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Woodworking Gloves

Started by BozInOz, 17th March 2008 03:32 AM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

blister, breaks, comfortable, control, covers, cuts, dressing, expensive, fine, fool, gloves, gross, hands, ideas, infection, lots, noticed, palm, planing, protection, risk, rough, skin, splinter, splinters, suppliers, sweat, tips, tough, woodworking

Replies: 36
Views: 8,833

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th June 2008 07:44 PM; by Wild Dingo

Forum:
SAFETY

Wheres Niki???? Thats Niki our Polish tip man!

Started by Wild Dingo, 21st May 2008 10:58 PM

2tsup, cheers, creating, enforced, guy, happened, increadibly, man, nicknacks, niki, polish, posts, sabbatical, shane, shed, talented, tip, tips

Replies: 6
Views: 3,774

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th May 2008 04:36 PM; by Wild Dingo

Forum:
HINTS & TIPS

Sealing/Finishing Floorboards

Started by mattwilliams78, 6th May 2008 01:04 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

20l, advice, based, bedrooms, buy, cfp, coats, experience, finish, floor, floorboards, floors, found, hire, house, makes, move, paint, painting, post, read, rung, sand, sander, sealing or finishing, tips, total, walls, water, weekend

Replies: 20
Views: 4,714

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th May 2008 10:16 PM; by mattwilliams78

Forum:
FLOORING

Bricklaying tips.

Started by TradingWoody, 24th April 2008 03:38 PM

absorbing, brick, bricklaying, bricks, clay, dipping, extending, fast, interior, leave, lining, mortar, morter, single, solids, stringline, tips, unmanagable, wall, water

Replies: 5
Views: 2,455

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th May 2008 08:45 PM; by autogenous

Forum:
BRICKWORK

RangeHood Ducting

Started by Claytons, 6th May 2008 10:11 AM

appreciated, approx, brick, bricks, carefull, cutting, double, ducting, exhaust, folks, forum, fumes, greatly, install, intend, intention, kitchen, local, mind, ppl, rangehood, thickness, thread, tips, vent.i, wall, wall.the, wary, wisdom, words

Replies: 2
Views: 3,986

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th May 2008 12:02 PM; by Claytons

Forum:
KITCHENS

Bluestone Repointing help needed

Started by westcoast, 5th May 2008 10:55 AM

125, advance, appreciated, avoiding, beach, bluestone, broken, crack, cracking, cracks, crumbly, developing, dried, dries, hairline, house, job, lime, mortar, needed, patch, pretty, repointing, sand, similar, started, test, tips, walls, wetting

Replies: 2
Views: 3,182

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th May 2008 09:02 AM; by westcoast

Forum:
CONCRETING

Painting over wallpaper

Started by tims, 10th November 2007 07:15 AM

approach, based, bedroom, bought, cheers, coat, covered, currectly, dry, fairly, follow, info, letting, non-vinyl, oil, paint, painting, paper, spare, stuck, success, suggest, suggested, tim, tips, top, undercoat, wall, wallpaper, walls

Replies: 10
Views: 4,051

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd May 2008 04:19 PM; by honey_bee

Forum:
PAINTING

How can I blend two different cornices at a corner?

Started by noideamad, 20th April 2008 11:15 PM

betwen, blend, builder, ceiling, cheers, common, corner, corners, cornice, cornices, gutted, ideas, kitchen, level, lounge, mitering, pics, practice, removed, replastered, setting, silly, similar, situations, square, styles, suggest, tips, wall

Replies: 8
Views: 2,202

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th April 2008 08:10 PM; by DaveD-75

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

Paving around a new Pool

Started by henry15, 30th April 2008 11:39 AM

100mm, 55mtrs, adhesive, appreciated, approx, base, cheers, colour, concrete, contractors, crushed, eastern, grout, henry, ideas, inground, melbourne, pavers, paving, pool, recommend, reinforced, rock, sand, sandstone, shell, slab, sort, suburbs, tips

Replies: 0
Views: 2,368

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th April 2008 11:39 AM; by henry15

