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steel sub floor which is best

Started by bit stressed, 5th February 2008 03:54 PM

100m2, 300, 450, aware, calls, cheaper, cons, deep, dig, experience, extension, fill, floor, hire, holes, including, installing, lysaght, mixer, piers, practicle, pros, quick, quotes, recently, steel, stumps, system, uni, verandah

Replies: 0
Views: 1,857

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th February 2008 03:54 PM; by bit stressed

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FLOORING

Installing toilet

Started by johnturk, 30th January 2008 04:04 PM

2tsup, appreciated, cheers, common, diy, explaining, greatly, install, installing, practice, referring, ring, site, sites, standard, thread, toilet, wax, youtube

Replies: 14
Views: 14,477

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd February 2008 05:27 PM; by davo2310

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

internal corners on cornice

Started by cflake, 29th January 2008 10:01 PM

corners, cornice, embarrasing, fix, gaps, hints, installing, internal, joins, mitre, pretty, stuffed

Replies: 9
Views: 5,806

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd February 2008 01:47 PM; by vlv8vic

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PLASTERING

Decking Advice Required

Started by DIY_GreenHorn, 2nd February 2008 11:44 AM

$5500.00, 600mm, advice, appreciated, budget-conscious, cheers, clearance, costly, covered, deck, decking, expected, ground, half, hardwood, hikes, ideas, installing, kind-of, mark, merbau, metres, option, pergola, poor, rate, required, softwood, square, tips

Replies: 1
Views: 1,949

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd February 2008 12:40 PM; by brynk

Forum:
DECKING

Installing washing machine in unit??

Started by Ball&Chain, 26th January 2008 06:02 PM

alternatively, bathroom, built, cabinet, complex, forums, front, future, gen, husband, idea, ideally, illegal, installing, kitchen, loader, machine, perth, plumbed, possible/legal, questions, renovating, sale, sink, story, tiny, top, unit, units, washing

Replies: 10
Views: 4,418

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th January 2008 10:31 PM; by AIRMAN

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

aluminium window frames into existing double brick cavity

Started by dumbo, 31st December 2007 12:48 AM

advice, aluminium, brick, cavity, double, ect, existing, fasten, frames, gentle, installing, pitfalls, removed, rotten, timber, time, user, waterproofing, window

Replies: 3
Views: 6,735

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th January 2008 01:38 AM; by dumbo

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DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

installing ceiling fans

Started by notenoughtoys, 18th January 2008 11:00 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

active, bought, ceiling, chose, control, controlled, earth, fan, fans, home, install, installation, installing, leave, light, lights, neutral, power, purchased, remote, run, running, salesman, simple, sort, strand, switch, told, wire, wires

Replies: 29
Views: 5,197

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd January 2008 04:46 PM; by elkangorito

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PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

installing floorboards (the old way)

Started by Field, 18th January 2008 10:37 AM

advice, appearance, budget, clamps, floorboards, flooring, hammer, hire, holes, install, installing, lengths, lot, means, nail, nails, oak, planned, pre-drill, process, reclaimed, run, secret, share, sorts, tas, time, tips, tools, type

Replies: 4
Views: 3,104

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th January 2008 11:54 PM; by Field

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FLOORING

Stink Pipe Question

Started by Gooner, 10th January 2008 12:54 PM

3500, answer, as/nz, assume, cheaper, connection, downstream, hard, idea, installing, line, lived, logically, matter, pdf, pipe, pipes, plumping, question, questions, relative, sewerage, share, standards, stink, tad, toilet, upstream, version, wondering

Replies: 12
Views: 5,050

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th January 2008 06:39 PM; by bricks

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PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Supporting electric water heater

Started by stuey, 13th January 2008 05:55 PM

balanced, brackets, brick, buying, duty, electric, heater, heavy, installing, kitchen, ona, pipe, precariously, rests, rheem, rubbish, shelf, size, standard, support, supported, supporting, unit, walls, water, weighs

Replies: 3
Views: 1,729

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th January 2008 10:54 PM; by Smurf

Forum:
HEATING & COOLING

Fixing decking boards

Started by Chumley, 27th December 2007 02:13 PM

adam, benefit, boards, bury, cheers, coats, couple, decking, deep, drive, fixing, flooring, heads, installing, joists, left, nails, nuts, paint, pine, posts, pre-paint, prepainted, questions, reading, screw, screws, securing, treated, visible

Replies: 1
Views: 2,609

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th January 2008 08:41 PM; by dazzler

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DECKING

Merbau. Is it the right material?

