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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: 1,797

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

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FLOORING

Structural Advice - Please

Started by mac, 4th February 2008 03:07 PM

advice, chemical, corners, couple, courses, double, engineer, extension, front, garage, hoop, house, iron, length, mac, metres, note, piers, plate, poured, rod, secured, slab, structural, sufficient, threaded, top, undertaking

Replies: 3
Views: 1,605

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th February 2008 08:50 AM; by DvdHntr

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Moisture barrier for floorboards on slab

Started by encino_, 16th January 2008 07:20 PM

35mm, barrier, battens, blends, cheers, directly, extension, floor, floorboards, house, laundry/kitchen, moisture, nailed, pine, planned, plastic, polished, question, recommend, sanded, sheet, sit, slab, sort, stagnate, straight, suitable, water, worry

Replies: 13
Views: 2,807

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th January 2008 06:02 PM; by glock40sw

Forum:
FLOORING

safety

Started by Odean, 16th January 2008 05:30 PM

Replies: 4
Views: 1,787

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th January 2008 05:08 PM; by echnidna

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

getting the cash for an extension

Started by manofaus, 10th January 2008 11:02 PM

baby, bank, barbie, beer, bugger, builder, cash, cheers, equity, excavation, extend, extension, finishing, flow, frames, freinds, hate, house, hunter, industry, licenced, lucky, pay, responsible, simpathetic, sort, stand, success, told, valley

Replies: 5
Views: 9,024

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th January 2008 06:34 PM; by bsrlee

Forum:
GENERAL ODDS N SODS

Foundations 50 yr old house on sloping block

Started by barney118, 5th January 2008 11:01 PM

100-120mm, agpipe, allowing, block, brick, bricks, brickwork, cavity, concrete, connections, drainage, existing, extension, foundation, foundations, house, issues, knock, piers, protruding, provide, putting, roof, sewer, single, sloping, supported, time, track, vision

Replies: 0
Views: 1,701

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th January 2008 11:01 PM; by barney118

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

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: 2,388

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

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Metal door frame query

Started by boydie63, 3rd January 2008 09:45 PM

atherton, curious, door, doorscorinthian, extension, figured, frame, frames, handles, height?im, installed, keepers, keepers.many, lift, lower, match, metal, mid, middle, noticed, occurance, panel, query, rail.is, regular, replies, stephen, stressing, thaks, work.now

Replies: 0
Views: 1,411

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd January 2008 09:45 PM; by boydie63

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Beam Size

Started by frog_hopper, 15th December 2007 06:25 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

400mm, 6.2, accross, advises, basically, beam, beams, bloody, deep, double, extending, extension, frog_hopper, ground, house, i.e, kitchen, level, measure, meter, meters, mid, middle, options, post, size, span, starts, steel, width

Replies: 18
Views: 3,892

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd January 2008 05:17 PM; by frog_hopper

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

attaching new bearers?

Started by bugsy, 26th December 2007 02:07 PM

add, attach, attaching, bearers, extension, fine, house, sit, stumps

Replies: 1
Views: 1,846

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th December 2007 05:18 PM; by addo

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

End of retirement...

Started by Shedhand, 22nd December 2007 12:43 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

2008, 2tsup, 4th, bit, bloody, brother, builder, cancer, caught, daughter, died, drip, end, extension, federal, flooded, gonna, grace, granddaughter, home, howard, isabella, jan, job, john, kill, mum, retirement, shed, time

Replies: 18
Views: 3,209

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th December 2007 09:28 AM; by Shedhand

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Hatches, Matches & Dispatches. Birthday greetings and other Touchie-feelie stuff.

finding stump height

Started by bugsy, 10th December 2007 09:13 PM

extension, finding, height, levels, line, running, string, stump, stumps, tips

Replies: 2
Views: 1,879

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th December 2007 02:08 PM; by oohsam

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Using Extension Cords to power workshop?

Started by mr chippy, 25th November 2007 11:23 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

1200w, amps, assistance, cord, cords, damage, drop, extension, extractor, garage, metres, motors, occurs, option, power, powerit, property, reach, rental, router, run, safely, shopvac/dust, size, supply, tomás, tools, voltage, wired, workshop

Replies: 18
Views: 5,265

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th December 2007 02:48 PM; by Alastair

Forum:
SAFETY

Kitchen wide drawer weight?

Started by Stojkov, 26th November 2007 10:38 PM

30kg, 400, 422.30.xxx, 800mm, 9kgo, assembled, blum, board, building, drawer, drawers, everyday, expensive, extension, false, front, hafele, kitchen, measures, normal, particle, payload, planning, similar, sliders, system, tandembox, usage, weight, wide

Replies: 4
Views: 1,831

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th November 2007 01:32 AM; by Stojkov

Forum:
KITCHENS

Replacing a tiled section with iron.

