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I recently had my driveway resurfaced with resin-bound aggregate (Driveway | Flickr) [I used a company called Stoneset].
I'd seen driveways in our neighbourhood done and they looked really smart and...

Yes, I got all the dial-before-you-dig info but for stormwater all it shows is where the main stormwater pipelines are but nothing about how each house connects/discharges to these.

I think droog has nailed it: stormwater + subsidence.

The sewage is sent towards the opposite side of the house but there are some terracotta connections at the base of the old downpipes from the...

I'm adding some additional drainage to try and avoid a repeat of the flooding we got 18 months ago.
I've come across a clay pipe and I'm puzzled as to its purpose - can anyone help?
In the attached...

I finally finished the desk I've been working on for too long!!!

Thanks for all the advice about the desk top, which worked out fine in the end. I reckon the double rows of biscuits I used when...

Thanks - it still seems quite liquid so I'll give it a go. It's pretty humid at the moment so it takes a while to stop feeling tacky but I think it's about the same as when new.

I've got some Minwax wipe on poly left over from a project from a couple of years ago. I can't see any shelf life mentioned on the instructions...do you think it's still OK to use? I tried it on a...

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Thanks for all the suggestions and...

It's not going well. When I took the clamps off today it all looked good but an hour later one of the bowed ends had separated back into its original position. Here is a picture (the 2 boards on the...

OK, well hopefully my first joint will have got the bowed board flat enough for me to use biscuits on the next joint on the other side. I guess I could then cut yesterday's non-biscuit joint in two...

I bought some dressed spotted gum for a desk (32mm thick x 190mm wide) and it has taken me a while to get round to making the top (OK, over a year) and the boards have warped a bit. Not hugely but...

The table is 18 months old now. There are no mitre joints or edging strips - the top is simply 4 pieces of blackwood butt jointed together with PVA and then I used a router to get the angled finish....

Hi,

I finished my blackwood dining table with wipe-on poly (5-6 coats) and it looked great at the start but it hasn't stood up to the children's homework being written on it (i.e. pressing through...

Hi,

I am going to be building a dining table from blackwood.
I don't have a thicknesser/jointer so I always buy my timber dressed and then cut, join, finish it etc myself.
I'm looking at how to...

Thanks for the comments.

My next project will be a dining table. I'm following this thread which has given me some ideas on how to proceed:...

Here are some photos of the finished piece.

Bookcase

The basic bookcase was relatively straight forward. I bought the blackwood from Anagote Timbers all thicknessed and dressed. So I just had...

I'm about to start work on this project.

Now regarding the backing: what do people use for this? I see other threads where people have used the same material as the body of the shelves but I'm...

OK, everyone recommends a backing so I will heed this advice.



Wongo - the gap would be 35mm if I don't do a profile and with kids around I can just see stuff accumulating behind. Why do you...

Hi,

I'm planning on making a set of shelves in blackwood that look like the attached sketch.

Can I get some advice on the following?

1. I was planning to cut out a profile at the bottom back...

Hi,

I'm nearing the end of my cubby house project.
See this link for progress photos: Cubby house
Now I'm working on the internals, I want to make a blackboard wall ie attach some timber to the...

Thanks for this thread: I'm thinking of making a dining table using a similar design so it's great to see some real-world pictures. You mention potential problems with table-top warping that you...

I bought 3 Toilet suite - Caravelle Smartflush bottom inlet (crmTl0014)
from these guys...

http://www.bathroomsonline.com.au/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=29

Very happy:


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I'm interested in

4 x K60
4 x K100
1 x KP Framing block set.

Tony

Hi,

I'm painting some new cedar windows frames.
I used Dulux 3-in-1 (sealer/prep/undercoat) and then white gloss Dulux aquanamel and even after the fourth top coat I still get vary obvious...

Keyholes - brilliant idea!
Found I had a keyhole bit in my router set and it works beautifully.
Thanks!

Hi,

A couple of questions on bathroom mirrors.

1. I'm making two bathroom mirrors and am considering attaching electrical demister pads (eg http://www.hotwire.co.nz/mirror.htm) to the...

