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I imagine that'll keep subterranian termites out provided you keep the cans clean of leaves etc but if you're going to go around filling the cans with sump oil can you instead just check for trails...

Thanks again for the suggestions. I filled the end with a piece of dowell and some bog. Looks like it'll do the job.

The fix has been dragging along amongst work and other jobs and was about...

Claw, 2 bob piece? Do I look like I'm made of money? Anything more than scrounged is too much for me.

It's a damn comfy chair for under cover on the deck is all (actually there's another two...

Hello all,

Been a while since I've posted. I can usually find help on this great site with searches but to no avail this time. This is not what you'd call a high class resto job but...

Is...

Difficult to select really. I'll list bands/musciians who have standout albums starting with (loosly) those with the most albums I love - or have songs on them I love (I find the best music is often...

Somewhat belated but ...

Beers? I always come back to James Squire Amber Ale as a fav. I like Little Creatures but can only really have one or two before it becomes a little too strong in...

Doesn't really fit here but then it doesn't fit anywhere else.

Basically I'm looking to buy some sort of listening device that I can load mpgs or podcasts onto and listen to them while doing all...

In my first place I picked up a cheap second hand shed for storage and rather than lay a slab dug in bits of a demolished brick fence for the perimiter and bolted/tied it to that. Worked fine in the...

Thanks Woodbe.

I'll be mixing it myself. Not big enough quantities for delivery. I had considered sprinkling the stuff on the top and working it in but didn't think I could get it consistant....

I agree with sturdee - if you're in for the long haul then isn't increasing the houses livability at minimum cost the equation?

And I'm sorry, but unless you're planning at least three kids then...

Based on the cost of pumping - for that distance and the quantity you gave I would think that it would be cheaper to just barrow it - even if you pay a little for their time. Depends somewhat on...

Oh - and I'm in the sydney hills district.

Hello. I've got some existing treated pine timber stairs of varying tread depths (up to a meter). It has been previously filled with that coloured gravel that is real annoying (gets weeds, hard to...

Vernon - I'm curious how your previous pours are holding up given you haven't used quite enough cement. I've always been told to add a little more to make it stronger and more workable.

It does...

Another quick question - expansion joints. It seems as if the current slabs don't have any - unless they are hidden underneath a little concrete. Not sure how much concrete expands but I would've...

Ian,

With making the joins line up. This will result in one of the joins been at about 45degrees. If I match it with a straight line it'll result in corners that I would've though would break...

Oh - didn't mention the obvious, if it is built up and you can't remove the garden but can dig down next to the wall - put some/more agg pipe and gravel in to help drain it away - and avoidplants...

Thanks Addo and Terrian - thought as much with the slump (except I meant I wanted as low a slump as possible so it doesn't flow)

With the reo - I don't think I could not put any in - besides that...

Just a DIY hacker but I'll have a go.

I assume where you say garage door you meant floor.

I doubt the mortar is loose all the way through (and for much of the course) - I'd be worried about...

Hello,

I've got a driveway with two concrete strips and dirt in the middle - which I'm about to fill in. It's really steep (use low range in the ute). Although it's 1.5m3 which would ordinarily...

Thanks for the reply Larry.

It's more than creaking floors here. There is substantial movement of the boards despite them being fixed into the joists. (I've got head room under the main problem...

I'll ignore the cycling discussion here to avoid my guilt at stopping cycling a couple of months back (one day I'll fix the bike) and go back to the original question...

Have you thought about...

I've successfully gotten rid of rats by using ratsac. They also tend not to die in the ceilings as the stuff severly dehidrates them and so they go searching for water and generally die away from...

Well that's how my proposed approach sort of feels ...

Had my floors done recently. Used that treatex stuff and they came up ... well ... a treat. They're Cypress pine and although the timber...

27th floor? I think if they've worked that hard to get the timber they should be allowed to eat all they like.

Re the cypress pine - I think some termites can eat it. I've recently bought some...

My understanding is that new fibre batts will work better, not just because they're a little more efficient these days but because they tend to become brittle with age and the so the number of cells...

A belated thanks Soundman and others - should've thought of the Borax myself since we've gone natural around the house recently and have stocked up on that and bicarb and vinegar. Have wiped them...

I've just noticed some mould on the slats under our bed - not good for the mattress. They're just untreated pine. I've washed them down with a bit of chlorine and just want to put one coat of...

I think I've got a similar problem (if I read it correctly) - the gyprock is proud from the window up to 10mm. In about 2 places over a collection of three windows totally 6m length. There were...

Thanks again all - thought I may as well post a follow up. Had to do a lot of planing of the base of the skirts as the flooring wasn't real flat - though some of that is because I can't help but...

Is that the same with mdf? Does it have the rigidity to hold it agaisnt the other piece. I imagine it wouldn't split.

Nailing through the scarf into a stud I assume.

Thanks Steve - that's a good one to check for and I wouldn't thought until I made a similar mistake.


Do people bog up the corners?

Thanks all for you replies.
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Re the skarf - is a 45 angle enough. I've got to do some mitres - that was my justification for buying a nice new hand mitre.
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I've already painted the...

Oh - and the measure twice and cut once - I do already know that one. Measure. Cut it. Find it doesn't fit and measure it again to see why I got it wrong.

My skirtings are simple square (no bevel or anything). Would the non mitred look still look OK - and why do you need them mitred on the obtuse corners if not on the acute - oh, just thought -...

How do you put bars on a casement window - they'd have to be a fair way out to allow the window to open - or am I missing something. Re the winders - you can have all mine - they're all in a very...

Is there any trick to doing this accurately. I'm about to embark on adding skirtings to a rather convoluted house and so have lots of mitering to do. Can't quite see how I can creep up on the...

Oops - seems the forum edits out anything in html brackets if it doesn't understand it. Add to the end of my last comment ... [reaches hand up and wistfully runs his hand over his bald pate]

Not that experienced a painter myself but I imagine a gloss paint would have a higher surface tension - perhaps it irons out any streaks. As far as loosing hairs go - they are so fine and small that...

It seems they're not used much anymore based on what's in the shops and the response here. Anyway, for what it's worth, I've answered this myself. The top quality ones shed less hairs but they all...

Hello,

We've started painting and we're using applicator pads. I don't really like the effect of rollers (which is a pity because we've managed to collect a pile of them) ie. the stipling and...

G'day John,

Though I'd reply here - hope that's OK.

At the moment the only piece of turpentine I have is about 12m long and 300mm wide and sitting on my pergola. Hence it's also green. I'm...

Here we go. Pics. It does look pretty small.

Aaahh! - that explains why paintings are art - they're real uncomfortable to sit on.:)

Good to see this post has settled down - I was getting a little worried that chisles were going to be...

Don't know about the rest of the stuff as I'm a newbee looking around to work out what I do with my deck but I can at least tell you that tannins aren't toxic - at least I hope not because the tea...

My brother in law used some plastic pretend weatherboards on their house. Not sure of the name but it sounds similar to the decking stuff. This would've been at least 10 years ago. Within a couple...

Thanks Mick.

This logs only about 350dia at the base and 250 5m up (removing bark) - nice and straight the whole way. There's probably another 2m useable length but it tapers further. When I...

Sorry, didn't mean to give the wrong impression, the miller was quite happy to chop it up. I had expected it to be a problem as a friend that lives in coffs and who mobile mills said that some may...

The mobile timber miller I contacted did say to cut it to 75mm as turpentine can tend to cup if it's wider than that. I had been hoping to have 100mm width.

Cheers,
Mike.