Started by skrout1, 18th November 2007 08:23 PM

3.1, batterns, brought, cheers, extension, flat, gday, house, ideas, iron, pitch, pretty, renovations, replacing, roof, screw, section, sheets, skrout1, space, stage, tile, tiled, tiles, water, wide, wondering

Replies: 4
Views: 1,206

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th November 2007 10:12 PM; by bitingmidge

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Timber posts

Started by bianca3920, 15th November 2007 02:01 PM

?timber, balcony, benefits, compressed, debating, due, exposed, extension, fibre/tiled, floor, ground, half, hardwood, hidden, hubby, job, lower, novice, pine, posts, realise, renovation, santina, species, timber, top, treated, type, walls, wood

Replies: 7
Views: 1,832

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th November 2007 11:56 PM; by pawnhead

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Is aluminum flashing under bottome plate a good idea?

Started by fred2, 15th November 2007 11:57 AM

aluminum, bit, bottom, bottome, brickveneer, building, concrete, directly, extension, flashing, forgot, frame, good, idea, insurance, late, membrane, plate, proof, slab, strip, water, wondering, wooden

Replies: 7
Views: 3,894

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th November 2007 09:29 PM; by rileyp

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Ball Park Extension Costs

Started by dvdrovers, 9th November 2007 12:34 PM

ball, bedroom, brisbane, costs, costs/square, ensuite, extending, extension, figure, house, lot, master, meter, park, shortly, understand, variables, wir

Replies: 4
Views: 4,543

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th November 2007 03:43 PM; by dvdrovers

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Put in some fluoro's......

Started by Iain, 25th August 2007 06:48 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

$23.00, $35.00, amps, boom, buggered, buy, cable, electrical, extension, fluoro, fluoros, hardware, hell, home, leads, link, local, mere, metre, plugs, question, quicksnip, saving, section, shifty, spy, strip, time, walking, wire

Replies: 15
Views: 5,388

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th November 2007 10:04 PM; by hughie

Forum:
HINTS & TIPS

how much to have a garage built?

Started by mummy novice, 20th October 2007 03:03 PM

/storage, american, appreciated, approvals, asbestos, build, built, car, cost, council, ets, extension, garage, garages, greatly, idea, inches, joined, loft, matching, measurements, neighbours, net, renovation, required, roofs, single, space, step, weatherboard

Replies: 13
Views: 4,317

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th November 2007 10:25 AM; by Terrian

Forum:
GENERAL ODDS N SODS

What grout for slate tiles?

Started by caperskmt, 3rd November 2007 02:05 PM

adhesive, caperskmt, extension, grout, grouting, indoor, mix, mortar, option, people, planning, sealed, slate, sorted, tile, tiles

Replies: 1
Views: 1,559

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd November 2007 04:33 PM; by Planned LScape

Forum:
BRICKWORK, CONCRETING, PAVING, RENDERING, etc

Solar HWS

Started by supa007, 31st October 2007 09:22 PM

$1500, boost, chromagen, compare, costs, crop, edwards, extension, findings, found, gas, government, hws, instant, pick, products, pushing, rebate, rec, recs, research, rinnai, share, solar, system, water, ~$1000, ~$4500, ~$5500, ~$7000

Replies: 1
Views: 2,006

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st November 2007 12:12 AM; by patty

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Floorboards vs. the concrete slab

Started by KeepMyDayJob, 30th October 2007 12:19 AM

12mm, 5-7, assume, boards, brick, check, checked, concrete, dining, erawe, extension, float, floor, floorboards, glue, hall, height, house, kitchen, level/dry, lift, match, roughly, sits, slab, slate, tiles, timber, underlay, veranda

Replies: 1
Views: 3,438

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th October 2007 01:22 PM; by KeepMyDayJob

Forum:
FLOORING

how much to have built?

Started by mummy novice, 20th October 2007 02:44 PM

approvals, asbestos, australia, beginning, build, builder, built, car, costs, council, existing, extension, feet, garages, idea, inches, joined, loft, matching, means, neighbours, plan, plans, readily, renovation, replace, required, roofing, space, storage

Replies: 2
Views: 1,800

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th October 2007 09:16 PM; by DJ’s Timber

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

blueboard vs brick

Started by hereford, 21st October 2007 01:25 PM

applied, apply, appreciated, blue, blueboard, board, brick, bricks, carried, existing, expensive, extension, extensive, finish, granosite, head, house, including, pretty, price, renovations, suggestions, tradesman, uncertain, weatherboard

Replies: 2
Views: 7,462

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st October 2007 05:48 PM; by hereford

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Setting out timber frame for small extension

