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Downlight positioning

Started by atregent, 13th August 2007 01:02 PM

cables, catch, ceiling, downlight, fire, fitting, fittings, globe, hate, heatsink/spreader, hot, low, metal, moved, noticed, positioning, rafter, running, solution, sort, speaker, suddenly, touching, tube, voltage, weekend

Replies: 6
Views: 3,588

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th August 2007 11:06 AM; by atregent

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Solar Powerd Home Setup

Started by West OZ Mark, 8th August 2007 09:53 PM

240v, appliances, application, appreciated, bath, bed, bit, companies, days, fire, gas, heating, home, hot, house, idea, information, mark, overcast, power, powerd, setup, solar, solution, standard, sunny, systems, talk, tile, viable

Replies: 6
Views: 2,237

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th August 2007 11:28 PM; by West OZ Mark

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Timber Driveway - How & what ?

Started by SteveAndBelle, 18th June 2007 03:58 PM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

20-30, ago, alternatives, cca, common, concrete, couple, cubby, discovered, driveway, effort, expensive, house, jobs, koppers, lasts, logs, moved, people, process, remove, settling, shocked, sleepers, solution, standard, termites, timber, treated, yard

Replies: 32
Views: 20,824

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th July 2007 08:43 PM; by rhancock

Forum:
LANDSCAPING, GARDENING, OUTDOORS

help with skirting question/reno

Started by tomato, 10th July 2007 07:17 PM

1930s, adding, advice, appreciated, bigger, bit, cost, dodgy, extension, floorboards, front, gaps, gratefully, job, newbie, original, question or reno, question/reno, reasonable, reluctant, renovation, replace, rip, skirting, skirtings, skirts, solution, sounds, start, strip

Replies: 5
Views: 1,949

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th July 2007 07:56 PM; by markharrison

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Lateral septic tank solution needed

Started by JohnJohns, 3rd July 2007 09:22 PM

block, council, discharges, extremely, forest, front, greywater, hill, holy, install, irrigation, lateral, laundry, limited, live, looked, needed, owners, pipe, septic, sewage, sloping, sod, solution, steep, subsoil, system, tank, trenches, yard

Replies: 14
Views: 3,272

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th July 2007 01:07 AM; by JohnJohns

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Sealing Casement Windows

Started by Ausyuppy, 16th June 2007 11:16 PM

alternative, brrr, casement, catalogue, cheers, cold, confusing, correctly, costs, cut, energy, eventually, fall, foam, house, mornings, possibilities, ravens, rubber, seal, sealed, sealing, seals, solution, steve, stick, temporary, thinking, window, windows

Replies: 4
Views: 2,518

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd June 2007 01:19 AM; by Ausyuppy

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Louvre windows: how to? and who to?

Started by Aangelique1611, 4th June 2007 04:39 PM

2&3, advance, attached, bifold, block, corner, cumberson, doors, double, flat, fold, install, left, louvre, outcome, person, pic, pix, quad, sections, sit, size, sized, solution, sort, style, trades, wall, window, windows

Replies: 0
Views: 1,702

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th June 2007 04:39 PM; by Aangelique1611

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

painting vaulted stairwell - scaffolding solution?

Started by baddog, 22nd May 2007 02:24 PM

built, ceiling, couple, dilemma, experience, found, ideas, length, looked, low, on.does, opted, painting, platform, reach, require, rest, scaffolding, sides.my, solution, solutions, stair, staircase, stairs, stairwell, steps, upper, vaulted, walls, winder

Replies: 1
Views: 1,980

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd May 2007 04:56 PM; by rod@plasterbrok

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

ceiling panel solution needed

Started by LegacyGT, 7th May 2007 10:39 PM

1200, 1220mm, 900, 915mm, ceiling, enuff, flat, floating, granny, installed, insulation, lights, material, needed, odd, panel, panels, restoring, searching, size, solution, standard, strong, suit, support

Replies: 9
Views: 2,123

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th May 2007 07:22 PM; by LegacyGT

