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Yes please.

For 1000 sqm that'll be a few thousand plugs. Your tongue might get a little dry licking all those envelopes. It might need a little 'lubrication' while you're doing it:D

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G'day,
Just thought I'd drag this thread up again as I have the best part of 1000 sqm to turf. We're in absolutely no hurry for it to look good and would rather not fork out several $k to turf the...

AFAIK, the closest stormwater pipe is where I'm pumping to (actually, it's the overflow for the rainwater tank). The problem is our yard backs on to bushland at the bottom of a valley, and the...

We had this exact same problem with a rainwater tank pump which was located directly under our bedroom :oo:

I'm not sure how much room you have to play with, but what worked for us and was really...

I agree, 10000 litres sounds like a lot. Last week we had about 10000l on the ground after 3 days of rain. But let's say that worst case it rains 3 times as hard and I have to pump 10000l away in a...

Thanks for the replies. An inground tank is probably a bit outside the budget at the moment, but not a bad idea.

No worries, Big Shed, just needed to hear it would work from someone else :U

The...

G'day all,

Need your help (yet again:oo:) with a drainage problem I've got. Our problem is the backyard floods. After the last lot of rain we had over 3 days, I figure there was around 10000l...

Gave it a go yesterday and it seemed to work ok. Still experimenting at this stage but tried it using a piece of board with some plate screwed to it to stop the bit going through. Way easier and...

Thanks for the replies everyone.

I have 5 small areas to pave, each about 2.5 sqm with a concrete step in between each. I used a hand tamper for the first area, but will give the demo hammer a go....

This could possibly be the silliest question ever asked on this forum but anyway, I'll give it a shot .....

Got a bit of paving to do and I also own an el cheapo demo hammer. Would there be any...

Thanks Teejay,
Are there additives you can get which will stop the saltwater penetrating the concrete? And would that be standard reo or galvanised reo to use?
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G'day,
Just wanted to ask what extra steps/precautions are needed when concreting in saltwater, in particular to prevent the reo corroding. Need to lay a small slab (about 1000x1200x200) which will...

G'day Julian,
Had a play around with covering the deck with some drop sheets and it doesn't look ponding will be a problem, thankfully all the water runs over the edge of the balcony and not in the...

G'day Clinton,
The hinged roof might be a bit more work than I was planning on;), but the flyscreen and vacuum cleaner .... brilliant:).
Will have a crack with the joint filler and sealer first as...

Barry,
Good idea using white and Trimdeck looks like a better option. I'd still be a bit worried about the build up of leaves trapping moisture though.

BT,
Unfortunately the timbers are nailed....

I'm hearing what you're saying, but SWMBO has been the driving force so as far as PITAs are concerned I'll leave it up to you to read between the lines:eek:
Anyhoo, FRC it is. Just waiting for the...

Shaun,
The pergola is an option, but we'd like to keep the balcony open if possible.

BT,
That sounds like its exactly what I'm after. Do you think the job could be done without the FRC sheet?...

Thanks for the replies.
Good idea with the hose but access will be a problem. The deck is about 4m X 4.5m, and the water would have to run down the 4m length. It also gets covered in small, fine...

G'day all,
We have a balcony with hardwood decking, under which we've made a BBQ/kid's play area. I was after any ideas of the best (and cheapest) way to weatherproof the decking above so the BBQ...

Thanks Al.
Roughly how much lime would you use, or how do you tell when the mortar is workable? Read somewhere that the mix is 6:1:1 sand/cement/lime. Is this about right?

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G'day,
Just wondering what the best mix of mortar for a stacked rock wall would be. I was told to use "about 3:1 sand/cement with a bit of lime" which is a little vague. I googled it and came up...

No worries, might be a couple of months though:)

BTW, what did you top your wall with? Had heard that a lot of the strength off the wall comes from how heavy/solidly built the top is.
Also do you...

Dan, pity I didn't start this post a few months ago, gabion baskets would have been ideal. Unfortunately the stacked rock wall is the last in a long list of options offered by the engineer, and I'm...

G'day Justine, sounds like a fairly hefty wall you've built:eek: I should have mentioned in my first post that the drawing for the wall is only a generic design that you can use for walls up to 1500...