Forum:
POOLS, SPA & WATER FEATURES

looking for work on or around Bribie Island

Started by hoefler, 29th April 2008 02:54 AM

advice, age, appreciated, austria, bribie, carpenter, country, days, difficult, employment, english, experience, family, firstly, forum, german, greatly, island, moveing, qualified, queensland, thomas2tsup, tips, unfortunatly, vienna, work

Replies: 0
Views: 1,759

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th April 2008 02:54 AM; by hoefler

Forum:
EMPLOYMENT

Patching villaboard after window removed

Started by SkyHook, 19th April 2008 08:18 AM

1200, 600h, accurately, appreciated, attach, bathroom, board, buts, cheers, existing, greatly, inside, invisible, joins, mark, material, neatly, patch, patching, planning, putting, removed, section, stud, tips, villaboard, wall, window

Replies: 3
Views: 4,750

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st April 2008 06:42 PM; by SkyHook

Forum:
PLASTERING

DIY Carpet Cleaning

Started by Tyro, 20th April 2008 11:50 PM

britex, carpet, carpets, clean, cleaning, coles, company, diy, doctor, hire, machines, metropolitan, professional, recommend, rug, steam, sydney, tips, woolworths

Replies: 6
Views: 18,038

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st April 2008 06:19 PM; by Incoming!

Forum:
GENERAL ODDS N SODS

Blue board and brick rendered Join

Started by robbie1977, 15th April 2008 08:08 PM

acrylic, appreciatedd, avoid, blue, blueboard, board, brick, cracking, door, front, gap, glass, greatly, house, installed, intend, jam, join, length, luck, movement, render, rendered, reviews, silicone, solid, tape, threads, tips, topic

Replies: 3
Views: 4,155

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th April 2008 07:30 PM; by myla

Forum:
BRICKWORK

Wood Review vs Woodsmith

Started by Chumley, 2nd March 2008 07:34 PM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

adam, article, aussie, australian, bit, cheers, compare, craftsmen, culture, dimensions, dropout, feel, guess, hand, issues, list, magazines, prefer, projects, real, review, skills, snobs, tips, tricks, unrealistic, wood, woodsmith, woodworking, wrong

Replies: 35
Views: 8,031

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th April 2008 07:39 PM; by Scribbly Gum

Forum:
HAVE YOUR SAY

Choosing floorboards...

Started by tobot, 19th March 2008 11:20 PM

1-3, appreciated, bearers, blackbutt, choosing, clearance, colour, constructed, downstairs, dry, due, economical, feet, floor, floorboards, glue, ground, hardwood, joists, logical, match, prefer, recycled, remilled, sandy, staining, staircase, timbers, tips, upstairs

Replies: 9
Views: 2,505

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th April 2008 10:33 PM; by Connollys

Forum:
FLOORING

Timber Floor renovation in kitchen

Started by Ronny, 12th April 2008 11:08 AM

17kms, advice, approx, australian, blackbutt, company, damaged, floor, flooring, job, kitchen, lay, live, professional, qualified, renovated, renovation, replace, rip, ronny, services, south, sydney, thinking, timber, tips, top, tradesman, tradesperson, type

Replies: 0
Views: 1,951

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th April 2008 11:08 AM; by Ronny

Forum:
FLOORING

How to paint a new ceiling - sealer? which paint?

Started by Daren, 9th April 2008 08:14 PM

brands, ceiling, cool, enlighten, joins, mate, nice, paint, plaster, resheeted, sealer, set, tips, told, white

Replies: 4
Views: 7,503

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th April 2008 07:24 AM; by Daren

Forum:
PAINTING

Expoxy resin

Started by dgoro, 6th April 2008 11:37 PM

appreciated, attempted, bar, cheers.2tsup, coating, crack, cracks, epoxy, experiences, expoxy, fill, filling, finish, hard, nice, poly, polyurethane, redgum, resin, rest, setting, slabs, sourced, spider, thinking, tips, top, unsure, urethane, wearing

Replies: 3
Views: 2,426

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th April 2008 10:22 AM; by Timstools

Forum:
FINISHING

Ensuite/Laundry conversion

Started by Juzzie06, 5th April 2008 08:25 PM

appreciated, b/c, bedroom, conversion, decent, deemed, dining, dirty, enjoying, ensuite, ensuite or laundry, finding, greatly, hands, hard, job, laundry, living, massive, mind, plan, planning, princess, suggestions, time, tips, top, tradie, trust, wedding