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: 2,407

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

Forum:
CONCRETING

bathroom laminate

Started by EMistral, 23rd April 2007 04:53 PM

afraid, bathroom, beige, bench, benchtop, choice, classic, colour, decided, email, eric, found, grouts, installed, joints, laminate, living, melbourne, owner, pattern, previous, products, pull, relaminate, replace, solution, stated, temporary, tiled, type

Replies: 1
Views: 2,326

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd May 2007 11:08 PM; by UniversalTimber

Forum:
BATHROOM & TOILET

Skills shortage - Mick's solution

Started by journeyman Mick, 16th March 2005 10:35 PM

5 Pages •: 1 2 3 4 5

$9k, apprentice, apprentices, bit, building, collar, cost, day, government, hell, holidays, job, life, mick, money, paying, people, quiet, shortage, skills, solution, stuff, subsidies, tafes, teach, time, trades, training, wages, worth

Replies: 72
Views: 10,325

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th April 2007 04:45 PM; by Wild Dingo

Forum:
HAVE YOUR SAY

Tile edges

Started by Feralbilly, 14th April 2007 06:23 AM

10%, acid, adhesive, advance, advised, applying, bare, billy, bit, concerned, concrete, cut, danger, edge, edges, feet, finish, grout, leave, metres, pool, prevent, round, sharp, solution, tile, tiles, total, wash, wind

Replies: 9
Views: 2,808

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th April 2007 08:34 PM; by Pulse

Forum:
TILING

Surround for cooktop

Started by Robynb, 30th March 2007 01:42 PM

bench, bought, cook, cooktop, couple, cutout, density, directly, electric, finish, fit, foam, glass, guess, handle, melamine, missed, recently, replace, simple, sit, sits, size, solution, strip, surround, thin, timber, timeber, top

Replies: 5
Views: 4,658

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th March 2007 07:02 PM; by bricks

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Metal staircase finishing

Started by sleeping-wood, 3rd March 2007 11:30 PM

adelaide, apartment, appears, apply, attached, blasted, block, closest, coating, considerable, correct, dipped, finish, finishing, forum, galvanised, grit, link, metal, phospating, post, question, recognise, rust, search, solution, staircase, thumbnails, traffic, type

Replies: 6
Views: 3,352

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th March 2007 06:59 PM; by schwerdty

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Railings

Started by Feldapar, 20th March 2007 10:25 AM

Replies: 4
Views: 1,575

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th March 2007 10:28 PM; by Feldapar

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Tiling Preparation

Started by SR44, 1st March 2007 09:02 AM

bathroom, clean, condition, dated, e.g, etch, existing, floor, giving, plan, preparation, scoring, soap, solution, sugar, suggest, suitable, surface, tile, tiled, tiling

Replies: 5
Views: 2,196

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st March 2007 06:50 PM; by celeste

Forum:
KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, THEATRES, etc

bringing out curly maple

Started by ciscokid, 25th February 2007 02:03 AM

achieve, anilin, blo, boxes, bringing, color, coloring, curly, dye, effect, flame, ideas, jewelry, lots, maple, nice, pile, purchased, radically, recently, sad3, solution, stand, stripes, weak, wood

Replies: 3
Views: 6,511

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th February 2007 09:59 AM; by old_picker

Forum:
FINISHING

Paint Stain in Sink: Removable?

Started by makka619, 14th February 2007 11:43 AM

brush, clean, cleaned, damaged, discoloration, dry, left, marks, miracle, paint, removable, running, sink, solution, stain, stupid, time, totally, washed, water, wipes

Replies: 14
Views: 2,646

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th February 2007 10:08 AM; by Bleedin Thumb

Forum:
PAINTING

Estapol on Huon Pine Problem

Started by Bill.B, 11th February 2007 12:49 PM

applying, bill, bubbles, content, estapol, hope, huon, oil, pine, post, problem, reducing, section, solution, time, wood

Replies: 5
Views: 2,925

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th February 2007 12:46 AM; by ubeaut

Forum:
FINISHING

Bearers and Joists? Or just bearers and decking?

