, sense, slab, thickness, trap, ~2%

Replies: 0
Views: 2,461

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th November 2006 05:48 AM; by dreng

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Wall tiles then mortar bed?

Started by danger005, 18th September 2006 03:22 PM

bathroom, bed, bloody, bottom, brilliant, build, cover, cut, difficult, drain, feasible, finally, first-, floor, idea, installation, minor, mortar, putting, ready, reason, row, setbacks, shower, simply, stupid, tile, tiles, wall, wondering

Replies: 7
Views: 3,020

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th September 2006 02:50 PM; by mic-d

Forum:
KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, THEATRES, etc

Help!! screed bathroom floor

Started by danger005, 23rd August 2006 01:39 PM

adhesive, advance, apprehensive, bathroom, boards, fall, fix, flexible, floor, floor-, found, guide, info, lay, mix, mortar, moving, net, pack, planning, screed, shower, sitting, slope, slowly, spreading, step, tiles, wall, waste

Replies: 8
Views: 21,296

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th September 2006 04:17 PM; by anawanahuanana

Forum:
KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, THEATRES, etc

There's a hole in my floor....

Started by anawanahuanana, 10th September 2006 06:10 PM

board, build, confused, expecting, filling, floor, gratefully, guess, hacked, hob, hole, junk, low, moment, mortar, planning, received, result, shower, siting, sort, started, stop, thick, tiled, toilet, tools, totally, tray, unprepared

Replies: 2
Views: 1,920

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th September 2006 02:36 PM; by anawanahuanana

Forum:
KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, THEATRES, etc

Installing shower base and vanity

Started by airmech953, 7th September 2006 05:24 PM

advice, base, bathrooms, bedding, couple, direct, floor, install, installing, membrane, mortar, polymarble, primed, questions, shower, stand, thick, tile, tiles, tongue, top, underlay, unit, vanity, w/p, yellow

Replies: 3
Views: 5,759

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th September 2006 03:46 PM; by airmech953

Forum:
KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, THEATRES, etc

brick pointing advice needed.

Started by Donno, 5th September 2006 03:13 PM

add, advice, applied, blank, brick, bricks, colour, concrete, consisting, corner, dark, donno, grey, house, job, light, match, method, mix, mortar, needed, pointing, remove, replace, result, sand, slightly, suggested, wall, yellowish

Replies: 9
Views: 3,486

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th September 2006 08:41 PM; by ozwinner

Forum:
BRICKWORK

Smarttile installation

Started by danger005, 28th August 2006 09:41 AM

100mm, 75mm, 80mm, bottom, connect, drains, drop, flange, ground, house, install, installation, middle, mortar, piece, pipe, pipes, reasonable, reckon, seeps, sleeve, smart, smarttile, solution, sounds, stumps, suspended, tile, tiles, water

Replies: 1
Views: 3,659

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th August 2006 09:22 PM; by Tools

Forum:
KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, THEATRES, etc

Turning a window into a door

Started by TK1, 17th August 2006 05:29 PM

add, advance, assume, beam, bricks, brickwork, current, darren, door, extend, extends, finally, flat, frame, insering, l-shaped, metal, mortar, qualified, question, roof, safely, set, space, support, supporting, turning, width, window, wooden

Replies: 4
Views: 4,226

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th August 2006 09:35 PM; by TK1

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

gap over fireplace

Started by rscho, 16th August 2006 03:04 PM

chisel, comments, contraction, cracks, existing, expansion, filling, fireplace, fit, flush, gap, heater, heaters, ideas, lintel, masonary, materials, metal, mortar, option, plastering, rendered, result, running, section, sheet, suggestions, suitable, trim, worried

Replies: 9
Views: 2,637

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th August 2006 11:36 AM; by rscho

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Bathroom reno for Dummies.....