Started by hmhdyman, 10th January 2008 04:14 PM

bad, bleeding, choice, condition, constructed, deck, fix, forum, frame, gentle, hardwood, i/g, installing, lot, material, merbau, p.s, pine, pls, pool, prior, read, replacing, rgds, richard, sealing, timber, treated, wet, woodwork

Replies: 7
Views: 3,888

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th January 2008 02:44 PM; by nesbit

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Install ducting and roof vent for rangehood.

Started by Timed Out, 7th January 2008 04:01 PM

100%, 50s, adelaide, air, attached, ballpark, bricker, carpenter, ceilings, checked, confident, configured, cost, diy, double, ducting, filter, foot, install, installer, installing, job, kitchen, mid, option, rangehood, recirculate, roof, tiled, vent

Replies: 2
Views: 9,432

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th January 2008 03:58 PM; by Ashwood

Forum:
KITCHENS

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: 2,558

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

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FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Installing / Re-doing a shower

Started by dammit, 1st January 2008 06:44 PM

appears, bath, bathroom, coming, concrete, diy, dollars, drain, house, impossible, installing, laundry, measurements, option, plumbing, power, redoing, renovation, replaced, required, screen, shower, sits, slab, space, square, thousand, time, wall, waste

Replies: 3
Views: 3,126

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd January 2008 10:52 PM; by juan

Forum:
BATHROOM & TOILET

Sealing Ceiling Dust & Installing Insulation

Started by learninglots, 1st January 2008 07:40 PM

advice, arrangement, batts, ceiling, continuous, cut, dust, essentially, fall, foil, future, gaps, house, installed, installing, insulation, laying, lights, lining, queenslander, renovation, required, roof, sealing, shiny, similar, spaces, thinking, time, top

Replies: 4
Views: 2,141

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd January 2008 03:52 PM; by OBBob

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

installing island bath

Started by nolta, 24th December 2007 09:43 PM

200mm, acrylic, alternatives, awful, base, bath, bed, concrete, cos, due, floor, installation, installing, island, lay, lot, mortar, notes, plumbing, raised, suggestions

Replies: 4
Views: 3,608

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th December 2007 10:58 PM; by nolta

Forum:
BATHROOM & TOILET

Best sanding powertool for plasterboard..?

Started by ReP0, 9th December 2007 02:29 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

bad, bought, clogging, clue, cost, cover, diy, fill, fortune, gouge, gyprock, hand, installing, job, lazy, plaster, plasterboard, powertool, professionally, recommend, replacing, rest, sand, sander, sanding, sandpaper, spend, wall, walls, week

Replies: 15
Views: 9,183

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th December 2007 12:10 PM; by LegacyGT

Forum:
PLASTERING

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: 5,414

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

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

New kitchen cabinets - levelling and securing

Started by JontyG, 6th December 2007 04:25 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

absolutely, adjustable, anchor, anchored, bar, breakfast, cabinets, caeserstone, concerned, ensure, feel, feet, fitted, floor, free, guess, installing, jonty, kitchen, largly, level, levelling, opinions, secured, securing, slab, standing, thinking, u-shaped, walls

Replies: 17
Views: 4,010

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th December 2007 08:54 PM; by JontyG

Forum:
KITCHENS

Installing Additional Venting

Started by damien, 11th December 2007 01:38 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

additional, brick, bricks, building, bunnings, buy, cut, existing, house, inspector, installing, mortar, reinstall, simple, told, vented, venting

Replies: 16
Views: 3,626

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th December 2007 09:22 PM; by Brickie

Forum:
BRICKWORK

Ducting a portable evaporative cooler?