Replies: 2
Views: 1,321

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th April 2008 03:26 PM; by OBBob

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Building Extension with Pre-Fab Wall Frames

Started by zacnelson, 3rd April 2008 08:31 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

advance, build, building, company, construct, easier, experience, experiences, extension, frames, house, joists, limited, lying, mind, option, personal, pre-fab, prefab, real, recommendations, roof, slab, space, tips, trusses, variations, wall, walls, zac

Replies: 21
Views: 3,347

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th April 2008 08:18 AM; by zacnelson

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Extension Pics

Started by Purse, 2nd April 2008 08:37 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

comments, days, extension, person, pics, progress, sofar, tips

Replies: 16
Views: 2,776

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th April 2008 11:44 AM; by kyeko

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

How to re-coat a floor with polyurethane

Started by Extracare, 25th March 2008 10:49 AM

9mm, approx, board, boards, brush, check, coating, covered, dips, dirt, floor, fresh, half, handiwork, hours, house, inspect, leave, length, mask, mohair, polyurethane, recoat, roller, run, scrub, speck, supersatin, tips, vaccum

Replies: 11
Views: 3,375

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd April 2008 09:45 AM; by BigCal

Forum:
FLOORING

Taking down a roller door

Started by Burglar, 31st March 2008 04:09 PM

advice, door, double, fence, free, heap, installed, lower, lowering, mates, metal, mounting, peter, posts, replace, roller, ropes, secure, similar, springs, standing, straps, suggestions, supported, taking, tensioning, thinking, tie, tips, welcomed

Replies: 2
Views: 2,408

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st March 2008 05:50 PM; by Burglar

Forum:
THE GARDEN SHED

How long does it take to sand a floor?

Started by bnpenty, 9th March 2008 11:26 PM

1/2mm, 4pm, 9am, boards, combo, day, deal, difference, finer, finish, finsh, floor, fri, hoping, level, long, mon, nick, pay, plan, process, return, sand, sander, sanding, scratches, sheets, surface, tips, w/e

Replies: 5
Views: 8,372

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th March 2008 10:40 PM; by bnpenty

Forum:
FLOORING

timber kitchen benchtop

Started by LeonieB, 18th January 2008 12:19 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

acrylic, angles, auto, benchtop, benchtops, constructing, darken, durable, feedback, finishes, food, heat, ideally, ingredients, joining, kitchen, l-shaped, non-toxic, polyurethane, post, read, resistant, sandstonehouse, scratch, slab, slabs, timber, tips, urethane

Replies: 16
Views: 18,527

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th March 2008 11:01 AM; by Bloss

Forum:
FINISHING

Paving a path up a slope...tips ?

Started by TomDunreedy, 22nd March 2008 10:50 PM

1.5, appreciated, climb, climbs, dividing, fence, issue, lay, length, metres, moment, path, pavers, paving, slope, slopetips, tips, tom, tricky

Replies: 2
Views: 1,562

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd March 2008 11:45 PM; by journeyman Mick

Forum:
LANDSCAPING, GARDENING, OUTDOORS

Lifting old floor boards

Started by sjohn, 11th March 2008 09:20 PM

1940s, australian, boards, built, damaging, floor, hard, house, lifting, lot, method, offered, question, reckon, timber, tips, type, wood

Replies: 7
Views: 2,199

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th March 2008 08:24 PM; by echnidna

Forum:
FLOORING

Removal of Email WeatherWall airconditioner

Started by Howie, 7th May 2006 04:50 PM

air, airconditioner, apprecieted, complete, components, conditioner, dismantleing, email, experience, greatly, removal, removed, removing, start, tips, unit, wall, weather, weatherwall, ww17h

Replies: 6
Views: 12,976

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th March 2008 02:59 PM; by eddyoz

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Making cement pavers

Started by JB, 3rd March 2008 08:45 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

20cm, 30cm, 5cm, advice, appreciated, cement, cement/aggregate, completely, dry, failed, making, mix, mould, pavers, plastic, ratios, reinforcing, required, resist, stepping, stones, testing, thick, tips, tub