Started by anawanahuanana, 17th August 2006 11:55 AM

angles, bathroom, bedroom, blocks, change, cut, door, doorway, doorways, dummies, fall, fit, floor, hebel, height, hob, mortar, remove, reno, shower, slc, slope, tile, tiles, top, villaboard, walling, waste, wastes, water

Replies: 0
Views: 4,174

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th August 2006 11:55 AM; by anawanahuanana

Forum:
KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, THEATRES, etc

New bathroom floor

Started by danger005, 16th August 2006 01:58 PM

adjacent, apply, bathroom, cheers, completely, create, entire, expert, finishing, floor, laid, membrane, mortar, nail, note, opinion, pack, people, rebuilding, screed, sheets, shower, slope, steps, stripping, suitable, tiles, timber, top, waterproof

Replies: 0
Views: 2,233

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th August 2006 01:58 PM; by danger005

Forum:
KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, THEATRES, etc

Mortar Mix for Rock Wall

Started by Flyboy, 10th August 2006 06:50 PM

added, bit, gday, googled, heard, lime, mix, mortar, products, replaced, rock, sand/cement, sorts, stacked, told, vague, wall, wondering, workable

Replies: 4
Views: 14,945

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th August 2006 06:36 PM; by ozwinner

Forum:
BRICKWORK, CONCRETING, PAVING, RENDERING, etc

Chimney flashings and weathered mortar joints

Started by JIT, 7th August 2006 10:09 AM

added, building, c1900, chimney, chimneys, cowls, damp, era, falling, flashings, gsj, home, inspection, investment, job, joints, leaks, maintenance, mortar, obvious, period, preventing, property, recent, repair/replacement, suggested, victorian, water, weathered, weatherproof

Replies: 0
Views: 1,754

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th August 2006 10:09 AM; by JIT

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

plaster repair

Started by rscho, 26th July 2006 10:04 PM

25cm, accomodate, advance, all-in-one, base, bit, brick, channel, coat, composition, conveniece, cost, floor, issue, mortar, motar, opposed, original, pay, plaster, power, prepared, products, recommendations, repair, replace, result, top, type, walls

Replies: 1
Views: 3,561

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th July 2006 02:25 AM; by rod@plasterbrok

Forum:
PLASTERING

Spa in hob has movement

Started by Carlos, 16th July 2006 10:50 PM

adhesive, bead, betwen, cement, guys, hair, held, hob, hope, mortar, movement, plastering, question, rim, rip, secure, set, sheets, silicon, siliconed, sitting, spa, spa/hob, spas, spas-hob, steped, thinking, tiles, time, type

Replies: 1
Views: 1,838

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th July 2006 11:47 PM; by journeyman Mick

Forum:
KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, THEATRES, etc

Boral Connex

Started by Stoney, 27th June 2006 07:27 PM

Replies: 0
Views: 1,767

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th June 2006 07:27 PM; by Stoney

Forum:
BRICKWORK, CONCRETING, PAVING, RENDERING, etc

Using new Silicate render (eurocoat) first time

Started by Bodgy, 6th June 2006 05:53 PM

advice, base, bit, breast, chimney, corner, eurocoat, facto, final, finish, float, grateful, mate, mortar, plastic, render, reno, ripping, roped, silicate, silicon, sils, smoothness, sponge, swears, time, tips, told, wet, worried

Replies: 6
Views: 2,465

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th June 2006 04:42 PM; by Bodgy

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

Converting old stove chimney to standard fireplace

Started by erm2706, 3rd June 2006 09:28 PM

500mm, board, bricked, bricks, chimney, convert, converting, courses, crumbles, fireplace, greatfully, install, key, kitchen, mantel, mantels/cast, mortar, office/study, recieved, reluctant, removed, removing, rest, space, standard, start, stove, suggestion, top, wall

Replies: 0
Views: 1,721

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd June 2006 09:28 PM; by erm2706

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Inset Bath support

Started by kva, 25th May 2006 09:43 PM

bath, confused, dry, expanda, foam, inset, kane, mix, mortar, neath, plumber, question, quik, sugested, support