Started by foxtel, 16th October 2007 05:56 PM

advance, building, built, chalk, completed, construction, desired, extension, flick, floor, flooring, follow, frame, home, joist, lines, otherwords, overhang, question, rear, result, setting, slightly, small, square, straight, timber, time, tongue, yellow

Replies: 3
Views: 1,951

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th October 2007 09:44 PM; by Metung

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Advice and a point in the right direction

Started by garfield, 2nd October 2007 10:13 PM

advice, apparently, appreciated, cheers, connect, coulorbond, direction, extension, generates, geoff, heard, house, insulated, limits, lot, love, noise, point, queensland, quid, rains, roof, roofing, save, set, thinking, tiles, tips, type, worried

Replies: 7
Views: 1,969

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th October 2007 01:57 AM; by Make it work

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Deck Specs

Started by Dalob, 4th October 2007 09:09 PM

1800mm, 190x70, 490kg/sqm, approx, basic, bearers, brick, decided, deck, due, equates, extension, feedback, input, left, overkill, piers, pine, pool, position, provide, relook, size, sleepers, spa, specs, stage, start, suitable, treated

Replies: 1
Views: 4,536

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th October 2007 11:16 PM; by Pulse

Forum:
DECKING

Need Parquetry without need to sand & polish - possible?

Started by tax_man, 19th September 2007 10:51 PM

alike, bit, cost, easily, entire, extension, flooring, house, idea, laid, measures, parquetry, pieces, polish, polished, pre-finished, process, product, raw, sand, sanded, section, timber, traditional, wise

Replies: 2
Views: 1,796

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st September 2007 10:35 AM; by 123

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Ceiling Battens?

Started by John99, 27th March 2005 08:53 PM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

advantage, battens, ceiling, ceilings, cracking, extension, fit, fitting, fix, glue, gyprock, john, metal, nail, question, roof, screw, stop, straighter, timber, timer, trusses

Replies: 32
Views: 19,757

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th September 2007 10:45 PM; by raedan

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

Extension to older home

Started by tims, 14th September 2007 12:39 PM

adjacent, built, cheers, constructed, criteria, decoration, design, designs, detail, examples, extension, extensions, historic, home, house, ideas, keeping, link, main, nature, older, proportion, rectangular, roof, separate, simple, sort, start, style, suit

Replies: 2
Views: 2,066

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th September 2007 01:47 PM; by Dirty Doogie

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

How thick can plaster be

Started by el_caro, 21st August 2007 11:44 AM

40mm, bit, bow, brick, cheers, cure, due, extended, extension, final, hey, juan, low, plaster, plastered, rendering, straight, thick, tile, wall

Replies: 12
Views: 8,315

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd September 2007 11:40 AM; by rmartens

Forum:
PLASTERING

Would this be allowed.

Started by nomad, 27th August 2007 01:43 PM

allowed, conduit, connected, cord, dew, drill, eventually, extension, garage, gday, grinder, ground, heavy, lasting, laundry, lead, measure, naturally, power, proper, raining, reason, run, running, sander, temporary, tools, top, underground, wiring

Replies: 6
Views: 2,476

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th August 2007 09:21 PM; by Frank&Earnest

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

amazing termites

Started by Greyham, 24th May 2005 11:53 AM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

advice, amazing, appreciatted, architrave, asbestos, bit, concerned, eating, extension, frame, gyprocked, heading, hell, house, inspection, into/from, metres, overly, pine, question, rest, slab, spray, steel, suggest, termites, timber, travel, wall, walls

Replies: 34
Views: 10,582

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th August 2007 11:21 PM; by graemet

Forum:
GENERAL ODDS N SODS

small deck

Started by ratty, 30th July 2007 01:58 PM

.75, 2how, 3joining, 3x2m, assuming, bit, deck, deck/entrance, deep, existing, extending, extension, ground, harder, house, methods, plan, planning, posts, small, steel, suggestions, timber

Replies: 0
Views: 1,653

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th July 2007 01:58 PM; by ratty

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Workshop tips show and tell.

Started by Wongo, 9th June 2007 05:07 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

3mmx3mm, block, blow, broken, cheap, corner, cross-cut, damaging, don’t, drop, dust, easy, edges, extension, floor, knee, kneel, laugh, lead, leave, pencil, picture, rebate, rubber, sharpener, sled, stop, times, tips, workshop

Replies: 26
Views: 7,787

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th July 2007 06:21 PM; by wheelinround

Forum:
HINTS & TIPS

Trusses Question

Started by gg23, 14th July 2007 03:16 PM

200-300mm, botched, braced, cert, compliance, costs, extension, greg, half, inspection, issue, jobs, oversize, pass, price, properly, provide, question, sells, slightly, span, supplier, tells, truss, trusses

Replies: 13
Views: 2,288

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th July 2007 12:42 PM; by ausdesign

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Sealing Norsjo Exterior Filler on weatherboards...

