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Ok thank you.:)

I have a wall which has had Kalsomine applied to it many many yrs ago.

Prior when I had a simular problem I washed the wall and applied a coat of sealer primer to it and painted wall as was...

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I have brushed on the first coat of Cabots Aquadeck on treated pine decking.This decking is new not been stained or oiled before.

The thing is,it has dried with darker patches...

Thanks Rod for reply,
The mob i got the cornice from said they will replace it for me,but prob two week wait for it,so they r going to give me lengths of 90mm,plus refund of balance.

The 165mm...

Thanks Rod,
Cornice rocked up today,I noticed a few hairline cracks in it in the centre of two lengths, after looking at them further they r more than cracks they run right through...

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I am installing some new decorative cornice.

The cornice size is larger than normal with one side being 165mm and the other 55mm or close to it.

I will need to cut inside...

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I have 4 ltrs of Wallboard sealer and undercoat which i initailly got for undercoating new plasterboard.

Could I use this as an undercoat on an already painted surface which is a low...

Thanks Brickie thankfully mine are not like the pic u posted and only the mortar requires repair,the rendering would kill two brids with one stone for me as I intend to render over the bricks once...

:shake: Thank you both.

If I may ask one more thing.

Because of the colour of my house and living adjacent to a highway,there have been times when I have pressure cleaned the house as an...

Thanks Adam,
excellent info for me to go on, I can get under the house to get into the corner so will be able to work from the outside and inside.
Thanks again.

Hi all,
my house was built in about the late 1920's,the house is weather board and sits on bricks stumps with a bricks running around the house which the frame work also sits on,in one corner I have...

Thanks addo will give that a try..

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I had a quick look of the forum for my answer but could not really find what I was looking for, so this is the question.

I purchased gravel and sand all ready mixed together,not sure of...

I am going to put in another water tank,retaining wall is to be treated pine sleepers and area is about 4.5sq mtrs.

The thing is, the ground slopes and I will have about 300mm one end sloping...

Thanks guys,the tank is plastic ,sorry should have mentioned that in first post.

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I am about ready to plonk a 2500 ltr rainwater tank onto a sand base,I have left roughly 50 mm or so from the top of the sand to the top of the retaining wall( sleepers)my intention is to...

I would like to install two solar security lights,one for the driveway and the other under the pergola so that when the kids get home they have some light to enter with.

Things is would I be best...

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I have put the solar tuff sheeting on the pergola(:no: never again will I do that on my own)
I did not use any tape under the sheets to dampen the creaking noises, so now it is up, I...

The roof is starting to go on, from what is on it looks good all nice and clean looking.

Two things I have learnt, make sure first sheet on is square, mmmmm I had to do a bit of adjustments along...

Thank you all for your responses.

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Yes I have, to above quote and thank you make it work .I have purchased a box of a thousand correct screws with the cutting blade on them to cut the...

Hi there all,
I have purchased enough sheets of solartuff to re-roof a back pergola and after reading various posts I will probably cook to death when we do get those brief hot days...

Thank you all for the replies.:)


I intend to sit the tank on the sand then put some white stones or similar on any exposed sand up too the top of the retaining wall,about 75mm in depth.
Thank...

Hi All,
reading through various threads has pointed me in the direction of having a retaining wall (pine sleepers) and sitting a 3000lt water tank on sand.
Rather than have say up to 500mm...

Thanks Pulse, I think it might become the woodbox instead.

Hi There,
I recently made a planter box out of treated pine which was still wet (moist?)
The box has now dried and all those nice looking joins have gaps and various places slighty...