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Built in 2005. The plans say foil faced blanket is under the roof iron (R1.5) and there is reflective building membrane (foil) on the east and west elevations. That got the house a tick for...

Hey everyone,

Just bought a house and I was wooed and dazzled by the solar panels, solar hot water and didn't realise until the 4th month that this house is pretty poorly designed.
The eves are...

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You guys are right about the excavators. I got two blokes to come out and one said he should be able to get down the slope backwards using his bucket as a anchor and climb out the same...

Hey Juan,

I just went through the exact same thing last week. I brought my Bosch 26L/min gas HWS new from eBay and was told because it hadn't been factory set at 50°C I needed to have a tempering...

Thanks everyone,

I have looked into the Biolytix system (it would be bloody great) and some other alternatives but my septic tank is too small to be retrofitted and they cannot get an excavator...

G'day all,

I have a particulary dodgy septic system that needs repair as the council has blamed all the septics for killing the nearby river and is now on a blitz.

The septic itself is pretty...

Well the hot water system is in and the tempering valve is in place and the mess of pipes that was there have all been cleaned up and organised. He also had to rerun 3/4" pipe from the bottles to the...

Tempering valve = $60-80 (not the Thermostatic kind coz they are $300+)
Labour to install = Varies depending on how hard it is to get your pipes, mine were easy so it would take about 1-2hrs I...

Thanks for the tip big shed, I will see what the gasfitter says.

I did some research and for me to be compliant with the gov standards I need to have some method in place to stop water getting...

G'day everyone,

My old continuous flow hot water system was doing a crap job (I found out it is a 10L/min 26 years old job) . I decided it was time for a new one and the gasfitter I normally use...

Thanks for your help everyone.

Just a quick question, is it possible to hang two long fluro fittings end to end and power them from the one power cable? So when you flick the switch two fluros...

Thanks guys,

I will be getting a sparkie to do the work when he does my kitchen. I wont dabble in sparkie work again since a mildly horrible experience when installing a ceiling fan.

I saw the...

G'day everyone,

I have been using these forums for the good renovation advice for ages and today I thought to myself "JohnJohns, why don't you ask a question yourself?". So here goes.

I have a...