Started by The Apprentice, 16th July 2007 01:36 PM

angle, applied, called, coats, completed, extension, exterior, filled, filler, holes, home, knots, low, marks, nail, norsjo, noticed, painters, patch, patches, personally, prefer, psu, recently, sealing, sheen, top, walls, weatherboard, weatherboards

Replies: 1
Views: 5,716

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th July 2007 01:56 PM; by looney

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

Hardie's Versilux

Started by Andy Mac, 15th July 2007 03:34 PM

20yrs, 261, advice, ago, attached, basic, building, built, cellulose, cement, composition, extension, fibre, ground, hardie, hardies, house, laundry, lining, necessarily, panelling, portland, product, property, reinforced, sand, stumps, versilux, walls, water

Replies: 4
Views: 12,601

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th July 2007 05:46 PM; by Andy Mac

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

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: 1,945

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

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Roof design problem

Started by atregent, 9th July 2007 11:07 AM

avoid, bit, completely, design, ductwork, easiest, existing, extend, extension, heating, house, life, main, moment, pic, planned, planning, problem, replace, ridge, roof, running, stumped, suggestions, trusses, unit, width

Replies: 14
Views: 3,113

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th July 2007 02:07 PM; by pawnhead

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

To ledger or not ledger

Started by ptyltd, 8th July 2007 08:45 PM

added, advance, attached, bearer, bearers, connecting, corner, cut, deck, existing, exposed, extension, finish, folks, house, joist, joists, ledger, level, mitered, parallel, peice, pic, pick, piece, question, refer, run, runnning, talks

Replies: 3
Views: 2,011

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th July 2007 09:48 PM; by ptyltd

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Owner build in Perth

Started by bit stressed, 3rd July 2007 02:43 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

240k, 270k, 90m2, advice, bathroom, build, costs, ext, extension, frame, guess, guessing, heads, house, houses, kitchen, laundry, loads, owner, perth, position, quoted, sleepout, speaking, specs, standard, straight, timber, top, total

Replies: 16
Views: 3,815

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th July 2007 09:16 PM; by Wild Dingo

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

How far can you run an extension cord ?

Started by masterblaster, 14th February 2006 08:39 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

120, 1200, cheers, circular, cord, extension, guys, handy, jack, lts, mtrs, run, safe, saws

Replies: 27
Views: 14,671

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st July 2007 01:15 PM; by Just George

Forum:
SAFETY

what can I do about creaky, bouncy floorboards

Started by hasian, 28th June 2007 10:51 PM

beneath, boards, bouncy, completely, creaking, creaky, dislodged, extension, feel, feet, finding, floorboards, house, laid, lot, many-year-old, match, movement, owners, previous, purchased, putty, re-stumped, rear, recently, rest, solid, suggest

Replies: 4
Views: 7,717

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th June 2007 05:53 PM; by hasian

Forum:
FLOORING

Almost finished the Gyprock

Started by hardwoodjoint, 17th June 2007 06:30 PM

charge, extension, finished, free, gyprock, joins, manual, plasterboard, pleased, published, results, rod, time, worth

Replies: 1
Views: 2,039

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th June 2007 11:49 AM; by rod@plasterbrok

Forum:
PLASTERING

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: 1,899

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

Forum:
BRICKWORK

Footing excavation at base of neighbours house!???

Started by sulio123, 11th June 2007 11:05 AM

600mm, advice, appreciated, base, boundary, brick, built, dug, excavation, extension, footing, garage, garage/retaining, greatly, house, involved, line, meters, neighbouring, neighbours, option, poured, property, quotes, rear, start, stumps, sulio, thinking, wall

Replies: 0
Views: 1,800

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th June 2007 11:05 AM; by sulio123

Forum:
CONCRETING

Yet another shed extension

Started by keith53, 1st June 2007 10:49 AM

add, ants, bit, catch, cheers, chlorpirifos, crabs, extension, fish, floor, free, generous, hoping, inside, keith, length, log, mud, project, rearrange, sandy, serve, shed, short, spray, storage, timber, weeks, wet, white

Replies: 8
Views: 2,542

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th June 2007 11:57 PM; by keith53

Forum:
THE GARDEN SHED

Help! Gyprocking 6.5m high walls

Started by Paul B, 23rd May 2007 10:52 AM

6.5m, 65m, adhesive, bottom, builder, chippies, crap, created, deal, extension, framing, guess, gyprock, gyprocking, half, high, hollows, lower, missing, perfectly, pretty, properly, sagging, stud, thatll, thinking, top, wall, walls, week

Replies: 7
Views: 2,136

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th May 2007 01:01 PM; by rod@plasterbrok

Forum:
PLASTERING

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