Started by Smurf, 14th December 2007 02:11 PM

advantage, air, avoiding, change, cooler, day, duct, ducting, evaporative, home, hot, indoor, install, installing, leave, main, portable, rain, risks, robbed, roof, running, space, strong, thinking, unit, vent, weather, windows, winds

Replies: 2
Views: 2,094

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th December 2007 08:52 PM; by Smurf

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Mitsubishi vs mitsubishi air conditioner, which one?

Started by jellycan, 12th December 2007 08:55 PM

5kw, air, claimed, companies, conditioner, conditioners, conflicting, electric, experience, heavy, industries, information, installers, installing, living, mitsubishi, process, product, talked

Replies: 6
Views: 21,800

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th December 2007 10:30 PM; by Smurf

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Wire size for Oven and cooktop

Started by Dirty Doogie, 7th December 2007 07:29 PM

6mm, amps, appliances, bigger, cable, cables, cooktop, difficult, drew, drop, dropping, electric, extremely, grrrr, house, immediately, installation, installing, job, laying, months, noticed, oven, run, sheeting, size, sound, sparky, told, wire

Replies: 12
Views: 13,067

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th December 2007 11:19 AM; by nev25

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Installing a Vent - through brickwork

Started by damien, 26th November 2007 08:41 PM

basically, blowing, blows, brick, brickwork, clothes, cut, cutting, designed, diameter, dry, dryer, easy, external, fitment, flexible, hole, hooking, hooks, install, installing, job, laundry, option, pastu, piping, pleasedoh, round, todays, vent

Replies: 9
Views: 3,196

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th December 2007 11:13 PM; by Smurf

Forum:
BRICKWORK

Tas oak or nth box floating floor?

Started by Charis, 3rd December 2007 01:16 PM

australian, box, colour, cos, decide, depth, floating, floor, floors, house, installing, northern, nth, oak, readyfloor, strip, tas, tasmanian, texture, uniclick

Replies: 0
Views: 1,876

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd December 2007 01:16 PM; by Charis

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Those Mistral air conditioners

Started by Arron, 6th May 2006 12:47 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

Replies: 15
Views: 14,331

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th November 2007 11:55 PM; by patty

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Backing for Glass Splashback

Started by vGolfer, 11th November 2006 08:04 PM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

advice, backing, bathrooms, brick, bricks, couple, experience, exposed, fine, fixed, fixing, glass, guy, gyprock, installed, installing, irregular, kitchen, painted, plain, plasterboard, sound, splashback, suggested, surface, uneven, wall, week, weeks

Replies: 34
Views: 13,705

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th November 2007 01:21 AM; by release r

Forum:
KITCHENS

Slimline Water Tank design issues?

Started by Bec, 17th January 2007 04:00 PM

advance, amount, buldge, centre, design, design/structural, garden, heard, hold, house, installing, issues, planning, size, slim-line, slimline, tank, tanks, tend, unable, water

Replies: 9
Views: 5,819

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th November 2007 10:52 AM; by SilentButDeadly

Forum:
LANDSCAPING, GARDENING, OUTDOORS

Installing new manhole cover

Started by Pete F, 12th November 2007 01:23 PM

advice, basically, centres, chose, cover, covers, cut, cutting, frame, hacking, heck, install, installing, joists, larger, location, manhole, nogs, pete, plates, precautions, safe, specific, start, support, thinking, title, top, walls, wondering

Replies: 5
Views: 7,547

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th November 2007 09:44 AM; by billbeee

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Gravity Fed HWS pump

Started by rapapa, 4th November 2007 11:48 AM

accept, ages, amp, arrive, bought, cold, dog, electric, electrical, fed, gravity, head, hot, house, hws, install, installing, looked, mains, outlets, plumbing, pressure, pump, require, shower, system, units, upto, waiting, water

Replies: 2
Views: 3,760

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th November 2007 10:09 PM; by zelig

