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Thanks Steve, we've done this as well, but found that drawing the gable to scale gave us a better idea. I've had a look at the gable vent from Edmonds - unfortunately they don't make the larger size...

I guess there isn't the demand, I think the idea of a plastic gable louvre is quite new, and not a lot of people know that you can get them in plastic, who knows though!

Thanks Mick, if we could see the plastic one before we bought it there'd be no problem, but they're made in Sydney and the distributor doesn't stock them in Melbourne. They're about half the price...

Evening all, we've been spending the evening trying to decide two things about our gable vent:
1. how do we work out what size will look ok, given that it's far too high to get up there and plot it...

I spoke to the person who made the windows - the sill, where the colour is leaching, is made from Mirboo which often leaches tanin/stain, and while they used an oil based primer the underside of the...

Thanks for all your suggestions they're very helpful. Marc, the span is 1.6m, so we probably would have to have 6" floor joists, and would extend them to minimally extend the mezzanine floor - maybe...

Hadn't thought about the "noises" angle! Was thinking of having chipboard and carpet for sound insulation from the top. The exhaust fan will have to be moved, maybe put it on the outside wall. The...

A friend of mine is a roof plumber in northern suburbs of Melbourne but he travels around. Works with colourbond. His company is Roofrite, and phone number is 94849611.

Never thought of myself as a builder's labrador!

We've had timber windows installed, and they were primed, but a friend has said they need to be painted, or at least undercoated quickly as the wood colour is seeping through the primer. Would...

HH: A loft bed is the name I've given it - don't know what it really should be called - it's a bit like a mezzanine bed. The area would become a part of the spare room.

Craig: We have a...

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Saw a fantastic loft bed on the weekend and am considering incorporating it into our renovations. Wondering what others think of this, and what we need to think about. Our smallish spare...

Ok, here's the update on the slab situation. We still haven't checked the condition of the slab (we're lazy renovators!) but we have found a place in Melbourne (www.alternativefloors.com.au) that...

On the weekend realised that the cement sheeting which has been used on the top 1/3 of the house instead of weatherboards was probably asbestos. Our carpenter didn't care, and actually another...

We put heating in the ceiling 'cause didn't have any room underneath. Chose a Brivis (from memory) mid efficiency unit. It's excellent, don't have ceiling fans and have 3.25m ceilings but the air...

Ok, so an update on the last four days.

We pulled the tiles out of the loungeroom on Friday, and then had to deal with the lino underneath on Saturday. Luckily it was on masonite, but it was...

and number 3.

number 2!

Here goes with some piccies to show the problem. The one with the coke can is where we've done the tiles up to so far - this is leading into the kitchen. I measured the kickboards - they're 5cm. ...

I'll post a picture on the weekend. This discussion might be academic, while the floorboards have been in pretty good condition under the tiles we don't know what we'll find in the kitchen and if...

The idea is we'll pull the tiles out and polish the boards, and then we'd have, as you say, 6-7" kickboards (hadn't thought they'd be that high). We aren't particularly handy - how big a job is it? ...

Maybe we'd get a buyer as naive as we were when we bought the place!

Ok, some of you will know the major reno we're doing on our house - see "gable decoration" for a picture. THe house has had tiles throughout and we're slowly pulling them out - actually we hope to...

Andrew I've had a look at both those sites - thanks for your help. The one in Perth looks fantastic, just want I need - unfortunately I'm in Melbourne! Boralstone I suspect is about having a new...

Thanks boys, I decided after I got your posts last night that I really should get the tiles off the slab and see what condition it's in. The house has been tiled throughout, sometimes in 3 inches of...

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I've been trying to find out about polishing a concrete slab - 4 x 4m, but info. so far is that it will be very expensive because of the set up cost - minimum cost applies - $3500! The...

Does anyone know the approximate cost of Rough cut/cast. We have a gable to do, 8metres across, 1.75m at its highest point.