Started by Mick666, 23rd January 2007 02:01 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

2000, 3000, 32mm, alcove, bearers, bolted, deck, decking, door, entry, front, ground, issue, joists, leaving, method, offer, overcome, proposing, quell, reservations, roughly, solution, stumps, super, suppose, telling, thick, wrong, yep

Replies: 16
Views: 7,047

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st February 2007 02:21 PM; by silentC

Forum:
DECKING

Decking Posts Rotting

Started by benny56, 30th January 2007 02:18 PM

1994, abviously, base, benny56, build, building, caused, clearing, concrete, deck, decking, directly, encased, erected, fixing, forum, found, ground, moisture, pine, post, posts, retreating, rotting, rubbish, severe, solution, thinking, treated, water

Replies: 7
Views: 3,755

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st January 2007 02:38 PM; by MurrayD99

Forum:
DECKING

Combined fence and retaining wall

Started by pedro the swift, 19th January 2007 03:08 PM

added, advance, attached, besser, brick, combined, concrete, doubt, envisage, extremely, fence, height, knowledgeable, neighbours, panels, people, permit, photos, posts, pressure, properly, redoing, reliable, retaining, solution, sort, stand, suggest, term, wall

Replies: 8
Views: 7,779

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th January 2007 04:17 PM; by pawnhead

Forum:
LANDSCAPING, GARDENING, OUTDOORS

Resurfacing a Glulam Benchtop

Started by lateral, 28th January 2007 10:18 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

benchtop, blemishes, burn, company, glulam, greg, guys, ideal, ideas, job, leave, live, lot, marks, methods, products, professional, redo, remove, resurfacing, solution, sort, sydney

Replies: 18
Views: 6,329

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th January 2007 08:27 AM; by Bleedin Thumb

Forum:
KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, THEATRES, etc

Cement sheet gaps

Started by Iain, 28th January 2007 09:31 PM

1/4, advance, bathroom, cement, feel, filling, finishing, floor, gaps, lot, putting, render, sheet, sheets, soft, solution, square, vinyl, voids, welcomerolleyes

Replies: 1
Views: 2,329

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th January 2007 07:27 AM; by OBBob

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Am I nuts?

Started by LeoAU, 22nd November 2006 09:19 PM

1.7, bags, bit, block, break, brick/block, bunnings, color, combination, concrete, couple, creative, doable, encounter, inspired, jarrah, mix, nice, nicely, nuts, pine, posts, probs, rendered, sleepers, solution, stain, wall, wood

Replies: 5
Views: 2,510

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th January 2007 01:14 PM; by Iain

Forum:
LANDSCAPING, GARDENING, OUTDOORS

Help with deck finishing

Started by aussieorchid, 4th December 2006 12:52 AM

cabots, cleaned, decent, deck, decking, finishing, grain, greyed, house, left, lovely, mention, merbau, oil, option, owner, paint, pool, previous, previously, protect, purchased, salt, solution, stain, stained, timber, tinted, tlc, water

Replies: 8
Views: 4,843

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th January 2007 10:34 AM; by aussieorchid

Forum:
FINISHING

DIY 'Ripple Signal' Ceiling Fan Noise Fix ?

Started by SteveAndBelle, 15th January 2007 10:45 PM

air, brisbane, call, ceiling, conditioning, cool, diy, electricians, energy, fan, fans, fix, guzzling, hot, house, join, klunky, nights, noise, noisy, refuse, ripple, rotary, signal, solution, starting, summer, type, usual, weeks

Replies: 0
Views: 2,435

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th January 2007 10:45 PM; by SteveAndBelle

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Queenslanders!!!! Have You Got A Problem With Fire Ants???

