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I think we are going with a concealed rangehood now. Oh well less cleaning is a good thing I suppose.;)

Thanks for the tip Troppo! :) I will check them out!

Cioa,
Bella

Thanks everyone for your opinions and advice.:D We wanted a pailing as I mentioned but didn't want to cause trouble with our new neighbours (they look kinda scarey! :eek: )

I like the green and...

How easy/hard are they to keep clean?

I love the look of them but don't know how they go after a lot of cooking and not sure if they will look yucky after a while.

We have agreed with the neughbours to get a new fence. They want a colorbond (we wanted paling) and said we can pick the colours. Our house is yellow with green trim.

Any recommendations or...

echidna maybe you should stop sticking your spikey nose into other peoples issue. It wasn't anything to do with you.:rolleyes:

It's all sorted now anyway :p

Hi Dan,

It is only the heavy rain storms that we get some water dribbling under the house and only in one corner. The drains catch the rest and take out to the street.

We are in Foostcray and...

Sorry, off the subject for a second.

We want to get a Rheem Stellar too. How much did you pay?

Hi Trevor,

The whole area is surounded by slotted pvc and screenings which seems to have stopped the water running under the floor by about 96%. So I am happy about that. The floor is on concrete...

Christopha was in telling me to fix my house properly with a TRADESMAN (in bold capital letters), inferring that we hadn't done the correct things.

My husband is a carpenter!! And we hired a plumer and a landscape gardener to look a the drainage. I think I can safely say that even tradesmen can't get it right.

Plus the house is 80 years old...

We have already installed slotted PVC right around the house to stop most of the water but when there is a big down pour a bit of water still seeps through somewhere.

Hey!! That's not true! :(

We are laying some recycled floorboards in our new living room and it often gets some dampness in the ground below the floor from water run off from the backyard.

Should we prime the underside of...

We are knocking out a supporting wall at the moment. The architect told us that it wasn't necessary to get council approval in our situation.

We did similar to you. We put in a big supporting...

One disadvantage of tiles over colourbond would be that it is easier to break in.
Someone can just lift off rooftiles and get in. A bit harder with colourbond or Zincalume.

Than again that...

My Mum had carpet in her ensuit and it was great! It was white shag pile and didn't smell or get dirty at all. She still used bath mats and those mats around the toilet.

Personally as a chick that...

Didn't your Mother teach you to dry down the bath after use?? tut tut

They way we did it (which is probably wrong) we put the bath in and put some packers underneath parts of the rim at the height of the tiles, then later we laid the tiles so they slipped under the lip...

We are looking at wardrobe at the moment. After getting a quote for $2000 we decided to try it ourselves. My husband is just going to make it out of melamine. I want some shelves, long hanging space...

My house is 1927 Edwardian in Melbourne and has Baltic Pine flooring.

Just though I'd post a picture of the new verandah deck.

It's jarrah T&G and I love it. Still have to punch the nails and oil it though.

Spot on Julian. They are rotten. We are replacing them this weekend.

Thank you all for your advice. I tried to talk to my husband about it last night but he was too intrigue in the footy show so you guys are my saviours.

To answer your questions:
a) The boards...

What about Jarrah? It looks good but is it ok for tongue and groove?

Thanks.
The verandah is covered but gets a little wet on the edges.

Hello,

I'm a newbie here so be kind!!

We are going to replace the timber decking on our little Edwardian style house. My question is what timber is best and looks best?

I really like the...