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Repairing Sandstone Edging

Started by Widget1983, 28th February 2024 02:16 PM

150mm, 290mm, attached, bed, brick, bricks, broken, cap, caps, clean, deep, edging, fence, fixing, glue, idea, knock, length, mix, mortar, pieces, re-attach, redo, sandstone, sandstone+brick, special, stick, straight, suitable, wide

Replies: 7
Views: 1,457

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th March 2024 03:51 PM; by GraemeCook

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BRICKWORK

Old Wood Stove - Firebrick

Started by tameriska, 27th September 2006 11:38 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

alternative, asbestos, broken, couple, crack, cupboard, dryfitted, fire, firebox, firebrick, firebricks, fireplace, fit, fitted, flue, idea, inside, mortar, past, plate, provide, replaced, require, set, solution, source, steel, stove, supposed, wood

Replies: 17
Views: 19,226

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st October 2023 01:37 AM; by Colmp

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NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

Wet/hard set Limé plastering

Started by Lappa, 23rd February 2020 08:54 PM

1916, ago, berowra, build, city, coated, correct, details, failing, found, grateful, guy, hipages, home, interior, i’m, lime, lost, mortar, plasterer, plastering, real, recommend, set, term, tia, trouble, walls, wet/hard

Replies: 0
Views: 3,002

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd February 2020 08:54 PM; by Lappa

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HELP! "I've fallen and can't get up."

glass bricks in brickwork external

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 27th May 2014 08:30 AM

bricks, brickwork, cavity, coming, effective, external, glass, moisture, mortar, prevent, putting, read, renovateforum.com, reply, thinking, thread, window

Replies: 0
Views: 1,234

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th May 2014 08:30 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Concrete stump repair/replace advice?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 18th April 2014 08:20 AM

1960s, 262.9, 267.9, advice, andrew, attached, aware, brick, built, cancer, concrete, costs, government, house, image.jpg, images, involved, mortar, owned, photos, property, qld, raised, raising, read, renovateforum.com, replace, stumps, thatd, thread

Replies: 0
Views: 1,551

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th April 2014 08:20 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Pavers (strip 1 paver wide) - sub-base, how to lay etc.

Started by yael, 2nd April 2014 12:29 PM

base, border, build, channel, compactor, concrete, dirt, edges, fence, gap, hard, laid, lay, mix, mortar, paver, pavers, people, putting, sand, shed, shifting, strip, sub-base, subbase, thinking, underneath, wide, wood, yael

Replies: 4
Views: 1,963

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th April 2014 10:17 AM; by rsser

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NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

quick question. when to install door for bathroom reno

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 8th March 2014 02:20 PM

bathroom, bed, common, cut, door, install, jamb, mortar, practice, prehung, purchased, question, quick, read, reno, renovateforum.com, reply, thinking, thread, tile, tiles

Replies: 0
Views: 1,253

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th March 2014 02:20 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

flashing of deck nto brick veneer

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 31st October 2013 11:50 PM

adhere, alcor, brick, cutting, deck, flashing, line, mortar, nto, read, renovateforum.com, surface, thread, tiled, veneer, wondering

Replies: 0
Views: 1,285

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st October 2013 11:50 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

minimum width for door plus jamb

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 10th May 2013 04:40 PM

80cm, 855mm, brick, bricking, bricks, cutting, door, double, extra, fill, fit, front, gaps, garage, gjaqua, hope, jamb, leave, max, minimise, minimum, mortar, read, renovateforum.com, reply, roller-doored, standard, thread, trim, width

Replies: 0
Views: 1,340

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th May 2013 04:40 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Short span lintel under house

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 13th March 2013 11:40 PM

advice, angle, attached, block, board, brick, clearance, current, cut, ducted, ducts, floor, future, half, hammer, heating, house, install, installed, lintel, mortar, passage, piece, planning, read, renovateforum.com, span, steel, thread, thumbnails

Replies: 0
Views: 1,304

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th March 2013 11:40 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Is this the best way to finish the eave sheets to brickwork and window tops?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 24th December 2012 04:50 PM

19mm, awesome, bad, brick, caulk, completely, crappy, diy, dress, eave, finish, functional, gaps, house, issue, item, liq, mortar, nailed, paint, quad, read, renovateforum.com, sheets, solid, strip, thread, timber, white, windows

Replies: 0
Views: 2,068

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th December 2012 04:50 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
GENERAL ODDS N SODS

Cleaning old paint off bricks

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 19th December 2012 10:00 AM

ancient, bit, blaring, bricks, brickwork, brush, bungalow, california, careful, cheers, choice, clean, drill, headphones, layers, method, mortar, motorhead, music, offer, paint, paintwork, read, remove, renovateforum.com, suggestions, thread, verandah, weeks, wire

Replies: 0
Views: 1,400

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th December 2012 10:00 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
GENERAL ODDS N SODS

Service Toil

Started by John Saxton, 15th January 2011 12:29 AM

arms, combat, consecutive, day, digger, dismissive, ducking, enemy, finally, fire, fire-fight, fought, grass, hand, hours, humped, inch, mortar, mosquitoes, mud, plagued, rain, razor, sailor, service, sniper, toil, tours, vietnam, wave

