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 ]]> ANNOUNCEMENTS Neil Ellis https://www.renovateforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=259382 Repair laundry floor - screw size, board type, noggin length? https://www.renovateforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=259381&goto=newpost Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:59:32 GMT I’m replacing a damaged section of 60 year old tassie oak floor in my laundry. I have cut the boards flush with the joist and plan to sister (glue & screw) some 90 x 45mm treated pine along the existing 100x 45mm joist to take the edges of the new boards.

Query 1: Will 8-10 75mm treated pine screws be sufficient to hold the pine - or should I use heavier screws?

Query 2: which flooring option? I have the choice of yellow tongue or solid old tassie oak floorboards for the repair. Will be covered by fiber cement tile underlay. (It’s an old ‘knock down’ so doesn’t need to be perfect.)

Query 3: I’ll add a noggin/block to pick up the ends of the other two removed boards. Planning to use a 400mm length - which will extend a board on each side of the gap. Too much/ not enough length?

Here is the pic of the main hole - 460mm wide and 1400mm long (and the other two boards).

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]]> FLOORING Joynz https://www.renovateforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=259381 What do i do to improve my rendering? https://www.renovateforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=259380&goto=newpost Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:36:29 GMT this is pretty much the first time i have done rendering after watching hundreds of rendering youtube videos over the last 12 months im using quickwall render, i started off with the primer on the wall, then i put the skim coat on to make it all flat, that seemed to work out not too bad for my first attempt. top coat i was using the quickwall quicksand render stuff. possibly i put it on too thick. the instructions say to float it with a plastic float which i got form the render shop and... this is pretty much the first time i have done rendering after watching hundreds of rendering youtube videos over the last 12 months
im using quickwall render, i started off with the primer on the wall, then i put the skim coat on to make it all flat, that seemed to work out not too bad for my first attempt.
top coat i was using the quickwall quicksand render stuff.
possibly i put it on too thick.
the instructions say to float it with a plastic float which i got form the render shop and they even said that is to float it in circles. but when i started floating it in circles it sort of went to crap, the edge of the trowel started digging in and the surface started looking like crap.
the top half of the wall i tried circular floating it.
i gave up and went tot he bottom half and floated it with the same float in a linear motion starting from the bottom and going up to half way putting a bit of pressure on the bottom half of the float with decent pressure.
this worked out far better than the circular motion where it seemed to be ripping it off the wall.
now what did i do wrong there with the circular motion? how come i couldnt float it that way?? i waited about 20 minutes or so before floating.
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]]> RENDERING wozzzzza https://www.renovateforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=259380 Cutting Fbre Cement sheet https://www.renovateforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=259379&goto=newpost Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:43:34 GMT Hi, all any body use a multi tool to cut Fibre Cement Sheet if so did you use the diamond blade, any other suggestion for a suitable way to cut "with a Power Tool" ]]> CLADDING China https://www.renovateforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=259379