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Yep, the paving contractor did a few passes with a whacker to compact the road base and settle the pavers into the bedding sand. This has probably assisted in destabilising the slab.

Of...

I know someone who's roof storage HWS gave up the ghost. Rust in the tank caused it to rupture and empty itself down the walls and through the ceiling. Fortunately the damage was covered by...

My parents have ducted evap cooling. It works great in dry heat conditions which is what Adelaide and Perth gets most of the time. The running costs are also very low compared to refridgerated...

Too right about carefully removing the concrete using diamond saw. Certainly won't be allowing the use of jack hammers or the like.

As well as not wanting to disturb the interior plasterwork...

Thanks for your thoughts and advise.

I've wedged in a temporary post to keep everything in place for now.

On Thursday a local underpinning contractor came around to have a look at it. He put...

The pavers are pretty much covering the same area where the concrete path used to be.

There is a small crack in the conc pad that doesn't show up in the photo. It wasn't there before the pavers...

I only became aware of the loose support post in the last couple of days.

The rear of the house hasn't cracked so I don't think the entire house has heaved.

The paving guy excavated the...

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I have a mid 1950's Mt Gambier stone house that has cracks on the walls adjacent to the front door. They've been getting worse over the last few weeks but I put this down to the drought...

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I'd like to get ducting and a roof vent attached to the rangehood in my kitchen. It's currently configured to recirculate the air through the filter but it doesn't do a very good job of...

Jacksin's on the money with digging in gypsum. If you don't break up the clay base you might run into drainage problems. Also your plants may struggle if/when their roots hit the clay subsoil.
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On the contrary, they are low water use plants - they store water in their fleshy leaves. However if you are concerned about thorns agaves may not be for you. They have a sharp spine at the ends of...

Went to Bunnies last weekend and picked out who I thought to be the oldest and wisest looking person in their paint dept. He said a standard exterior gloss acrylic will do the job. With this bit of...

Thanks for your replies. Sounds like etch primer is not needed as I won't be taking the fence back to bare metal.

I have a surplus fence panel so I might use this to try your suggestions...

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I have a black powder coated tubular steel fence that's in need of painting. The finish has dulled off and it has some scrapes and scratches.

I'm looking at applying a gloss enamel...

Rather than use HT wire with your star droppers think about using plastic coated clothes line wire. It can take a fair amount of tensioning and the UV resistant plastic coating won't damage the...

Don't bother with a couch turf if you have alot of shade. It will grow leggy and sparse.

While not quite as drought tollerant, a soft leaf buffalo will give you a much better coverage in sun...

I think weedmat is the generic name. It's readily available from large garden centres and hardware stores (Bunnies etc.).

If you want to use the pebbles in a defined area using an edge restraint is a good idea. It will prevent them from spilling over onto walkways, grassed areas etc. If you are wanting to create a...