Cabbie,

I've trying what you suggest: I've ordered some 10mm toughened glass for a vanity top. I'm planning to paint the underside with ESP + 2 coats of White Knights acrylic enamel. I tried this...

Numbat,

Woke up this morning thinking about a Les Miller demo I saw (I know, it's a bit sad) but couldn't remember the details of the ROS sanding discs he used to recommend (apart from Aluminium...

There is only one thickness of board bewteen the router and the surface (16mm) ie the second board I glued to the first has a circular cutout to clear the router (see my third photo). This still...

Correct, I didn't use an insert - just screwed the router to the melamine. I certainly considered an insert (after seeing all the other posts on this forum!) but decided to try without first. It's...

I used 16mm melamine coated particle board for my router table top..
It sagged a few mm so I glued another sheet or the same on top and now it's fine.

Tony

I tried painting a test piece of glass it it looks fine, so now I'm back to thinking I can do this myself!

I used ESP + 2 coats of White Knights acrylic enamel.
I didn't take a lot of care with...

Harry,

I see what you're saying. I do have a fence with a hole in it but the hole is not punched through by the bit - just a large square hole to cater for all my bits. So effectively there is air...

Thanks for your replies.

I hope I'm feeding the stock the right way: right to left across an inverted router.

I rotated the wood to feed it through on its edge and that got rid of the breakout...

Hi,

I'm having problems routing a rebate in some Tassie Oak.

I am using lengths of 42 x 19 mm (for a door frame) and am trying to route a rebate 6 x 13 mm. When I set up my router table and...

Hi,

I'm making a bathroom vanity with a HMR particle board (melamine coated) carcass to which I am going to attach wooden panels at the ends. I have made the panels from 4 pieces of Tassie Oak...

Thanks for the response.

I'm now thinking of just getting the glass professionally painted - I'll be spending quite a bit of time making the vanity so the thought of the paint failing down the...

Hi,

I'm thinking of building a vanity having a top made of glass (see attached diagram). The top would be 800mm x 470mm.

I've had a quote of $450 for painted 10mm toughed glass (top + door...

Just got to rave about Blum drawer runners.

I built some kitchen cabinets last year and thought I'd put good quality runners in - I chose Hettich full extension with ball bearing slides. These...

So is it safe to use?

(SWMBO has told me it has to be fixed, but we're due to renovate in a few months and the hot water tank will probably be replaced at that pouint)

Hi,

Had a plumber in a couple of months ago to fix some taps and he also reduced the water pressure at the mains valve at the street.

Ever since, the water from all the hot taps is brown (cold...

First place said "concrete too weak (without aggregate)...try K15 self-leveling compound accross the road"

Across the road said "K15 too expensive and not suited for external application...try...

Hi,

I want to repair some steps that are brick with a concrete layer on top. I've never done any concreting but reading around the subject, it doen't seem too difficult :)

Attached are two...

Thanks for the replies. I called the ecopink people (http://www.spec-net.com.au/company/insol.htm) and spoke to a very helpful guy who gave what sounded like good advice for me (without rock...

We're in the midst of planning a renovation (adding a new storey) and I keep thinking of possible problems that I have no experience to fall back on.

The inlaws have a McMansion in which I notice...

Yes, I may have used steel wool at at some stage in the finishing - do you think it left some fibres that are now rusting? Ah, checking Neil's book I see the subtle hint about NEVER using steel wool...

I've made some small tables from radiata pine and as this was my first try at mortice and tenon joints, I was very happy with the outcome although each joint took me ages (45 mins?), cutting it by...

After reading all this I'm worried!

I'm in the middle of making a router table and to make the mitre guage run smoothly in the track - you guessed it, I used a nice coating of silicon spray!
...

Thanks for all these helpful and detailed responses in just 24 hours!

Sounds like I don't really have anything to worry about. I'm basically happy with the floorplan/room sizes that the...

We're in the midst of renovation planning and the architect has come up with a plan that has a metal roof. It all sounds very modern and leading edge, but what are they like?

I've only ever...