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Laying sheet flooring

Started by JontyG, 29th October 2007 08:10 PM

1st, 23-, 4mm, accoustic, advance, comments, cut, direction, door, edge, floor, flooring, frames, gun, installed, installing, issue, jonty, karri, lay, laying, pine, removing, run, sheet, sheets, skirtings, slide, underlay, worthwhile

Replies: 12
Views: 3,026

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st October 2007 01:31 AM; by Canetoad

Forum:
FLOORING

Advice on Ag Pipe

Started by Paul2012, 26th September 2007 07:30 PM

advice, blue, conduit, edge, electricity, fence, fill, inground, install, installing, line, metal, paul, pipe, pool, question, redirected, sewer, top, trench

Replies: 4
Views: 6,243

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th October 2007 06:13 PM; by wonderplumb

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Timber Over Concrete Stairs?

Started by UteMad, 12th June 2007 08:24 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

280, based, bead, bit, bottom, butting, butts, chippy, concrete, elev, front, hangs, installing, past, plywood, riser, risers, run, scrappy, shaped, stairs, stop, stringers, thinking, timber, tools, tread, treads, view, walls

Replies: 15
Views: 11,115

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st October 2007 06:53 PM; by Larry McCully

Forum:
STAIRS, STEPS and RAMPS

Installing Dishwasher

Started by Pete F, 16th October 2007 05:52 PM

1/2, 2500mm, 3/4, advice, complete, dishwasher, extend, firstly, fitting, heads, honest, hoses, inlet, installing, local, plumbing, poor, quality, run, separate, set, sold, standard, stopcocks, sydney, taking, tap, waste, wholesaler, words

Replies: 4
Views: 2,808

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th October 2007 10:41 PM; by Pete F

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Recessed Windows?

Started by memphis, 25th September 2007 04:09 PM

2nd, blueboard, brick, double, downstairs, edges, explain, finish, flush, hard, hope, inside, installed, installing, match, prevent, provide, recessed, render, rendered, run, seal, sill, storey, stud, understand, wall, water, window, windows

Replies: 1
Views: 2,311

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th October 2007 08:03 PM; by memphis

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Installing a 2000 l water tank

Started by ljcox, 12th October 2007 11:45 AM

100, 2000, advice, advised, appreciated, assume, betewen, concerned, crusher, dissuade, dust, gaps, grains, granite, granitgard, guard, installing, manufacturer, mount, move, nest, nesting, possibility, prefer, tank, termites, understanding, walk, water

Replies: 8
Views: 2,276

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th October 2007 10:55 AM; by bugsy

Forum:
LANDSCAPING, GARDENING, OUTDOORS

i wonder

Started by Larry McCully, 11th October 2007 09:39 PM

application, blokes, bottom, exterior, flashing, frames, gararge, gate, installed, installing, iron, office, panel, pine, plate, practise, prior, protection, question, reno, required, sat, sisalation, slab, slider, sort, weather, weathertex, wide, wrought

Replies: 4
Views: 1,782

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th October 2007 07:17 PM; by Larry McCully

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Floor joist specifications

Started by hamjam, 12th October 2007 03:19 PM

22mm, board, boards, builder, building, butted, caused, defects, extra, floor, flooring, glued, installing, internal, issue, joist, joists, longreach, main, messmate, nailed, particle, pryda, rectified, specifications, strip, supplied, top, walk, walls

Replies: 4
Views: 2,692

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th October 2007 05:49 PM; by thebuildingsurv

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Putty VS Sealant

Started by Kaiser Soze, 11th October 2007 01:04 PM

3mm, fixing, glass, glazing, installing, pergola, protected, putty, replace, sealant, silicone, standard, unit, window, windows

Replies: 2
Views: 2,435

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th October 2007 08:25 AM; by OBBob

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

span tables

Started by dno, 29th September 2007 10:11 AM

3.5mtr, advice, appreciated, bifold, cement, doors, download, easy, external, home, installing, lintel, program, size, span, table, tables, tiles, timber, wall, weatherboard

Replies: 4
Views: 24,809

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th October 2007 09:17 PM; by bpj1968

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

How to make cut out for windows, and how to install insulation/roofing?

