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My back door is getting a bucketload of water coming under it in the rain. Water hits the door, runs down it and then hits the floorboards which extend out beyond the external door face, and...

Looking for feedback on how big a job this is, and likely cost/implications.

House is weatherboard clad external, horizontal VJ board walls internal. Except it has 2 brick chimneys from fireplaces...

I have cut some bits of floorboard and slotted them into the gaps now and used a light cream coloured putty to hold it all together/get rid of the gaps. turned out quite good - also finished the...

Hi all. thanks for the feedback - it is much appreciated. The flooring is not to continue into any other rooms. There are 3 doors where this gap problem is apparent. I'm unable to rip up the...

I saw something on better homes & gardens a while ago when they were doing a balcony make over. when potting their plants, they put in those little coffee filter pad things inside the pot, over every...

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Hoping someone can help me. Recently I installed floating timber floorboards (click lock) in our hall/dining/lounge etc. The flooring went in well, and I have finished replacing the...

Also have been googling, and came across Dulux Wash & Wear 101 Advanced Gloss Acrylic - is this more of what I need? it says ideal for doors, architraves and skirting trim, I wonder if because its...

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Since recently painting the interior walls of our entire house, we have gotten a little paint on the wooden skirting (just plain wood never been stained, sealed or lacquered etc) so we...

Thanks all, is it definite that this can't be patched or repaired ? Im just thinking because if you have a car radiator leaking, you can do a patch/repair of that to stop the leak and keep driving -...

ah cool, bugger of things HWS aren't they?

did the $890 include installation and supply of the new unit? thats fairly reasonable. How does this price compare to the instant gas hot water systems?...

Thnx for your posts-Damn, I just checked the inside cover and it says date of manufacture 11-92, so I assume it was installed late 1992 or early 1993, which would mean its at least 15 years old?...

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Got a bit of a problem with the hot water system I am hoping someone can give me some advice on solving...

I went away for a weeks holiday so silly me decided to turn the Gas HWS off...

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Currently tackling a standard floating floorboard install, just with cheapo boards from bunnings. Anyway the instructions/stuff i've read all say you need an expansion gap of 1/4"...

Thanks for your help everyone. Slowly getting started on this project ! My next question, seeing as I'm completely clearing all the weeds from our backyard, there is a paddock next door to the yard...

Skew - yep the soil is very similar to that pile of dirt, it is all mainly rock hard clay type soil. There isn't really any top soil apart from hard clay...even spreading that pile of dirt around...

echnidna - what sort of landscape feature do you think can be made from the pile of dirt? Like a grassed hill? The soil is pretty bad quality, its mainly rock hard clay so I'm not sure if anything...

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Recently we purchased a house which is on a 1/2 acre, or approx. 2037m2 block of land. In the past, part of the house has been fenced into a separate yard, with the back section acting as a...

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Thanks for the reply. I have attached a sketch of the current layout of the bathroom/laundry. I assume all the plumbing comes straight under the concrete slab from the LHS on the picture...

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First time post here but I've been searching/using this site as a valuable resource for some time.

I am currently in the process of planning a bathroom renovation for our 20 year old...