Replies: 16
Views: 5,427

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th March 2008 07:00 PM; by corbs

Forum:
LANDSCAPING, GARDENING, OUTDOORS

Ikea Kitchen

Started by Timbo's Shed, 8th February 2008 07:00 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

attaching, bag, cabinet, cabinets, decided, difficulties, due, edges, experience, ikea, installing, installng, kiea, kitchen, lot, people, plenty, putting, read, run, sealing, smoothly, thread, tim, tips, wall, week

Replies: 17
Views: 6,839

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th March 2008 10:10 AM; by tryitonce!

Forum:
KITCHENS

Concrete Calculations

Started by dub3media, 7th March 2008 05:29 PM

1m3, 300mm, 40kg, apprentice, bags, boss, builders, calculations, concrete, formulas, forward, guys, hand, hear, hole, holes, mix, mixer, post, ratio, similiar, slabs, tips, told, wondering

Replies: 3
Views: 2,723

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th March 2008 04:36 PM; by Blocklayer

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Deck by Dazzler - Steel'n'Wood

Started by dazzler, 13th January 2008 09:19 PM

64651, 90deg, add, adding, angle, appreciated, bearers, bearers/joists, cheers, colourbond, dazzler, deck, easier, excercise, framed, joists, learning, play, pool, posts, roof, search, sitting, sizes, sketchup, steel, steelnwood, supported, tips, toying

Replies: 8
Views: 6,327

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th March 2008 04:39 PM; by dazzler

Forum:
DECKING

Finishing off deck edge

Started by Mark CH, 6th March 2008 01:34 PM

aluminium, angle, attached, board, boards, cheerio, cut, cuts, cuts/puting, deck, decking, easy, edge, entire, finishing, flush, frame, gaps, hide, ideas, instances, joist, joists, laid, mark, rebate, solution, sort, tidy, tips

Replies: 2
Views: 8,768

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th March 2008 11:46 PM; by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Forum:
DECKING

Hint! On how to remove floorboards without damage to others

Started by chromis, 6th March 2008 06:05 PM

approach, board, boards, brick, budge, damage, damaged, don’t, floor, floorboards, gap, gentle, glued, half, handy, hint, jarrah, left, levering, neighbouring, remove, stuff, tips, tongue/groove, wall

Replies: 4
Views: 5,132

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th March 2008 09:38 PM; by chromis

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, 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: 2,261

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

Forum:
FINISHING

Replacing a single brick

Started by emptybucketman, 5th February 2007 03:07 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

access, applying, bag, brick, brickies, bricks, double, fitting, laying, mortar, mud, premixed, replace, replacing, single, time, tips, wall

Replies: 19
Views: 6,145

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd March 2008 12:47 PM; by journeyman Mick

Forum:
BRICKWORK

100yr old ironbark floor - is it possible it's unsandable?

Started by ram5, 3rd March 2008 01:00 AM

100yr, 3hrs, beautiful, chance, colour, curious, edger, floor, freshly, gouge, guess, hard, hire, ironbark, local, minute, sanded, sander, sanding, smell, sold, task, ten, timber, time, tips, told, unsandable, wood, wreck

Replies: 3
Views: 2,618

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd March 2008 11:16 AM; by echnidna

Forum:
FLOORING

Skirting a curved wall. Any ideas?

Started by Laura0381, 13th January 2008 07:04 PM

curved, edge, finished, forward, hearing, house, ideas, simple, skirt, skirting, straight, suggestions, tiling, tips, wall, walls, wondering

Replies: 13
Views: 7,763

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th February 2008 10:33 PM; by kally

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Tips from flooring Gurus on how to use Poly adhesive

Started by Pete F, 21st February 2008 10:44 PM

adhesive, bladder, btw, bucket, cheers, chemical, corner, cut, doh, floor, flooring, foil, forward, gloves, guns, gurus, kapex, nail, neater, poly, save, similar, spread, stuff, surely, thinking, tips, tradeon, trick, tricks

Replies: 0
Views: 1,668

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st February 2008 10:44 PM; by Pete F

