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Agree with Bob - 5k won't get you much! You can spend maybe 2k just getting half reasonable bathroom fittings! Try and go with the en suite. Get a quote on doing the ensuite - if it is above your...

I would stick with roundup - get a cheap version, about 9 bucks for a litre and a litre will last a long time. Read the precautions and follow them - although a couple of my agricultural scientist...

You could try attaching an extra strip of timber up the hinged side of the robe openings, maybe 12mm or 15mm AND planing a few mm off the latch side of the 720mm doors. You can probably then get the...

Have just re-coated our new merbau decking and used Sceneys Weatherproof oil. Half the cost of others, easy to apply, looks good, does not need sanding back or cleaning for subsequent coats. Just...

Sounds to me that components of the adhesive have somehow permeated through the back of the tile and come up under the glazing. I would be a/ checking that the tiler used the appropriate adhesive and...

My mate's brother has been doing this for about 20 years. He and his wife buy an old joint, spend a year living in it and renovating, sell and move on. Both are very wealthy people now, but you have...

Personal opinion here - skip the range hood. We had a beauty put in when we reno'd the kitchen and only use it for the light! And only sometimes at that. I too find them noisy and distracting. Likes...

I too suspect some gunk in the pipe works. It is surprising how much junk lies in pipes and can get stirred up when the pipes are tampered with. We had a similar problem with the new bathroom and its...

Sorry boys, beat you to it. Have just this morning logged claim to all other planetary surfaces - be they liquid, solid, gaseous or anything in between - should get an answer (and full Planetary...

Strewth! I only asked if anyone remembered them! But glad to read all these great posts and even more gladder to hear folk still use the critters. Javali, love your collection - does having so many...

Gee you blokes immediately look for a technical solution. Me, I'd get and exorcist in - it's obvious there's a spook in the house:rolleyes:

Geez the things we hope for... I want to do in my sleep, if we are gonna get hit with a big rock make it a whopper! (don't want a slow death resulting from the resulting ice age) that takes the whole...

Have only done a couple of floors, one a hardwood floor and the other a very old baltic pine floor.Did the baltic first with the reommended circular sander and the finish was great - used Feast...

Gotta add my 2 bob's worth. I agree that lack of planning, from maybe 30 years ago has a huge part to play in the current dry period. This is about when I recall the first mumblings about climate...

Funny the things one thinks about when renovating.:o Firstly, was cleaning up the old mantle piece in the last room to get done, and as I cleaned off the old gunk, it brought back a heap of memories...

That is a great idea! How about letting your imagination run wild. Maybe a large shallow terra cotta bowl instead of a sink? Or cut down an eathernware pot so it is not too high? Maybe get an old...

By no means as well informed or experienced in this area as many other members. However our experience with two extensions a good while back, on slabs, was that with the first small slab - 1 room -...

OnYa! That's surely splendiferous news MsMac - isn't it funny how a solution comes around eventually, if you let your mind work on the problem for a bit. Well done - feel proud!!:)

Best wishes,...

Just wondering, have you tried soaking the paint in metho? Have found that it softens old paint where other stuff won't touch it. Have just finished stripping some 55 year old hardwood skirts and...

HAve just about finished the last room of the renovation/extemsion. Used a 3 in 1 acrylic sealer, primer, undercoat - Wattyl - and did as others mentioned - brushed corners, cornices, and a thin...

Emptied the numerous money boxes I have been hoarding for years just last week. Took a huge bag of 1,2, and 5 cent pieces to the bank, which accepted them and gave me nearly 100 bucks in return! So...

G'day Joister, An interesting comment there. I think by rights the grey water pipe in the garden does need to be a bit buried - but who is going to check? We have found that simply running all grey...

Oh hell Shannon, this is one of the hard things for parents and kids. Had to have my 14 y.o. short haired pointer put down about 5 years ago. My kids knew she was sick, I knew she was sick, and none...

Hi MsMAc, If you PM me with your address, I would be happy to drop in and have a look - NO CHARGE - I go out to Eaglehawk at least once a week, and will be out there today and tomorrow. Might be able...

Personally, I reckon the coppers did a brilliant job! If they could between them clean up a truck of beer and chips in just 12 hours they were doing well. I mean I doubt if I could drink more than...