Replies: 1
Views: 1,232

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th January 2011 12:37 AM; by Ashore

Forum:
JOKES

Leaking roof valley

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 9th December 2010 10:00 PM

attached, bunnings, buy, cut, foam, gap, guy, hytile, leak, leaking, matter, meets, mortar, photos, read, rebed, remove, renovateforum.com, roof, roofs, spoke, stuff, thread, thumbnails, tiled, top, valley, valleys, wider

Replies: 0
Views: 2,262

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th December 2010 10:00 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

An idea on how to insert a lintel from one side of a brick wall without supports

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 20th July 2010 06:00 PM

150, bar, bearing, brick, bricks, deep, external, flat, floor, horizontal, insert, installing, internal, involve, leaving, left, level, lintel, load, mortar, piece, prop, push, read, renovateforum.com, sections, supporting, supports, unsupported, wall

Replies: 0
Views: 3,888

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th July 2010 06:00 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Hows my thinking for a new door in brick?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 17th June 2010 06:10 PM

bar, beneath, brick, bricks, brickwork, clean, concrete, cut, door, drill, edges, fit, fix, framework, insert, lintel, mortar, observations, read, remove, renovateforum.com, screws/spagetti, sill, site, slab, space, thinking, thread, wall, wood

Replies: 0
Views: 1,532

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th June 2010 06:10 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Plastering around window

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 22nd November 2009 12:30 PM

achieve, appearance, appreciated, cement, existing, exposed, frame, framing, ideas, intact, interior, lath, leave, living, material, metal, minor, mortar, plaster, plastering, read, renovateforum.com, required, rounded, ted, thread, wall, window, wondering

Replies: 0
Views: 3,343

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd November 2009 12:30 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
RENOVATE FORUM RSS FEED

Installing acrylic / fibreglass bath

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 16th November 2009 12:00 PM

450mm, acrylic, adetive, bath, bondcrete, cement, cheers, conflicting, experience, fibreglass, hearing, info, installation, installations, installing, instructions, mix, mortar, peoples, prefer, read, renovateforum.com, sand, size, sticks, stud, support, thread, tub, wall

Replies: 0
Views: 7,287

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th November 2009 12:00 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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RENOVATE FORUM RSS FEED

Suggestions on exterior finish for very old 'render'

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 15th November 2009 03:40 PM

1900s, breathe, building, completely, cottage, exterior, finish, house, leave, limestone, live, loose, lot, mortar, options, paint, painted, remove, removing, render, rendered, repaint, rough, simply, stone, suggestions, thinking, tips, walls, waterblast

Replies: 0
Views: 1,433

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th November 2009 03:40 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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RENOVATE FORUM RSS FEED

sealing wood to brick

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 14th November 2009 11:20 PM

10mm, 35mm, air, attach, breaking, brick, drying, fill.the, filler, frame, gaps, mortar, non-drying, paint, plasticine, read, renovateforum.com, reply, seal, similar, sound, supposed, thread, tight, uneven, wall, wide, wood, wooden, worry

Replies: 0
Views: 1,223

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th November 2009 11:20 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Screeding a shower base??

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 4th November 2009 04:30 PM

80s, base, brett, cement, cheers, compound, concrete, correct, designs, material, messed, method, mix, mortar, nice, paint, read, ready, renovateforum.com, sand, shower, smooth, step, thread, tile, tiles, tiling, top, tub, waterproof

Replies: 0
Views: 2,486

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th November 2009 04:30 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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RENOVATE FORUM RSS FEED

Wrong mortar mix?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 3rd November 2009 09:20 AM

mix, mortar, read, renovateforum.com, thread, wrong

Replies: 0
Views: 1,476

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd November 2009 09:20 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
BRICKWORK, CONCRETING, PAVING, RENDERING, etc

Mortar mix for Pool pavers

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 25th October 2009 11:50 PM

mix, mortar, pavers, pool, read, renovateforum.com, thread

Replies: 0
Views: 4,905

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th October 2009 11:50 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
POOLS, SPA & WATER FEATURES

Gap between pier and bearer

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 17th October 2009 03:40 AM

20mm, advance, attached, base, bearer, brickwork, closer, column, corner, crawl, creaking, floor, floorboards, gap, gday, hand, hard, house, inspection, mortar, moved, normal, pier, read, rectify, renovateforum.com, sitting, started, steve, thread

Replies: 0
Views: 2,010

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th October 2009 03:40 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

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RENOVATE FORUM RSS FEED

Toilet pan on mortar bed?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 16th October 2009 01:40 PM

bed, difference, discovered, fair, impression, install, leak, makes, moment, mortar, murray, nice, p.s, pan, plonked, read, renovateforum.com, retiling, sat, silicone, slab, solid, sound, struck, stumps, thinking, thread, tiles, toilet, toilets

Replies: 0
Views: 2,424

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th October 2009 01:40 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

mortar goes off quickly when laying bricks, how to fix?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 4th October 2009 03:00 AM

bricks, fix, laying, mortar, quickly, read, renovateforum.com, thread

Replies: 0
Views: 1,730

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th October 2009 03:00 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
BRICKWORK

mortar goes off quickly when laying bricks, how to fix?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 2nd October 2009 12:50 PM

