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No you dont...you just proved it in writting mate...not having a chop at you but if you dont know what im talking about (any 1st apprentice year house sparky should) then you are the perfect example...

God help us all if they ever allow any level of DIY'ers. You guys just cant be told...but you all want to save some dollars 'eh ? Dont worry about not understanding how a basic household MEN system...

They are not thinking that far ahead mate.

Again i rest my case. What do you think happens in an house hold elec cct when a neutral fails ??? If you cant answer that without blinking then you should not be touching house wiring what so ever.

Yeah get another 12 on the way.

What do you think happens when you dont check a neutral correctly ? Or a DIY'er thinks that he can check the neutral correctly with 3 phase with going from supply to neutral with the 3 fuses in ?...

Would anyone one here hire a spark that came to the door & said he has very limited experience....no electrical lic.....isnt sure of the rules...has no copy of the rule book...very few tools & the...

I live in them all day long...perfectly normal to be full of water, i just pump them out if i need to work in there. It could have come from miles away as nothing is sealed in them but the electrical...

I rest my case.

As already posted...how does the 'do-it-yourselfer' know that things were correct in the first place....ive seen houses with reverse polarity. When i do elect work on someones house i check a lot of...

I agree. I cant give any specifics but my employer gives them to us & we absolutely torture them. They are grunty & never fail.

Meatasaurous for me. You got some home brew ?

Section 7.1.2.2 other fixed water containers (b) (i) (A) (B) Zone 1 (i) (A) (B) for water containers with a capacity not exceeding 45lt. This is relevent after observing 1.7.3.5 & 1.7.3.6

Mate...

Back of the axe down any sort of a bark line until you hear it make a 'hollow' sort of a thump as you move down the log ...then move about 6" to the side of that & do it again. Really depends on the...

I have no idea as to if this method works or not but a bloke (panel beater)once told me that if he has to weld a motorcycle petrol tank...he would fit a hose from a running car & put the end in the...

Yeah i got a good driver which really helped for someone like me whom has never laid a slab before. He got in & showed me how to work it into everywhere & not get air pockets. I had some wobbly...

Stupid stuff we have done in our lives ?

I once punched a royal marine in hong kong bar in '84 when i was a young fella. Ive still got the scars from the hiding he gave me.

No worries (tomorrow) but first you have to tell me...how long before i can remove the shoring ? Is 24 hours ok ?

Hey all...all done..looks great !!

& just to prove i know nothing about concrete, how long before i can remove the shoring ?

24 hours ok ??

I just finished mine today...2000mm x 2000mm & 340mm at one end & 120mm at the other. Sloping block & its a long story as to why i couldnt dig it level.

I ordered 1 x MT3 & it took a cats whisker...

Man did i get in some crap when i forgot just once in the US. What a tantrum !! No way in hell will i do it here though...if the money isnt good enough then get another job...ive done it all my life...

Yep its a big bench alright but its free materials & the room is there doing nothing. I'll post a photo once its finished. I have a lot on atm..water tank...driveway...carport...new kitchen...90 year...

Man...im not that alone after all. I have it from spending most of my childhood plowing on a Chamberlain Super 90 with a 3 cyl 2 stroke GM and a huge super-charger hanging of it...oh & a fibreglass...

Dockies called me to the swains table one morning & asked where i took the car on the week-end. I said nowhere...didnt drive it. They said i was lying & because i was BM i had access to the keys &...

Im in the process of building mine...6 mt long (ive got the room so why not) & im using nothing but dumped pine. I get it for free out of a big bin nearby & all diff sizes...they recon the more i...

Now thats a site worth book-marking :2tsup: Answered all...tks

Tks..i did think of that as its one of the only shapes i know but i assumed a trapezium was 2 dimentional only.

A square box with a sloped bottom :? much like a town council swiming pool.

Im concreting & i need to work out my vol req. Basic square but sloped bottom..ie 320mm at one end & 140 mm at the...

:2tsup: tks...they are the go. Good bit cheaper.

I will search that question on google, tks ..also this is natural gas, not LPG.

I knew a friend in syd that had a beauty cellar below but man it cracked his house in two. It would open & close the bricks at will depending on the weather.

Its not my prefered method at all but i do it if thats all ive got on a site & the drill bit is blunt.

I only ever do my own on a bench grinder. Its a skill that you will never forget & can come in very handy..'cept everyone is always asking me to do theirs. Im yet to see a jig that can do it as well....

Hmm..i will have to find him , hope he is in the phone book. Maybe in the local rag...it arrived yesterday so i will go & get it out of the wheelie bin.

Im near the city. Spose thats not too bad then for a small truck doing a small amount.

Guys i was quoted today @ $241/mt for 1mt only in a small truck
(im 1klm from the concrete depot). Sound a bit dear to you ? I rang another 2 places & one didnt want to know about me (fair enough,...

Yeah im always at garage sales looking for that plumb/kelly or hytest. Hell have you seen what people are paying for an adze on ebay :oo: I buy a lot of old yank & british steel tool at 2nd hand...

Take that cigar back from him for a min. The cracks are appearing as far as 20 feet from the heater. It appears that its as mentioned, dry room air & not temp. The heater blows the air out the top...

A builder friend has told me to leave them until after summer for that very reason. We all know that we get many days here at 90+ humidity, hell i saw a dog drown one day just walking down the...

I really like that mate...you have a good eye for style & great skills:2tsup: Im in the middle of building my workshop to try my hand at that sort of building. I will have a long long road in front...

I go there quite a bit (kelvin grove) Great for a poke about & ive always found them to be very easy to deal with. Man do they ever have a lot of old doors/windows etc in that place !!

Liquid nails..i never leave home without it.

Thanks for your time to reply gents..yeah i can see what you are saying. Im not coming home without a toy though, thats for certain. Maybe a nice metal detector perhaps.

What is my pet aversion.. ?

Watching the local news the other night & the reporter referred to petrol as gas. She wasnt talking about LPG either.

Tks capt. I have a bowl in front of the heater & it is reducing slightly. My walls & ceiling are also pine boards & ive just noticed that all the 'bows' (where they were pushing each other out...

I use what ever..direct debit..paypal. Never a problem with anything really.

The top of the heater is actually only just warm to touch & never gets hot at all...will this water method still work ?

The place had a huge open fireplace in it for 60 years also...i thought...

Its a flueless one. Im taking a lot more notice of the floor today & where i could see daylight with about a 1 or 2mm gap between the hardwood of the old enclosed veranda...im now seeing bloody 3 mm...

Tks for that...i told my wife someone on here would be able to answer that.

So whats the go ? Sit here & freeze to death ....or fill them along side the other 90 years of splits that have filler...

Im about the same 'cept for a very empty 1930's strychnine bottle..chocolate wrappers..camera air blaster rocket...6 national geographics & a cat...asleep.