Started by Barry_White, 24th December 2006 07:00 PM

ants, fire, problem, queenslanders, solution

Replies: 7
Views: 1,616

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th December 2006 10:42 PM; by Bluegum

Forum:
NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

Pond Pumps

Started by Damon_11, 16th December 2006 01:51 AM

Replies: 8
Views: 3,413

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th December 2006 11:53 AM; by chromis

Forum:
LANDSCAPING, GARDENING, OUTDOORS

Low e glass V glass + film

Started by doug1, 27th November 2006 10:06 PM

comfort, compare, doug, east, extension, facing, film, films, glass, input, laminated, low, north, pilkington, plain, process, respectivly, solution, specing, sydney, toughened

Replies: 10
Views: 6,959

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th December 2006 10:53 PM; by woodbe

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

grain filling and water dyes

Started by Clinton1, 14th December 2006 09:55 PM

400, advance, advise, blotchy, copy, dyed, dyes, fill, filler, filling, finer, giving, grain, handbook, mix, moment, oak, packed, playing, polishing, raised, raises, raising, recepie, sanding, scrap, solution, tas, trouble, water

Replies: 3
Views: 1,663

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th December 2006 10:53 PM; by Clinton1

Forum:
FINISHING

Re-finishing doors for kitchen cupboards and bath room vanity

Started by tedr48, 27th October 2003 01:14 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

bath, coat, coated, coating, cupboards, door, doors, existing, gloss, kitchen, manufacturer, people, refinishing, remove, removing, replace, room, sell, send, solution, tip, told, undergone, urethan, vanity, vinyl, waste, white, yellow, yellowing

Replies: 16
Views: 9,357

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd November 2006 11:31 AM; by Barry_White

Forum:
FINISHING

Help with B&D Controller Door

Started by wash, 15th November 2006 06:46 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

activation, afford, b&d, bandd, buy, complete, controller, door, existing, fix, fixing, handset, hoping, ideas, messages, model, motor, mpc, option, panel, receiving, remotes, solution, stopped, unit, wall

Replies: 16
Views: 4,985

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th November 2006 01:08 PM; by wash

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Solution To Climate Change

Started by echnidna, 29th October 2006 09:14 AM

40km, break, caused, change, climate, drivel, drought, friday, macedon, melbourne, snowed, solution, thread.eek

Replies: 8
Views: 1,666

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th November 2006 09:09 AM; by Honorary Bloke

Forum:
NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

soundproofing an attic floor, under the yellowtongue

Started by Nixolus, 17th June 2006 01:30 PM

attic, blue, campers, carpet, conversion, denser, floor, future, hear, heard, joists, lay, love, noise, note, panels, question, reduce, roof, rubber, sleep, solution, soundproofing, space, strips, stuff, timber, top, transfer, yellowtongue

Replies: 12
Views: 3,713

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th November 2006 01:09 PM; by rod@plasterbrok

Forum:
FLOORING

Flexi Plumbing Solution

Started by floppinab, 24th October 2006 02:57 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

advance, bit, conclusive, copper, deal, diyers, existing, external, flexi, flexi/plastic, folks, happy, house, inital, kitchen, learned, local, outdoor, piece, pipe, plumbing, recommend, run, running, searching, solution, supply, sydney, tap, weld

Replies: 17
Views: 3,732

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th October 2006 03:17 PM; by floppinab

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Hotplate/cooktop cover

Started by jmk89, 25th October 2006 10:24 AM

bench, burner, burners, coating, cooktop, cover, deal, desirable, extra, fireproof, fit, gas, hotplate or cooktop, knobs, limited, line, matching, position, properly, protection, recently, series, set, sockets, solution, space, surface, swmbo, underside, wondering

Replies: 14
Views: 7,212

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th October 2006 06:25 AM; by jmk89

Forum:
KITCHENS

Beard and masks

Started by j.stevens, 18th October 2006 09:16 AM

beard, correct, dust, masks, read, solution

Replies: 7
Views: 2,089

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th October 2006 12:29 PM; by j.stevens

Forum:
SAFETY

What should I use to fill cracks in ply walls ?