Replies: 0
Views: 1,655

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd October 2009 12:50 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
BRICKWORK

Driveway paint?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 22nd September 2009 03:30 AM

add, added, australian, aware, concrete, cracks, driveway, expandable, experiences, flexible, found, head, house, links, mortar, movement, paint, people, produce, products, purchased, qualities, read, renovateforum.com, repair, ripped, thread, tilers, tips, ugly

Replies: 0
Views: 2,434

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd September 2009 03:30 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

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RENOVATE FORUM RSS FEED

Max thickness of mortar bed for paving?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 5th August 2009 04:30 PM

bed, max, mortar, paving, read, renovateforum.com, thickness, thread

Replies: 0
Views: 2,724

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th August 2009 04:30 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
PAVING

Masonry Block - Mortar Mix

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 24th July 2009 09:00 AM

block, masonry, mix, mortar, read, renovateforum.com, thread

Replies: 0
Views: 1,656

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th July 2009 09:00 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
BRICKWORK, CONCRETING, PAVING, RENDERING, etc

can you use render mix instead of mortar mix for brickwork?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 16th July 2009 10:10 AM

brickwork, mix, mortar, read, render, renovateforum.com, thread

Replies: 0
Views: 3,893

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th July 2009 10:10 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
BRICKWORK

Internal Rough Render - Victorian Terrace - Problem?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 3rd June 2009 03:50 PM

ago, bondcrete, brick, bricks, cracks, crumbling, drill, expect, heaps, helps, major, mortar, paint, photos, post, prevent, previously, read, render, renovateforum.com, roger, rough, simply, structural, surface, terrace, thread, told, victorian, wall

Replies: 0
Views: 2,069

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd June 2009 03:50 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
RENOVATE FORUM RSS FEED

How long for mortar to set so supports can be removed?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 3rd June 2009 04:20 AM

mortar, read, removed, renovateforum.com, set, supports, thread

Replies: 0
Views: 2,534

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd June 2009 04:20 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
BRICKWORK, CONCRETING, PAVING, RENDERING, etc

brick mortar to cure before waterproofing?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 27th May 2009 12:30 AM

base, brick, bricked, bricks, cure, ello, fibreglass, floor, guys, month, mortar, moving, read, recess, renovateforum.com, ring, ripping, shower, slab, step, straight, thread, tilers, tiling, wall, waterproofing

Replies: 0
Views: 1,982

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th May 2009 12:30 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
RENOVATE FORUM RSS FEED

Roof Repairer recommendation

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 12th May 2009 12:40 PM

amounts, blonk, company, corrugated, cracked, experience, house, huge, iron, located, moment, mortar, nice, quotes, read, recently, recommend, recommendation, renovateforum.com, repair, repairer, replace, ridge, roof, someones, sydneys, thread, tiles, varied, west

Replies: 0
Views: 1,175

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th May 2009 12:40 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Lime in Mortar Needed?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 7th May 2009 07:40 PM

lime, mortar, read, renovateforum.com, thread

Replies: 0
Views: 1,328

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th May 2009 07:40 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
BRICKWORK, CONCRETING, PAVING, RENDERING, etc

mortar mix for fireplace bricks?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 28th April 2009 12:00 AM

bricks, fireplace, mix, mortar, read, renovateforum.com, thread

Replies: 0
Views: 3,104

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th April 2009 12:00 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
BRICKWORK

Fire place repairs

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 23rd April 2009 08:40 PM

base, brick, brick/mortar, fallen, fire, fireplace, hole, inside, layer, mortar, normal, read, renovateforum.com, repairing, repairs, sand, thread

Replies: 0
Views: 1,595

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd April 2009 08:40 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
HEATING & COOLING

Fireplace repairs

Started by ubeaut, 23rd April 2009 08:20 PM

base, brick, brick/mortar, fallen, fireplace, hole, inside, layer, mortar, normal, read, renovateforum.com, repairing, repairs, sand, thread

Replies: 0
Views: 1,243

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd April 2009 08:20 PM; by ubeaut

Forum:
GENERAL ODDS N SODS

Mortar

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 20th April 2009 04:00 PM

Replies: 0
Views: 1,752

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th April 2009 04:00 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
BRICKWORK, CONCRETING, PAVING, RENDERING, etc

A Lemon of a roof

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 10th April 2009 07:10 PM

advice, bought, brisbane, brockie, builder, building, capping, correct, ensure, existing, garage, home, inspector, knowing, leaking, material, modesty, mortar, plumber, quoted, read, remove, renovateforum.com, replace, roof, sized, sound, thread, time

Replies: 0
Views: 800

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th April 2009 07:10 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

repointing the corner roof tiles

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 9th April 2009 01:50 AM

add, cement, corner, corners, external, guys, hip, iiwould, lime, meet, mix, moment, mortar, pergola, read, redoing, remove, renovateforum.com, repointing, requiring, roof, sand, special, supposed, thread, tiles, worried

Replies: 0
Views: 1,314

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th April 2009 01:50 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc