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That sounds tempting.

Can you let me know how this would work, rate per sheet or per cut or whatever etc.

Perhaps by PM.

This need will be going on for months.

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Arron

Ok, good idea Elan
Thanks

Pineboard, particleboard - same thing.

To explain:

I’m making cabinetry for my own kitchen, bathroom, laundry etc.

I’ve just finished the wardrobes - which was OK but I decided I’d rather...

Hi. Does anyone know a cut to size service for melamine faced pineboard on the NSW Central Coast.

I would like accurate and affordable, of course.

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Arron

In terms of white melamine-faced particleboard, is there any difference between MR and HMR, or is it just a marketing thing?

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Arron

Answering own question with more googling

View - NSW legislation

Seems to be current as of October.

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Arron

Hi. I have a Ute and wish to transport some wide objects. I want to check the maximum permissible overhang to each side. This is in Nsw

Googling delivers some contradictory results. This document...

Ok, so I went out and bought two ‘roofers kits’ (safety harnesses with travelling rope solution). Not cheap but amazingly high quality - I think.

I also had two anchor points set in.

So far I...

Ok, obviously the safety harness is the easier solution to comply with. Question - do you find most building trades are compliant with wearing a harness, or do they mostly try to ignore this reg?
...

I am the owner builder as far as the CC is concerned, but I contracted a licensed builder to build as far as lockup. The provision and installation of the balustrade was part of his scope....

So the installers returned today to remove the balustrade. It turns out that the top rail is not screw-fixed at the end, but simply floats on a fitting that looks like a screw. The top rail is in...

Thanks for the clarification on sizes.

I’m not sure whether it’s a genuine Toyota tray or not. I bought it new from Toyota dealer with the tray fitted - but I would have thought Toyota would only want to put their name on something a lot...

Yes, the whole tray is disappointingly flimsy. Plastic locking mechanisms and thin, flexy aluminium side walls.
The tie-off points on the sides are short lengths of steel tube but held on with...

I should have pointed out I did have a cheap cargo net over it.

I think if the tiles moved the net would have offered zero residence.

I have a Toyota Workmate cab-chassis Ute. Yesterday we went to buy some tiles. The tiles were bought out by a forklift on a wooden pallet and the pallet was placed in the middle of the tray. I...

Well I have put up the cedar cladding that I mentioned in a previous post and it’s looking FANTASTIC.

This is the cedar vjoint lining boards which we are using to line the ceiling above a 55 sq...

Yep, worked out fantastic. I hired a guy to do the first job and now I’m getting him back to do others a couple of days a week. He’s a keen worker and a self starter with a good general building...

Not really. There is often a world of difference between removing and reinstalling a complying item and designing, building and installing something in the first place.

Nonetheless, I’m not a risk...

Safety. I didn’t want to fall off.

Being a fairly challenging custom build there is a lot of other work required between completion of structure and waterproofing.

Perhaps we could have put up...

Ok.
I hadn’t thought of it that way, but it is indeed a safety issue.
I’ll give them a ring tomorrow.

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Arron

Hi. We had a glass balustrade fitted to the upper deck of our incomplete house. Now we need to remove it temporarily to get the deck waterproofed.

Looking at it, it looks like a simple job of...

All sorted now, thanks to Airtasker.

And for those thinking of doing the same - I checked the insurance issue.
- If someone in my employ is hurt due to my negligence (and it is so proven) then my...

Tomorrow I’ll ring my insurers and get all this sorted out, but just to clarify one theme appearing in this thread. I’m a certified owner builder working under an owner builder permit, so I’m...

No, not a stupid question at all. It’s common for people to have various licences, then to loose them through non-renewal, but not to upgrade their stationary. We spotted a couple of people doing...

I’m fully aware of the implications.

I think all insurances are in place, but I will check again.

Cash

Hi. We are owner-building a house and from time to time I would like to hire someone to help me out. Jobs might include things like laying floating floor, fitting insulation, cutting tiles, laying...

We are building a house and it’s time to think about how to finish the deck. It’s a large second floor triangular shaped deck of about 52sqm. The frame Is structural steel and timber lvl with scyon...

Hi. Here’s another building related question.

Has anyone tried Istinto, marmorino or related types of plaster finishes.

Likewise Venetian plaster - although I’m not actually considering...

Thanks for the replies guys. I expected that more is better but was mainly just checking to make sure there were no issues that might arise that I hadn’t considered, especially wrt moisture issues.
...

Hi. We are building a house and are required to insulate the walls as follows, quoting from our Basix:
R3 (3.4 including construction)

My Interpretation of this statement is that counting all the...

Ok, thanks.

Btw. All three of the plasterers which we had come in to quote went for aquacheck - their view being fc would look a bit ‘agricultural’. I will have to do some further enquires.
...

Thanks Beardy,

Yes, I’m heading towards aluminium and with a little more ringing around I got a price on the aluminium the same as the steel I quoted above. Also, the powdercoater I spoke to...

I suggested gal because I didn’t fully trust painted steel. This house is waterside (actually there is a road between us and the water) although it’s an estuary not the ocean side. Rust here is not a...

Whilst I appreciate hearing the left field alternatives, I pursued the simple approach of just sourcing rectangular hollow section raw metal a bit further.

This quote I s from a local merchant...

Left field is what I wanted.

I’ll have to look at this idea more closely.

That’s pretty much what we had in mind. I was thinking of securing each blade with a single screw top and bottom. I had thought of a small lug bolted to each blade top and bottom rather then a...

Hi, I'm building a house. Basically, I'm the owner-builder, though Ive contracted a very good builder to build the house to near-lockup stage. We are just a couple of weeks short of lockup now.

An...

Birdsall Leather in Sydney sell Nu Bond Poly thread which is ‘UV Treated’.

In any case, if I was looking for it I would start by ringing them and asking. What they sell will be quality, and they...

Also, I should have said, in my experience the quality of the end product has much more to do with the characteristics of the leather that goes into it then the actual moulding process. The process...

You might have to explain a bit more.

I take it you have a one-sided form, and wish to use the vacuum press to pull the leather up against the form.

I can’t see why it wouldn’t work, except...

The first one looks like New Guinea Walnut to me.

I used to buy at Brass and Copper in (I think) Seven Hills. Small quantities OK and they have (or had) an offcut bin.

You may be able to get 1mm sheets at Hobby Shops. They will charge a premium...

Maybe Queensland walnut

If you plane a bit, does it smell bad?

Ok, thanks. I’ll pm you so if you can reply with phone number then I’ll call you tomorrow and arrange a time.
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Arron

I was just about to start looking for a well-used (and therefore affordable) full-size panel saw. I’m owner-building a house and want one for cabinet work - of which there will be heaps. Two...

I expect you already know this, but be careful what you lubricate the mechanisms with. Grease will gather the dust and the mix will set hard over time. Maybe oil is not a great choice either. You...

Ok, so when you mentioned the 10 an 15amp circuits you were talking about single phase. That was my confusion.

Thanks for the help - all.
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Arron

A drop camera is a video camera in a custom built fitting which is dropped over the side of a jetty or boat to record the marine environment therein. I built one of these a few months ago to take a...