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Oh no I feel terrible now, I've turned her to the darkside. Someone whack me with a lump of jarrah...

When you told me of your plans all those months ago I thought you were bonkers, I still do :) ...

I refuse to leave this thread till I see some pyneboard in this place! C'mon Jill I know you wanna and trust me it won't hurt abit. I know where you are, don't make me come over and do it myself :)
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Paint that ironing board bright green, slap a fin on the bottom and it's almost an exact replica of my first surfboard...ahh memories

is all still cruising along there nicely Jill, by the look of...

Yeah, still the same email. Along with THE drought, been a severe art drought over here too. Looking forward to seeing yours and the kids work.

I can imagine you guys spending just as much time in...

Woohoo, you've moved in!
Hope you don't miss the shed/workshop too much, Ali came to life again in there so I will :)

Well the house is looking simply stunning, I was amazed when I first saw it...

Hey there stranger !
been walkabout for awhile and looks like I a whole lot of catching up to do here. Much more to follow in a day or two...

She keeps denying the wonder woman tag Annie, I know not why when it's plainly obvious to all :)

ps: since my little sabatical I see the house is coming along nicely Jill, going great guns it is.

I've been reliably informed you and the girls had a win recently, and rightly so too.
Don't be shy Jill fill everyone in, if you don't I will :)

Look forward to seeing the cocky finished, she's going great so far. We've stacks of em round here, christ they make a racket.

Glider is gorgeous, great work on the fur too.

btw: What's...

You guys been busy lately, is coming along nicely Jill.



What's this, buying doors ?
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the bible may allow for 600, just had a quick look but couldn't find it.
those spacings are what we always use around here.

Is usually 600 centres on non loadbearing walls. 450 on loadbearing and wet areas.

Lift your gyprock 10mm.
Skirting goes hard onto floor, no gap.

They were from a mob in Glasgow Jill.
http://www.glasgowsteelnail.com/iron.htm

Gave you a few different sites in an email a couple of days ago, didn't find any oz suppliers, all were overseas.

That sounds right for your situation Shedhand, whoever Steve gets in to do the job will work out what's actually required based on what they find onsite. Costs would start at around a grand Steve.

You've two choices, you can run a beam under the ceiling as mentioned already or a strutting beam above the ceiling. Beam needs to be sized to carry not only the roof weight but also the ceiling...

Lee Valley's look a bit 'girlie man'
How bout these bad boys Jill, much more your style I think :)

If yours is similar to this style then it should simply be a matter of removing the two screws on the inside. Those screws will run all the way through the inside of the lock, through the latch and...

You have those mothers throughout the house or just the external, my back groans just looking at em :)

Interesting to see what sort of door you swing off em...

doing well...

how the knees and fingers holding up :)

Pope don't paint, you'll need others to advise on deck finishes :)

F8 bearers can span max 1500mm
F8 joists can span max 2200mm with a max 650mm overhang

On that basis you can reduce your...

With a standard deck using 100*75 bearers and 100*50 joists on top plus 20mm decking you'll have 130mm clearance under the bearers. Regs call for min 150mm on house floor framing so you're fairly...

You can definitely get 6.9m lengths and even longer so if your supplier can't do it grab the yellow pages and try your local timber yards. Is vastly simpler using one length.

Is the pic on the...

Can you give a link for the gallery Jill or is that frowned upon here ?

Ha !!
That's nothing, come see me when it does get cold.
Actually that's not bad at all, -7 or 8 is about the worst we get :)

Nice to see the long awaited stone going up, looks good. You need to...

Save yourself the extra time and cost of bolting outriggers on the end and use full length joists, 6.6m will do it.

Any reason in particular you're using double joists bolted together on both...

You've reviewed it fine, now remove it please.

Now I'll ask you to carefully re-read my posts in this thread and point out to me where I gave any advice, specific or inferred on methods of...

yes it is, and on any given job there are many different ways of doing so.

btw: you want to review your last comment.

Is this for the whole house ?
You can block between the joists but obviously the blocks need to be spaced every 450mm (same as joists) and well nailed. You could also use triple grips for added...

perhaps, perhaps not...

Depends entirely what your attaching to said fascia, overkill for the 'typical pergola' doesn't result in too many quotes being accepted. But there's nothing wrong with...

380 !
Sounds like a popular show, shame you didn't score a win but there's always next year eh. You ended up with a good variety of pieces too, something to suit all tastes. Be interesting to see...

In a lot of situations the only option is to attach to fascia, bit of planning and forethought will give good results.

Yes that's no problem at all, just attach your ledger to the studs with coach screws.

No offence to your cow/bull but this one's much easier on the eyes, isn't she lovely !
Now I know where Chantelle got her skill with eyes from, you've done them exceptionally well I think....

With those big droopy ears, no.
Maybe you can have the dog chew on one, mangle it a bit. As it is now, all I see is 'cuddly' :)

bugger, looks like Steve won :)
Timber is very pricey in comparison so I can't blame you, hell, even lousy pine is expensive. Adding a chunky timber head and sill will do wonders I think, should...

Only trick of the trade is plasterers have the "knack" and their work needs very little sanding, they also use an electric sander hooked up to a vacuum to avoid eating buckets of dust. Only staright...

Still ticking along nicely...
Danita's robe is interesting, the style of it fits in well with the house me thinks. The lever set on the passage door in the 2nd pic, is that broken, not sure I've...

Not sure 65mm is around, all I see is 55 and 90mm.

You could wander around Gungahlin and see if there is an offcut to be had on a new house going up. Could also go to Boral in Fyswick, prob have a...

continuously working on all these boring, mindless McMansions is sending me round the bend. I need a healthy dose of class, creativity and style, plus a dash of rustic to keep me going...
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Chloe and co. have had enough cuddles surely, time to get back to it :)

Look forward to some more pics...

Have you considered having a 'shower curtain' for the window, something to keep the bulk of the water off it.

For a standard single door opening (820) that's the way they're made, the centre stile is half the width of the outside stile, when closed the centre then looks the same width.

They serve a...

hmm, been many weeks since your last confession Jill...

WRC - Western Red Cedar

Can you post a pic of the door you'd like to cut.

If your door is similar to this one and it's in good condition, 'solid', you'd likely get away with cutting it down the centre stile, doing it...

Who told you that.

Just run a straight edge over it, you'll soon see how good or bad it is.
Nice straight length of timber or metal around 2.4m long will do the trick.

Great work, but you can't sell that one at the show, be a big sin Jill :)
That needs to hang on your own wall.


I accused her of that just recently, she wouldn't believe me though...

get some foam infill strips and whack it in between sheet and capping, is available to suit most profiles from memory.
prob get it at bunnings.