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Thanks for the links Bloss!

haha..well..either have I!

I have decided to use MacPatch Coarse though to patch the joints, and over coat that with MacTexture Trowel on, which comes as a coloured finish. This is one of the...

Looks great doogs. Any pics you could send while your doing the job would be appeciated.

Thanks Doogie. I haven't heard of bitumen being used as render before, but the flexiblity and waterproofing qualities makes it seem like your onto a good system.

The only thing that worries me is...

I've just constructed a 4.8m X 2.4m wall frame for an outdoor feature wall out of treated pine. I'm thinking of attaching blueboard to the frame, but doing my research on this forum, I hear that its...

OK...attached are some pics of my new deck:

IMG_5486.jpg - Is a daylight shot of my completed deck (still lots of cleaning, brickwork and landscaping to do)

IMG_5491.jpg - Another daylight...

OK..i'll do a quick rundown of costs. As i said, i scrounged like nothing else and was pretty fortunate with a few buys.

Escavations = $350

90X90 Treated Pine posts and 35sq metres of Used...

Gotchyas. Thanks guys. Geez this decking stuff can be time consuming...i can see why people pay out big bucks in labour costs. I've had fun doing this deck though, and its come up great for my first...

Thanks Bob. I've ended up going for a Feast Watson Merbau Stain. I've just put down one coat and it looks OK. The only problem is that the sides of each decking board are still unstained, and are the...

I'm ready to stain my new deck and i'd like e to get a merbau-like stain colour onto the treated pine to finish it off.

My deck is fairly exposed to the elements, so i want to get something that...

Thanks guys. I musta forgot to times my calculations by 2.

I ended up getting 7kg of loose domehead 65mm Titadeck's from Mitre 10. They matched the price bunnings were sellling there comparitive...

I've got my Treated Pine sub-frame together for my deck, and now need to buy some budget fasteners for 19mm/90mm Treated Pine decking.

After a bit of searching the archives, i've decided to go...

Thanks again Ray. Thankfully, it wasn't attached to the slab and i was able to pull it out from the wall as you described. Its all smashed up now and i'm ready to rock with the decking sub-floor. ...

Thanks Ray and Adam.

There is no visible join line in the slab/step (unless its under the door frame.). So i'm assuming its part of the concrete slab. The textures of the concrete inside and on...

I'm building a deck in my courtyard which has a concrete entry step extruding into it at the level of the concrete slab the house is sitting on.

I've heard that you shouldn't have the top of the...

Thanks Adam!

I have 70X70 treated pine lengths that i'm considering using for bearers for a ground level deck. Can i get away with using them for the bearers and 90X45's for the joists. Or would 70X70 be way too...