Started by FlyingDuck, 1st September 2007 10:56 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

aligned, bit, cbond, cut, cuts, ground, hearing, holes, inbetween, install, installing, insulation, insulation or roofing, lay, lining, make, method, neat, pile, purlins, roof, sheets, stay, straight, taking, terms, tricky, underneath, walls, windows

Replies: 16
Views: 4,889

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th October 2007 03:23 PM; by Geebung

Forum:
THE GARDEN SHED

Floating Timber floors

Started by Paulc1964au, 7th October 2007 10:26 AM

advance, advice, bedrooms, carpet, figure, floating, floor, flooring, floors, forum, harvey, hints, installing, normans, panel, prices, removing, repolished, thick, timber, time, tongue, top, topic, type, user, yellow

Replies: 3
Views: 5,572

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th October 2007 10:23 AM; by 123

Forum:
FLOORING

Repairing a hole in a ceiling

Started by rod@plasterbrok, 27th September 2007 11:13 PM

attempts, ceiling, cheers, clips, dvd, eventually, gain, hole, hope, installing, length, lighting, patching, plasterboard, plastering, repairing, rod, rose, run, suspended, trial, video, videos

Replies: 6
Views: 5,323

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th September 2007 01:15 AM; by pawnhead

Forum:
PLASTERING

Suggestions on tiling please?

Started by gary70au, 20th September 2007 07:58 PM

architrave, bit, black, ensuite, explain, gary, hesitant, inside, installing, join, lines, obvious, pic, reasons, rest, screen, shower, sill, solid, suggestions, thinking, tie, tiles, tiling, timber, time, top, tricky, vanity, window

Replies: 12
Views: 3,224

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th September 2007 04:39 PM; by gary70au

Forum:
TILING

Plumbing Work - What is Permitted

Started by juan, 9th July 2007 10:35 AM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

bathroom, book, break, budget, cheers, cold, concrete, diyer, floor, hot, hws, including, install, installing, juan, legally, mixers, outlet, performed, permitted, plumbing, regulations, renovation, replace, sewer, sparky, underfloor, undertaking, water, work

Replies: 40
Views: 9,768

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st September 2007 06:33 PM; by benp

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Info on Installing Glass Splashbacks

Started by dayvo, 18th September 2007 11:39 AM

acetic, acid, appreciated, bit, cure, data, dayvo, document, finished, forum, glass, greatly, hey, i.e, info, information, install, installed, installing, kitchen, pdf, searched, silicone, similar, splashback, splashbacks, subject, suggestions, technical, threads

Replies: 3
Views: 13,180

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th September 2007 12:05 AM; by Border boy

Forum:
KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, THEATRES, etc

Opinion on installing flashing to fill gap (stop draft) from between floor boards?

Started by Williamstown, 17th September 2007 01:04 PM

boards, breeze, create, cutting, darren, disadvantage, draft, entering, fill, fit, flashing, floor, gap, gaps, gaps/spaces, hold, house, install, installing, joists, light, opinion, pests, planning, similar, size, stapling, stop, wondering, won’t

Replies: 3
Views: 3,210

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th September 2007 11:26 AM; by silentC

Forum:
FLOORING

correct fall in guttering

Started by bozo, 11th September 2007 11:55 PM

$800, 25m, advance, advice, aware, bozo, careful, correct, fall, guttering, install, installed, installing, metre, metres, people, pretty, quad, quoting, recommended, straightforward, tricks, zincalume

Replies: 7
Views: 16,368

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th September 2007 11:28 PM; by Make it work

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Installing an Outdoor Spa

Started by NewAtIt, 7th September 2007 01:01 PM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

auction, bought, installing, outdoor, process, spa

Replies: 30
Views: 12,523

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th September 2007 07:05 PM; by bricks

Forum:
POOLS, SPA & WATER FEATURES

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