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Too much! $12.something a metre (for $32 I expected better quality than I got).

Banana in, Banana out seems to be the way of it. I rang the manufacturer, and they reckon that 8mm over 2.7m is...

I've just bought a 2.7 90x90 dressed cypress "GOLD" post. When I lay it on the ground it has an 8mm lift in the middle (fortunately the other direction is fine).

Is this what I should expect? It...

Yes I was hoping to use the steps to help build in strength. However the back of the "box" won't get much strength from that, so I was wondering how it could be secured. I think i'll have to bolt all...

I'm currently building a set of steps down to the woodshed (the stuff for burning!) that have to go through the well consolidated fill from the original house construction.

Because it has to go...

Thanks for that. I shall get him to do that and we'll see what happens.

My brother in law has a problem with his sash windows - the bottom pane has warped inwards around 3 mills and can't be closed properly.

The windows were painted on the inside for a long time, but...

I 've had decks built for me and have always asked for flashing on top of the joists. You can use either aluminium, or the plastic dampcourse used in brick work.

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I've got a window sill that has rotted at one end. The remainder of the sill seems to be in good condition.
The window is about 3 - 4 meters tall, and is the corner of a room with catherdral...

Sorry, should have previewed. Should read...

...that would -otherwise- be picked up by a pleated filter...

<sigh>

A couple of websites say that the very fine dust that is picked up by a pleated filter can be carried from the shed to the house on your clothes.

Not sure how much of a problem it is (in terms of...

Just remember that the normal bag filters don't catch the really fine dust that is the most dangerous. For that you need a pleated filter.

Unfortunately playing with wood is dangerous to your...

No, schadenfreude is for when you pull the shades down so that the neighbours don't see you doing something that would make even Freud blush!

One of the pleasures of living in Melbourne is the schadenfreude that you get to enjoy from listening to Queenslanders whingeing about the UV & high rate of skin cancer (highest in the world?) all...

We had laminated glass placed in the bottom panels of all of our windows when we renovated many years ago.

Not only is it safer for occupants of the house, it also protects the window from...

We went for underhouse heating. Previously it was outside, but a small (fill it the eaves) extension meant there wouldn't have been room for the heater and a parked car.

The high efficiency brivis...

I'm not so sure about the value of PVC guttering, but I'ld be 100% behind PVC downpipes. A friend has his 90mm downpipes with 45degree bends and it never clags up with leaves.
The stupid, stupid,...

Whatever you do, make sure you make allowance for the -inevitable- :-) desire to start digging under your house. Perhaps put a door in your laundry wall to underhouse space so that you -can- start...

I've got a switchboard in my shed - a Clipsal 1/2 DIN rail system with the standard plastic enclosure. Is this what you mean, or should it have a secondary cover?

Do you have the Teflon coated fabric, or just the normal fabric. I'm curious as to how well dust brushes off, and how it attaches to the collector...

Forgot to mention that Boral have a home cinema room sound insulation datasheet available. I'm not sure if it's online, or you have to get it sent to you (I got mine in the post).

I presume you...

I recently had to drill holes into the end of bench legs I was making to take T-Nuts and bolts (for adjustment purposes).

I used a few offcuts and drew diagonals on both sides (end grain) to get a...

I was lucky in that my father in law owned a large selection of tools. Being more of a renovator that a woodworker (sorry guys! I'll get there one day!) I found that my most favourite tool was a...

At the moment I've got a large sheet of MDF leaning against the wall behind my drop saw. I was thinking of mounting it to the wall, but with some form of isolation (i.e. rubber stips on the wall...

The pressure will quickly rise to the same pressure as the tank when there is no draw on a line. As soon as you start using a tool there will be a pressure gradient in the pipe/hose. This will be...

We had the fan/light combo in the house when we bought it. The main problem with it was the very limited wattage globes you could put into them.
Also the light was signifcantly lower, and affected...

My Father in Law made a couple of floorboard lifting devices that worked really well.

Imagine a couple of forks with the middle tines taken out, only on a much larger scale.
The "fork" rests on...

The pleated filters on dust extractors are also supposed to filter down to 3 microns. Air filters (such as the JET AFS1000B, or those from Carbatec) are supposed to do much the same, but for all of...

A pair of vice grips (I purchased a pair recently and now wondered how I ever did without them!) and a wooden wedge/piece of scrap timber to support it as you lever the nail out.

Do you need a respirator if you have a dust collection system and an air filter system?

...once he's sanded off that scribbled mark though.

Normally I blow the dust out of the motors of my saws as soon as I've finished using it with a blast of compressed air.

Is this an good thing to do, or am I simply blowing the dust further into...

I've got evap. air conditioning in Melbourne, and I wouldn't have refigerated again. Works in all but the most humid of weather + you have windows and doors open. Do you have kids? Do you sick and...

Actually it hit my leg - the step into my shed that wasn't too well secured on a couple of bluestones flipped up and gave me a nasty graze on my leg.

I then thought about all the -really-...

You need to be very careful with steam. It is actually invisible - what you see coming out of a kettle is condensed water vapour (that is still very hot and dangerous). With the stream of water...

Typically you'll find a number of spare bricks under the house. Practice a number of different techniques on them, or on some in an inconspicuous place.

Love my Makita drop saw, not so pleased with my Makita table saw. Relied on reputation more than doing a good look around, and ended up regretting it.

How well it works depends on the type of connection you make between the truss and the top plate, and also on the type of truss you have in the roof.

You can get angle brackets (i'm almost sure...

If I was building a house with a truss roof I'ld tie the walls to the roof even though it's only for rigidity.

If you had a 4 meter long wall that formed a corridor, the only way to stop it...

And by this statement we know he truly belongs in this forum :-)

You should also get a copy of the Timber Framing Manual, which describes beam sizes and general rules for constructing wooden framed houses.

Reading it can really show you how a house goes...

Have you bought anything from them? They are cheaper than Carba-Tec, but I'm not sure what the postage costs would be, and how reliable/quick they are.

The cyclone action only manages to get rid of the larger pieces and dust. The really fine dust (less than 30 microns in size - you can't see it) won't be trapped in the cyclone section, nor will it...

Yes, I thought of slotted holes. I don't have a drill press at the moment, so making them is a bit of a fiddle. It's what I've been doing though to make the existing (wonky) bolts work.

Stud finders rely on ultrasound (i believe) whereas nail finders rely on magnetic fields...

Drill at 800rpm is the instruction you get on a masonary bit. For metal and wood you are told to use different speeds.

The big question is how do you know what 800rpm is?

None of my drills has...

You should use different types of drills yourself. Try using it as a screwdriver with a screwdriver bit. Perhaps with self tapping screws into wood, metal, plastic etc. A bit of background will let...

I'm currently drilling some holes in brickwork for shelf support, but keep finding that my holes are not at right angles to the surface.

I generally get good holes on horizontal surfaces as I can...

Don't try buying chisels to take on board!

Buy?...Buy??? I thought the appropriate verb would be "make" :-)