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So - not really sure where to post this. Hoping there might be some helpful souls on here.

I have bought some glassboards that weigh 15-17kg each.

The down side is I need to mount these onto...

Hi All - I recently (3 months) had my floorboards liad and polished using a waterbase polish.

I have had some painters over and there are a few drips (only a few) of paint on the floorbaords. The...

thanks guys - greatly appreciated

By stirrups - I think I mean bearers. They are metal brackets you put the joists into and then concrete in.

Hi All - looking at my options for my ground level deck.

I have 85 x 19 Reeded Jarrah Decking.

I have looked at the option of using steel joists - but I think this will be too expensive.
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Being a ground level deck I hadn't planned on having bearers?

Just a quick query - for a ground level deck - is 90x45 structual pine the right size for the joists?

Great suggestion

Hi all - am build a ground level deck and want to have a walkway around the house.

Given that I want a walk way of a metre - I really don't want to have to put in an extra joist.

Just...

Okay - thanks for that.

Our coating guy said 10 days - and I had thought it was only about 4-5 days.

We were hoping to move in on the 6th Jan - looks like it will be the 12th!

We are getting our floors polished, finishing on the 29th Dec (yes a fantastic tradie doing it over christmas - woo hoo).

How long do you think we should let it set before moving heavy furniture...

Hi All,

Was thinking of going Batu for a deck as it is relatively cheap and I saw it a friends house who had recently laid it and it looked pretty good,

However having searched on here - it...

HI All,

The good news is I have decided on doing a ground level deck around my house.

The bad news is I wouldn't have a clue what to do!

Rather than just ask a whole heap of dumb...

that's me - average and confused :)

thanks!

went and saw a house with blackbutt the other day and it looked fantastic - no yellow at all which was great!

thanks to both of you for replying!!

I guess I can handle getting a product that is decent, if not top of the range.

My main concern was that the product would be too rigid and not...

Have almost chosen my company to lay my floor, and having confirmed that the finish they use is good - i just remembered to ask about the glue.

they use selley's (and the selley's moisture...

can you explain that a bit more?

why does the waterbase get rid of the yellow look?

it will cost me an extra $6m2 to go waterbase - which isn't much - but unless there was a definite...

yeah - we have about 121m2 of flooring

so at the perth rate of $100m2 for raw timber alone - it gets costly!

I also laugh (or cry) at the differing rates for labour from Perth to the East...

we absolutely love brushbox

we don't particularly like the price nor the ability to get it :)

Hi All,

I have seen a number of NSW Blackbutt photos and there appears to be slight differences in all of them

Most seem to have quite a strong yellow colour - which I dislike, however some...

Thanks for the poster who alerted me to my need to track down the products used for the floor finishing!

The products are

Bona (Waterbase)

and

Unithane (Solvent)

See - this is why I ask my stupid questions here - I am protected by anonymity!

Will find out the products and get back!

I have been quoted 2 prices to lay, sand and pollsh floorboards.

one is for a waterbased finish whish is $6m2 more expensive and one is for a solvent finish (I can only presume this means oil...

Thanks - funny that - i had it down to visit that store!

Still can't make my mind up on wood!

And googling pictures of flooring doesn't help as the wood almost always look different.

Anyway - blue gum has come up as an alternative.

I always...

its a new home - straight onto concrete

i may be getting confused as to what plank on ply is!

have been to a few flooring places and seen these products which are pre-finished and have the ply attached to the bottom.

it is my...

Hi everyone.

I had planned on going direct stick with the raw floorboards and then sanding and polishing them.

i was thinking this because i don't like the hollow sound of floating boards.
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thanks - this brushbox caper seems to confusing and too expensive!

I think i'll stick to jarrah!

Hi all - sorry to keep asking questions but my knowledge of timber is almost nil!

I have been asking a bit about brushbox - and I had found what is called "atlantic brushbox"

apparently this...

Thanks John - went and inspected the wood (which was futile as I know nothing about wood) and apparently it is imported - not sure where from though!

I asked a question which was kindly answered re: malaysian brushbox - I have a similar question relating to "atlantic brushbox"

anyone know what this is?

Hi,

I am in the midst of trying to find someone to lay my floorboards - I had planned on doing them myself but have run out of time.

I have heard of 3 types of glue that the layers use and...

Not sure if this is the right forum - however I am looking at laying my own boards - and just wanted to know if there was a material difference between malaysian brushbox and aussie brushbox?
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