Thanks for the links, Dan. I would have preferred a dry stone wall, but the engineer wouldn't sign off on it without having large stones (1 - 1.5 tonnes) as the base stones. Access is a problem and...

G'day,
Moving on to plan G for the retaining wall ....

The latest (and hopefully final) design is for a stacked rock retaining wall, which I've attached. I'll be using random rubble blocks sized...

Thanks for the replies everyone. Quite a few good ideas to keep me going:)
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G'day all,

Building a retaining wall out of 1200x600x600 concrete blocks which weigh about 1 tonne each. Just wondering what you guys think would be the best way to get them from the front of the...

Maglite,
Before I resort to one of the rabbit/dog+kids/dynamite methods:), how long would it take Trounce to work? And how obvious is it that the tree has been poisoned?

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Thanks for the replies. The tree is actually on my land. Had a long conversation with the council building inspector about it and he agrees the tree is going to cause huge problems one day. He said I...

G'day,

Without going into the fine details I have a small gum tree (4-5m high) I need to kill as .. ahem .. discretely as possible. I was going to use the standard drill hole/roundup method but...

Thanks for the replies. Anyone had any problems with overheating the pump. Ours is under the house so plenty of shade, but still have doubts about the summertime. Cheers:)

Thanks for the replies everyone. Off to Bunnings ASAP.:)

G'day,

Bit of a long story so bear with me. We've got a rainwater tank which supplies our toilets through an on demand pump. The problem is when you flush the toilet and the cistern refills, as...

G'day guys,

Got a water tank with a on-demand pump hooked up to it which has quite a loud high pitched whine when it operates. Have checked with the manufacturer and plumber and apparently this is...

Thanks for the replies,

I guess my worry is that he is being overly conservative. We did have another engineer who was going to specify a wall basically as I have described, 2 rows of blocks,...

Hi all,
Was after some help with a retaining wall we're building. We're using concrete blocks (not exactly sure what they're called) that Concrite make up from their left over concrete. They are...

Hi all,
Building a new house and underneath the house we've got a workshop roughly 20m2 in area. The workshop floor is a concrete slab at ground level (rest of the house is elevated). In one corner...

Thanks Dan, those trucks are exactly what I've been looking for.:D Will just have to hunt down who hires them out.

Totally agree with you about the council regs being crap. Unfortunately, I'm...

Had another thought.

The manitou can lift a load fo 1000kg up to 7m at a reach of 7m. That's still 10m short of the furthest footings. Can you hire some kind of chute to slide the concrete down to...

Ausdesign,
The blob footings are roughly 900x900x400 pads of concrete which the steel piers will be bolted to. The subdivision was approved without road access, and apparently because the gradient...

G'day all,
All the heavy material will be moved with a manitou for the big loads, and a ute for small amounts. To give you an idea, for about $900 a day, the manitou will move about 40 tonnes with...

G'day Mick. Yeah, you suggested drymix to me in another thread I think, and I did have a look into it. I was looking at bringing it in either on the barge or the back of my ute, but there ended up...

The track is for the most part OK, just a bit steep in parts. The problem is not if the truck will get down there, which I think it will, but that the council won't let you take it down there. I...

Thanks for the replies.

Still arguing with the council about the concrete trucks being 4wd. They're saying unless the vehicle has some kind of front wheel drive it's not allowed. I reckon a...

G'day guys,

Just wanted to ask your opinion about pouring the footings for the house we're building. The site is 4wd access only (local council rules - no exceptions apparently) and I've been...

Thanks for the replies.

Totally agree about the problem with heat. To cut a long story short, I don't know why the architect put so many skylights in, and admittedly I've also overlooked this fact...

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Just wondering if anyone can recommend some skylights for our new house. Nothing fancy, just the fixed, non-opening type, roughly 1200x600. They're to go in a raked ceiling with a colourbond...

Thanks for the replies .... love your work, Gumby!

Skew, the longest lengths will be about 2100 and should be able to organise it so that there are no end joins. The carcases will be processed...

I know this has been done to death on other threads, but I've searched and read everything and am still a little unclear on a couple of things .....

Plan A is to make kitchen/bathroom benchtops...