Started by JDarvall, 27th September 2006 07:54 AM

bog, builders, choice, compound, cover, cracks, fibro, fill, flush, hear, ideas, job, joint, justify, leave, mesh, money, paint, plaster, ply, question, real, remove, sand, solution, spending, strips, total, wall, walls

Replies: 5
Views: 2,097

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th September 2006 08:57 PM; by JDarvall

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Catholic Parrots

Started by Auld Bassoon, 21st September 2006 06:26 PM

answered, beads, brought, cage, catholic, day, exclaimed, female, frank, fun, holding, hookers, house, impressed, inside, lady, looked, male, parrot, parrots, pray, prayers, praying, priest, priests, rosary, shocked, solution, ushered, walked

Replies: 5
Views: 2,321

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th September 2006 10:00 AM; by bennylaird

Forum:
JOKES

Covering up cracks in internal walls

Started by JIT, 5th August 2006 05:41 AM

4 Pages •: 1 2 3 4

appearance, change, climate, cosmetic, cosmetically, cover, covering, cracking, cracks, filling, fixing, friend, improve, internal, lasting, method, movement, option, permanently, plaster, presume, properties, property, re-open, rear, repainting, simplest, solution, wall, walls

Replies: 49
Views: 18,455

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th September 2006 02:19 AM; by JIT

Forum:
PLASTERING

Connecting pipes

Started by mudguts, 28th August 2006 04:09 PM

appreciated, cheers, clay/terracotta, connect, connecting, daniel, finished, hey, person, pipe, pipes, putting, pvc, shedp, solution, storm, water

Replies: 8
Views: 12,096

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st August 2006 11:27 AM; by jimc

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

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: 3,531

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

Forum:
KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, THEATRES, etc

Fitting a lock to double entrance doors

Started by Ben (TM), 17th August 2006 12:40 PM

$140, bought, completely, door, doors, double, edge, entrance, failure, figure, fitting, flat, gainsborough, guess, latch, lock, locked, lockset, lockwood, mount, mounted, option, passage, plate, rebated, section, set, solid, solution, strike

Replies: 13
Views: 2,823

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th August 2006 09:50 AM; by Ben (TM)

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Porcelain tile drilling solution

Started by Carpenter, 12th August 2006 11:17 PM

6mm, avoid, bag, bathroom, bit, box, core, crap, drilling, equipment, fixture, fixtures, headache, helps, hole, hope, plug, plugs, porcelain, ramset, recently, red, require, research, results, solution, specialised, throw, tile, wall

Replies: 2
Views: 6,413

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th August 2006 11:19 AM; by Carpenter

Forum:
TILING

Kempas HIGH gloss finish

Started by kempas, 10th August 2006 03:45 PM

apply, appreciated, assistance/advice, brush, coating, colour, deep, due, existing, finish, flooring, flooring-, gloss, hands, high, kempas, match, matching, pac, packs, pre-finished, quantity, questions, red, relating, roller, satin, solution, stocks, stuff

Replies: 0
Views: 2,921

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th August 2006 03:45 PM; by kempas

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Wood Furnace Heating

Started by alanb, 27th July 2006 12:44 AM

acre, avilable, block, browsing, bush, centre, close, distribute, diy, fired, furnace, heard, heat, heating, house, laundry, local, lock-up, resulted, separated, solution, source, stage, suitable, system, systems, time, web, wide, wood

Replies: 6
Views: 2,531

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th July 2006 10:59 AM; by alanb

Forum:
HEATING & COOLING

Hot water goes cold in the pipes: what to do

Started by silentC, 6th July 2006 02:37 PM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

bit, circulation, cold, cooler, costs, cylinder, divert, element, hot, house, kitchen, line, normal, periodically, pipes, pump, rainwater, reaches, set, solution, tank, tap, temp, thermo, thermostat, time, top, valve, valves, water

Replies: 31
Views: 8,164

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th July 2006 10:16 AM; by silentC

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

top coats / skim coat

Started by drummelars, 31st May 2006 10:53 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

advance, affected, cheers, cleaning, coat, coats, dry, due, guys, hard, inperfections, jay, late, othwewise, paint, peel, prep, reacted, sanded, set, skim, smear, soap, solution, started, supposed, top, walls, water, wondering

Replies: 17
Views: 4,115

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th July 2006 08:32 PM; by drummelars

Forum:
PAINTING

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