Forum:
FLOORING

tax tips

Started by mako, 2nd February 2008 02:29 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

accountant, biulder, claim, claiming, claims, creative, deduction, differant, dogs, employed, envelope, hear, overly, people, push, speak, stories, stuff, tax, tips, tools, usual

Replies: 27
Views: 4,234

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th February 2008 06:53 PM; by journeyman Mick

Forum:
NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

Ceiling fan maintenance

Started by Smurf, 16th February 2008 03:35 AM

Replies: 4
Views: 1,845

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th February 2008 09:17 PM; by Timmo

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Lease application tips

Started by hilux, 15th February 2008 10:39 PM

2tsup, application, applying, appreciated, cash, cbd/eastern, easy, history, homework, lease, people, scrambling, security, subs, sydney, tenant, throwing, tips, tips/rules, unit, wads

Replies: 5
Views: 1,662

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th February 2008 03:55 PM; by AlexS

Forum:
NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

Screws into ceiling, and adhesive as cornice cement?

Started by Spelunx, 9th February 2008 11:19 PM

adhesive, advice, bad, bucketload, buried, ceiling, cement, channel, cheers, concerned, cornice, eye, finishing, flush, half, indented, jayson, job, layer, left, pictures, plaster, post, promiseddd, questions, screws, sitting, slightly, stud, tips

Replies: 12
Views: 3,816

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th February 2008 11:15 PM; by rod@plasterbrok

Forum:
PLASTERING

Restoration Job - stripping / re-finishing

Started by ado, 10th February 2008 02:00 PM

acrylic, ado, appropraitely, coat, damaging, experienced, father, filled, filler, gratefully, holes, idea, ideas, job, labels, paint, polish, preserve, questions, received, refinishing, restoration, restorers, shipping, strip, stripping, suggested, tips, trunk, wood

Replies: 7
Views: 2,123

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th February 2008 08:31 PM; by astrid

Forum:
FINISHING

Tips for ceiling U-channel needed

Started by Spelunx, 4th February 2008 09:27 PM

achieve, apreciated, attaching, bit, bits, bloke, bought, ceiling, channel, cheers, confused, flash, guide, jayson, joists, level, low, needed, packing, plane, plaster, pulling, replacing, step, styrofoam, suspended, tips, tricks, u-channel, uchannel

Replies: 5
Views: 3,109

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th February 2008 09:16 AM; by Spelunx

Forum:
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: 1,793

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

Forum:
DECKING

Pre-finish Timber Flooring Over Concrete

Started by didier, 31st January 2008 06:01 PM

adviance, advice, advise, barrier, bouncy, building, concrete, didier, directly, effect, floorboard, flooring, forum, friend, glue, guys, home, moisture, post, prefinish, process, real, rrecommend, slab, tasmanian, timber, tips, treatment, underlay, woodflooring

Replies: 5
Views: 2,862

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st February 2008 03:35 PM; by timbercg

Forum:
FLOORING

fixing old bentwood chairs

Started by astrid, 24th January 2008 03:28 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

age, astrid, beasts, bent, bentwood, bits, chairs, clamping, fix, fixing, legs, lovely, main, probs, springing, stay, steamed, success, sugestions, suposed, tips, true, twist, wetting, wobbles.sounds, wood

Replies: 15
Views: 13,276

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th January 2008 12:26 AM; by astrid

Forum:
FINISHING

Mdf

Started by Sputnik1970, 25th January 2008 10:05 PM

apreciated, bit, finish, greatly, hints, laquered, mdf, paint, scroll, tips

Replies: 4
Views: 1,203

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th January 2008 11:59 AM; by vinnie

Forum:
FINISHING

New Reno Problems - Cant get a builder for a small job.....No one wants to work

Started by Mattles, 22nd January 2008 02:19 PM

5 Pages •: 1 2 3 4 5

addition, appreciated, assist, basically, bedroom, builder, building, estimates, flat, garage, granny, house, job, jobno, layed, list, literally, main, move, plumbing, problems, reno, roof, roofing, small, time, tips, tricks, walls, work

Replies: 74
Views: 9,243

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th January 2008 01:32 PM; by DvdHntr

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

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