Replies: 4
Views: 3,035

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th May 2006 10:14 AM; by Bin J

Forum:
KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, THEATRES, etc

Stump depth

Started by mullfitz, 20th May 2006 09:38 PM

1-6, 400-500, bar, block, crow, depth, dug, excavating, land, levelling, medium, minimum, mortar, pad, purchased, rating, slope, soil, stated, stump, stumps, test

Replies: 3
Views: 3,621

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd May 2006 04:48 PM; by ausdesign

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Termite protection - new and existing building work

Started by Theremin, 2nd May 2006 03:34 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

3660.1, 3660.2, and/or, barrier, bit, block, blockwork, building, chemical, difference, existing, footing, house, idea, inspector, laid, late, mortar, product, protection, section, signed, slab, solution, termimesh, termite, view, wall, walls, work

Replies: 22
Views: 9,508

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th May 2006 07:56 PM; by bugsy

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Levelling Brickwork

Started by Clive McF, 16th April 2006 08:07 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

30mm, 40mm, advice, bed, brick, bricks, brickwork, build, cheers, clive, concete, footings, guess, hand, horizontal, length, level, levelling, load, lowest, mortar, retaining, run, shave, simplest, thick, wall

Replies: 15
Views: 3,925

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th April 2006 10:37 PM; by Clive McF

Forum:
BRICKWORK

to motar or not to mortar

Started by czk, 11th April 2006 07:04 PM

bolt, bricks, chimney, cowl, dyna, fire, fit, gas, mortar, motar, repointed

Replies: 3
Views: 1,804

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th April 2006 07:42 AM; by czk

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

New bath installation - self supporting

Started by Yvette S, 28th March 2006 11:06 AM

adhesive, advance, assuming, base, based, bath, bathroom, bed, bit, cement, correct, guys, house, ideas, installation, installed, installing, kitchen, lays, mortar, pads, plumber, process, quick, renovating, spoke, supporting, talking, tile, unsure

Replies: 1
Views: 4,529

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th March 2006 11:23 AM; by silentC

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

New Member

Started by Tote, 26th March 2006 04:18 AM

canberra, construction, correctly, delights, differences, discovering, excellent, forum, gidday, hope, house, information, journey, knowledge, learn, learning, lime, lookout, member, modern, mortar, repair, restore, share, techniques, tote, traditional, www.rathluba.com

Replies: 5
Views: 1,894

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th March 2006 01:46 PM; by Tote

Forum:
GENERAL ODDS N SODS

Patching Pool paver joints

Started by Geoff Odgers, 12th March 2006 03:23 PM

4mm, bag, basic, bought, cleaned, confused, couple, crack, cracked, dry, fix, found, gaps, ideas, instructions, joints, local, mine, mix, mortar, pack, patching, paver, paving, pool, pools, products, read, set, suitable

Replies: 5
Views: 4,005

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th March 2006 06:55 PM; by mic-d

Forum:
POOLS, SPA & WATER FEATURES

cleaning dirty bricks/mortar

Started by jeremy, 20th February 2006 08:18 AM

blown, bricks, bricks or mortar, bricks/mortar, clean, cleaning, complete, couple, dirt, dirty, dust, house, jeremy, landscaping, mortar, nice, off-white, patch, prior, scrubbing, soap, splashed, water

Replies: 3
Views: 2,238

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th February 2006 10:46 PM; by scooter

Forum:
BRICKWORK

Government work

Started by Baz, 5th February 2006 07:13 PM

1000, 400, 800, 800a.m, a.m, apply, balls, centre, coming, exploded, extra, government, guy, hire, hours, interviewer, job, korea, local, mortar, o.k, p.m, puzzled, recruitment, scratching, service, sit, start, tomorrow, work

Replies: 2
Views: 1,560

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th February 2006 11:31 AM; by Termite

Forum:
JOKES

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