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Hi all,

I'm not sure if this is the best place to post, but perhaps you can let me know how I'd best go about it :).

I am a designer working on a play space in Central Victoria. As it is a ...

I too am a vegetable novice - could anyone fill me in on potatoes? - apart from the lush green growth indicating they're very happy, I have no idea what to do with them and when to harvest them...

Have a visit to your local garden supply place (or two), and look at what they have. Decomposed granite has some different names, depending upon where you are, and often there are great local...

We found that plain old Spray and Wipe worked the best on our porcelain tiles, although we had treated them with acetone prior to grouting. Good luck.

Benchtops look awesome!

Which of the sample colours did you end up choosing?

You must be a popular bloke at home at the moment!

Cheers
Justine

Hi Tragic

If you are a littel eccentric there should be SOMETHING in this range to attract you...

http://www.amtico.com/Home/UK/Amtico?psvnv=2&psvbr=2&fcpm=psv

Thanks Joister

I'm a littel concerned by their reference to 'no solids' though..... maybe we'll have to make it a 'liquids only' toilet.

Cheers
Justine

Swiften,

Just thought I'd let you know we had a similar situation several years ago with two (related) dobermanns.

We were able to find a home for our dog from some distant friends, who took...

I'm no expert, but I'd reckon that timber paling or steel - you'll still need a supporting rail across the centre for a fence that high. They'll be a lot of flexion in the panel material otherwise....

Hi Art

I don't mean to give you a hard time - just force you to think through some scenarios. We wholeheartedly admit that wwe took a risk to try something different, and payed for the priviledge...

Hi Mick

This might not be suitable for large areas, but for small ones like the toilet etc, what about those sticky grip lines (don't think that's probably ther ight name....) that you put in the...

Hi,
Just some comments from our own owner-builder experience (we co-ordinated all trades, and started with an awesome carpenter who got the whole frame up for us):

Pros: Except for the saving...

Thanks Mick for all your assistance - hopefully it won't be as expensive as we fear!

Had a look at the website, looks like the shower might need a separate pump (that might be the end of the...

Thanks Mick

If we have a sink, a toilet & basin and a shower, does that mean that we have to have more than one pump? Or could we just have one inline to the septic (downstream from all the...

Hi all
Has anyone got any experience pumping outflow from shower/toilet/sink? (in this case to a septic tank)

I found a similar post dated over a year ago when searching, but not too many...

Hi Mick

We had our old bath re-enamelled the cheap and nasty way - would not recommend it. The method they used was to strip the existing coating, and then use a curing 'paint' finish and then...

There are a couple of different treatment methods, the green is just from CCA treatment. But sometimes it's just faded. I don't think any of the treatment methods effect the how the wood takes up the...

Good to know we are not the only people who get the SCMS out to make kindling!

Last year I wasn't holding a piece of timber against the fence properly, the blade picked it up, spun it around and...

The ' cavity lider' unit is the full width of the door + enclosure whenc onstructed. Therefore you have to have a lintel inplace to support any load on the stud wall either side of the whole opening...

We've got a SS underbench oven and rangehood (only a small part of the rangehood visible most of the time). I can't say I've had much problem with fingerprints, a good wipe over with a warm wet...

Thanks Apricotripper,

I was wondering that too, and have followed the advice!

Cheers

PS I have always wondered about your username - what does it mean?

Chris,

Our carpenter used stumps with a threaded steel rod in them - which helped in the case that you're talking about, but also - he said - if the hardwood joists shrink a bit and we get some...

Thanks Lignum!
The tables (four pieces) were constructed from laminated Tas Oak from Matthews timber in Melbourne. I think the original dimensions were something like 290 x 30. The stuff weighs a...

Thank you so much Mick for your reply - I feel better already (of course I can't actually do any of the work - being 6 months pregnent).

I like the idea of the ally plank - we have some nice 5...

Hi all

I am hoping that someone can help me with what is probably a silly question- but it's bothering me.

We are about to pour a concrete slab 4.5m x 4.5m square, 100mm depth for a tank base....

I second teh hairspray - you can buy it for $2, and it makes a great semi-permanent protection. If it can be permanent, what about plain old permanent marker?
Cheers

Hi Spreyton

We made our own skirting too - but for a new house - because we couldn't find a tall skirt without all the detail. It was pretty painfull, but very cheap (bit plus four sheets MDF and...

Defnitely only a plumber qualified for roofing works - not a handyman. Good luck lifting it - they are very heavy.
Cheers

Hi Gary

I love pebbles - but some pebbles are horrible to walk around on because they don't compact down into a tight matrix (but maybe that is something you like). Also, depending upon the pebble...

Hi Shannon

I also reckon you can additems together to get your total R value, as long as you don't compromise the way it is assumed that they will be used.In the case of a double layer of batts,...

Michael

This thread is extremely helpful to me! I am still in contemplation-choosing colour phase - but there's an awful lot of gloss work coming up, so thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Cheers...

Metal Head

As a complete novice, I learnt on the product you photographed. I agree with you on the messy part - it's revolting, I always had multiple wet cloths around. But I did find that the...

Wow you guys are all so organised (and cashed up too!).

Although we had our frame roofed immediately and wrapped soon after, some of our walls were stone, and it took a total of two years for us...

Our pump will happily pump a huge distance up hill of the pump, but the bigger limitation is the inlet height - it can only suck for a couple of metres.
That's what I remember when we purchased it...

Hi Alan

We are heating our (just finished - no doors, no curtains) 180sqm house with a modest wood heater. Between the inbuilt fan, and a ceiling fan mounted above, the heat is distributed well...

We used a tile snapper to cut the clean breaks in the tiles. It has a diamond blade that scores the top of the tile, and then a bar that applies pressure at exactly the right spot. You can hire them...

While I am a Jane, and might just have a few requirements in addition to those above...
Last month I accidentally put one of my partners nice Country Road 100% lambswool jumpers into both the...

Andy - baths pretty much only come in two lengths. Check out the Caroma website for specs.
Cheers
http://www.caroma.com.au/products/index.html

Hi Dez

I finished this coffee table with Organoil Hard Burnishing Oil. It was easy to work with, smells good, and so far the finish has been resistant to marks.
Cheers...

We just came back from two weeks in New Zealand. Luscious, fresh, large, ripe, yellow bananas at $1.40/kg. I ate two a day every day I was there!

Bring them back - my two year old son had...

Hi Bin

The treatment process of CCA treated pine includes copper and chromium, which produce the characteristic green colour. However this does lessen with time, and as Masterblaster said, you can...

Was it a joke? I thought you were serious....

I thought it was pretty funny really - thanks Phil! Greeny for you I'm not sure how many women are on the forum, but if you got a greenie from every one you'd be doing OK.
Cheers
Elphingirl

Hi Cobber

We replaced our instant system last year for a new one too. When it was installed, the plumber said the same thing, but we (on his 'unoffcial' advice) decided to give it a go on the...

The more expensive type of dryer are condensor dryers, that collect their own water in a drawer for emptying. They produce a lot less humidity in the cupboard or room though. I'd also worry about the...

My mother just hand painted all her kitchen cabinet doors, and she is no expert but they look pretty good. The decorative scrolls look like the following method has been used.
1. Paint the wood...

That is a fantastic door! Very impressive. And I like the moveable toobox too.
Well done, Justine

If it's going to be really hard to take out the concrete slab, what about sawing a segment through near the bottom 100mm wide, and running a cutoff drain through it?
Cheers
Justine

Yes you can get it in flat sheets of varying thicknesses and sizes. We ripped some sheets down and then routed off the edge to create our own skirting profile. One advantage of using it for skirting...