Looks like nikwit has gone to serve the noble purposes of humanity - perhaps he has found an issue that matters.........:o

When the guys were doing our extension earlier this year, they charged $140.00 an hour - two licensed builders and an apprentice. Dunno how much they each got out of the 140 though. When the...

My daughter just turned 14. If any of these mongrels had attempted this sort of stunt with her, I am afraid I would not remain a reasonable man if I identified any of them. My belief is that they...

Strewth Nik, the purpose of speed cameras is to try and catch stupid buggers before they kill or injure someone. Once caught and maybe given a decent fine, the idiots might just slow down a bit. As...

I would have thought that if you buy a kit home you might be where the buck stops? The truck turns up with all your bits, you tell the guy thanks mate, I'm gonna put it all together now, and off he...

I would also go for the linseed/turps spread. This timeof the year it will dry quickly enough, especially if you add a bit of terebine. Years ago when I made my verandah - decked with pine floor...

Ours is about 2 metres wide and about 4 metres long and about about 6 feet high - has a doorway opening at one corner, fitted into a long side. It's actually a 2 storey woodshed - built a cubby for...

"Relax boys and girls, we have a skills shortage in this country, a surplus of jobs. That means that everyone is buying stuff and flying places."



Bet the 300 sacked folk and their families...

There are not many things that make me really angry. But I am still seething about the Qantas announcement today to sack 300 IT workers in Australia. The boss said this was necessary - we have to do...

Atm least it has a decent safety wall - on one side anyway!:D

Reminds me of the "Black Hearted Wombat That Ate My Man" - anybodt remember the Naked Vicar show on the radio years ago? GREAT show. Alos like the gardening segment on the show....:rolleyes:

Me, I have always used Sealeys Weatherproof Oil - a combo of turps, linseed and some molecular binding stuff as well. Cheap, goes on easy and I reckon looks great on merbau. It doesn't leave the...

Had one of them until a couple of years ago - lost the book - rang Telstra and they told me how to set up whatever it was I needed to do at the time. Also, I think Telstra have instructions for their...

Depends how neat you want it I guess. When I built the heavy duty shelving in my shed - pretty much the same dimensions as yours actually, I used 900mm square posts at the ends, and then tech...

Hello again. That grey dust is likely to be only dust - or the powder that wood borers have left behind or maybe the fallout from a bit of dry rot. Not likely to be raw asbestos. The ceiling will...

Firstly, I reckon if its been there 80 years another one won't matter. BUT if you are worried, I reckon get a cheapo $29.00 vac from Godfreys, mask up, and get up in the roof space and do it...

Hi Tameriska - you pinched all the rain! That band just whipped past us about 10 minutes ago and I could count the drops! Yeah, all 12 of them:o still there may be a bit more over night.
Jeff

YES! We are a family of 6, and up until about 18 months ago always washed dishes by hand. A friend gave us a dishwasher, and we had it fitted when we renovated the kitchen. I honestly can't think of...

I have a passing interest in weather and weather records - just enjoy it. Just checked the rainfall and evaporation for Bendigo for the 12 months to July this year. Rainfall - 451mm Evaporation -...

Hey I just fixed one. Asian sounding lady from "Bluetool" wanting to sell me a new phone company. Asked her for her full name - got it. Asked where the company was based - Parramatta. Asked for the...

I went through the hoops with wire a few months back - wound up not using it BECAUSE despite the very detailed council regulations regarding to the allowable amount of sag between the wires and the...

I would go with fibro as well. Our house had the original nasty stuff on it - still has in parts. Where we have added on - twice, we have been able to reclad in the safe version, and I love it! We...

Got it in one Benny! I was running a small community health centre up this way, way back then. I got well and truly Jeffed! As did many other people, schools, hospitals, etc. etc. etc........
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Hell I was getting a bit scared there for a minute - I thought this was all gonna happen in MY shed!;) Then of course I remembered it was the other, better known, Jeff who was donating his shed for...

Back again makka - how big is your block? Seems to me that ripping out your sleepers might be overkill. They will feed there for a while, and move on to whatever else they can find. Often this can be...