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Thanks everyone.

It all got too much, so I just used some Gloss Cabots CFP, with no preparation - and hoping for the best! :lbs:

Mark

I have got a beautiful new Camphour Laurel slab for a kitchen bench top.

It will be under a window getting direct, hot sun for part of the day.

Has anyone got suggestions for a strong,...

Thanks Mate - 5-6 mm it is.

Planing has never been my forte :doh:, so I hope it fits :2tsup:


Mark

I am planning a door jam to hang a 770mm solid core door on.

As a rank amateur, I don't know how much gap to allow each side of the door. That is, how wide should the jam be, internally.

I have...

Thanks Joe,

Will give it a try

Mark

I have made a doorway in what was previously a wall.

The carpet now ends up about 10 mm away from the edge of the door. The room on the other side is on a new slab, which is to be tiled.

I...

Well,

Thanks again everyone.

I am sure that there is something that works well in there.

Cheers

Mark

Thanks Rod

Maybe I will just chip, or angle-grind the brick away. Then re-fill it. Its only about the size of a 50c piece.

Cheers

Mark

I have just had a small extension built. The existing external brick wall has become part of one wall of a new bathroom.

I have near-filled the mortar joins with polyfilla, and skim-coated the...

Thanks everyone,

Keep the suggestions coming

Yonnee, I have decided on a traditional square layout, and have bought the square tiles

Cheers

Mark

Thanks for the tips.

Do you mean a normal angle grinder?

Cheers

Mark

I have 20 sq m of floor tiling to be done in a family room on a new slab.

I am going to have a crack at it myself.

I have done a little floor tiling years ago, but very basic.

I have got the...

Thanks everybody,

I will follow all advice

Cheers

P.S. Is it my imagination, or is the currently available Villaboard thinner than what is in my 15 y.o. house?

I have had a 600h x 1200 w window removed from my bathroom.

I am planning to patch the stud wall inside, by putting in a section of villaboard, then trying to make the joins invisible.

All I...

Thanks Juan,

Great suggestion. I found the empty bag in the junk pile. It was SupaCoat 400 joint compound. I rang the manufacturer, and they said it was ok :2tsup:

Cheers

Mark

I am getting an ensuite bathroom built by a builder.

One shower wall is brick. We have agreed that he will render and tile the wall.

I was expecting cement render, but he has rendered it with a...

Thanks everyone. I spoke to the builder, and he has agreed to get a prof. tiler in. :2tsup:

Cheers

Mark

I am getting an ensuite bathroom built on to my house by a reg. builder.

He has just told me that he and his workers are "a bit quiet" at the moment, so they are intending to do the tiling and...

Following on from my last thread "tiling over brickwork" : After such great advice from members of this forum, I am considering getting the wall rendered, then tiling.

(the wall is above the join...

That sounds like a good way to go. Does anyone know if the render can be tiled immediately, or does it need to be left for a period of time ?

Cheers

Mark

Thanks Bob and others,

I did a search of the forum, and found that there is a 16mm thick furring channel from Boral, to attach the Villaboard to.

Tiles going up about 2m, Bob.

I will check...

I am getting an en-suite bathroom built in a new extension to my brick veneer home. One wall of the new bathroom is a single brick ( with piers) wall of my existing garage. Part of the wall is to be...

Thanks Bob

I am getting 150 X 150 ceramic tiles laid on my bathroom floor. They are normal tiles - not laser cut (I don't know the correct terminology).

I am supplying materials. Should I get sanded or...

Thanks Tom

I will just put on the plaster as is

Cheers

Mark

Tom, It's the water pipes in the wall. I have put silicone in the holes in the studs where the pipes go thru, and will look into the lagging suggested above

Thanks

Mark

Thanks everyone - sounds like it is back to the tile shops to try (with my very limited interior design skills ) to decide on some new small ones.

Cheers

Mark

I have some porcelain floor tiles 430 X 430. I would like to cut each one into nine squares about 140 X 140, to use on a small en-suite floor.

Is this possible? If yes - how is this done?
...

Well, thanks for all the advice everyone.

I guess I'll have to make the decision at the time. My gut feeling is "skirting last" - then it can easily be removed if it ever needs to be. The...

Thanks Bob,

Yes, its a slab.

No, the height wont be a problem, except toilet and vanity will be effectively lower.


Does one need to prepare the existing tiles before laying the cement for...

I have been told that it is possible to tile over existing tiles, without having to remove them

I have a bathroom and laundry floor tiled in very strong colours, that are not restful to my soul.
...

Well, the others seem to agree to do the opposite. I must say that the argument about the floor tiles not being level won me.

I will go with skirting down first. But that leaves the problem of wet...

I am having a new room built on a concrete slab.

I am going to tile the floor myself.

Should I get the builder to leave the skirting boards, and do the tiles first?

Or should I tile up to...

I am getting a room built by a builder.

He is completing everything, apart from the floor tiles. I am going to try laying them myself.

I dont know whether to let him attach the skirting boards,...

Thanks everyone

Cheers

Mark

Hey thanks everyone

Cheers

Mark

I am installing polyester insulation in an internal wall cavity, for sound insulation. The research seems to suggest that it is as good as Rockwool (and far more comfortable to use)

It comes in a...

Thanks Bob,

Sounds like good advice

Mark

Does anyone know if Cypress is available/suitable for fence palings?

I live in northern NSW

Thanks

Mark

I am having a granny flat built on the side of my brick veneer house.

The exterior brick skin has been removed along the side where the flat will be. The slab has been poured, and the frame and...

I am getting a small family room built. It's an irregular shape, but about 2.5 X 8.5 m, with a small ensuite at one of the narrow ends about 1.5 X 2.7

The floor tiles I like for the family room...

Here in NSW the rail is not usually checked into the post. It looks horrible, in my opinion - but that's how they do it.

I am ex-Victorian, and in Vic we used to check the rail in, so the face was...

Thanks guys,

Opinions seem to vary a lot, but considering your replies, and after a bit of net surfing, it appears that -

The centre of the posts go along the boundary line.

If anyone knows...

Thanks for the advice.

Yes the builder has got the gutter with the vents. The supplied windows have pine reveals, so I primed them before they were installed, but I am still regarding them as a...

It's about 4.5 metres of tin feeding the gutter. Thanks for the advice

Mark

I am getting a single story, fibro stud wall extension built. It has no eaves, because of setback requirements from a sewer main. The roof has a relatively low pitch (5 degrees), and is corrugated...

My neighbour and I are amicably building a timber fence along our boundary, and splitting the cost. There is no existing fence. We are in suburbia.

Can anyone help out letting me know where to...

Thanks for the advice,Bob

Thanks everyone for the advice. And Craig - if we don't start saving trees from wood-chipping soon, the whole planet will be getting a very warm feeling

I have had a new room built about 3m X 8m. , on a concrete slab. I am going to lay ceramic floor tiles (I am an amateur, but have done this once before). There is an expansion joint in the slab about...