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Renovating then Selling

Started by Terry Lamb, 28th December 2007 07:49 PM

advice, buying, capital, cheers, costs, decent, directiondoh, forum, growth, guys, houses, labour, lead, level, lot, mackay, moved, previous, profit, project, qld, recently, renovating, renovations, save, selling, thinking, time, tips, undertaken

Replies: 14
Views: 2,279

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd January 2008 10:59 AM; by Dirty Doogie

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Floating wood floor

Started by EJCarter, 31st December 2007 11:41 PM

2-3, deal, emma, fit, fitting, flat, floating, floor, googled, grateful, groove, impossible, incomprehensible, information, instructions, living, online, planks, previous, provided, requiring, row, subsequent, success, systems, tongue, tutorials, videos, wickes, wood

Replies: 1
Views: 2,326

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st January 2008 08:41 AM; by Honorary Bloke

Forum:
FLOORING

Painting over a chipped ceiling

Started by Gooner, 4th December 2007 01:25 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

advice, apply, appreciated, assume, attached, bondcrete, ceiling, chipped, coat, confirm, current, fill, filler, flat, heard, job, paint, painting, peel, picture, previous, prime, primer, progress, question, sand, scraper, sealer/primer, stay, step

Replies: 28
Views: 12,624

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th December 2007 10:24 PM; by Joister

Forum:
PAINTING

Who Hates Maggots??

Started by PhoenixP, 20th December 2007 09:52 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

baygon, bin, bit, bleach, boiling, collected, collection, coming, day, finally, garbage, hate, hates, hrs, kerb, kill, letting, maggots, mineral, monsters, night, owners, previous, putrid, smell, spent, sprays, sweeping, vent, water

Replies: 17
Views: 2,973

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd December 2007 07:26 PM; by Pat

Forum:
NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

Window Frame mushrooms

Started by chessp, 17th December 2007 01:24 PM

9mm2, beading, covering, dialogue, external, externally, forgive, form, forum, frame, frames, glass, ground, held, house, issue, mould, mushrooms, piece, previous, replacing, resolve, seal, sealant, securing, silicone, surely, topic, watertight, window

Replies: 5
Views: 7,815

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th December 2007 10:39 PM; by Make it work

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

How to remove no more gaps between bathroom tiles and tub?

Started by Loosescrew, 14th December 2007 08:33 AM

bathroom, caked, corner, gaps, loosescrew, messy, owner, previous, remove, tidy, tile, tiles, tub

Replies: 0
Views: 2,045

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th December 2007 08:33 AM; by Loosescrew

Forum:
BATHROOM & TOILET

Grooves up - how to remove

Started by w0rksh0p, 10th December 2007 12:04 PM

70x19mm, approach, deck, decking, effort, essentially, existing, extend, facing, floor, folks, glory, grooves, improve, intention, jarrah, laid, move, owners/builders, previous, rear, reasonable, remove, restore, rid, sander, sound, stain, timber, ~2-3mm

Replies: 11
Views: 2,906

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th December 2007 03:06 PM; by jmk89

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Brick cracking advice

Started by dubsy, 6th December 2007 08:01 PM

1930s, advice, air, brick, cheers, con, crack, cracking, double, guys, house, installed, intending, kieran, melbourne, owners, previous, proceed, progressively, recommend, tips, worse

Replies: 4
Views: 2,246

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th December 2007 09:24 PM; by Planned LScape

Forum:
BRICKWORK

Subfloor Dampness: ventilation and vapor barriers.

Started by Egg Beater, 4th December 2007 10:16 AM

airflow, appreciated, attached, barriers, cross, dampness, dave, draining, due, fan, fans, front, house, impossible, jpeg, laying, moisture, neighbours, noise, pretty, previous, property, proposed.jpg, quiet, recommendations, semi, sensitive, subfloor, vapor, ventilation

Replies: 1
Views: 2,600

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th December 2007 12:21 PM; by bugsy

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

How to level internal slab?

Started by DrRazzle, 27th November 2007 11:21 AM

3-4, appreciated, cheers, concrete, cottage, couple, dark, fill, floor, idea, inches, internal, level, lounge, lowest, mountain, owner, past, peaks, poured, previous, raz, remove, slab, sort, sqm, troughs, unfortuantely, valleys, victorian

Replies: 8
Views: 3,040

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th November 2007 10:04 PM; by DrRazzle

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Manual Tile Cutter or Electric Tile Saw?

Started by Ronaldo451, 7th November 2007 11:27 AM

$19.99, %#&@, 300mm, buying, comments, cuts, cutter, cutters, cutting, diagonal, effect, electric, fortune, issues, job, manual, note, previous, pricing, quality, ron, saws, sigma, slowly, special, taking, tile, tiles, tiling, variation

Replies: 10
Views: 18,385

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd November 2007 09:56 PM; by brickman

Forum:
TILING

Bubbles in new paintwork first coat

Started by diymidget, 20th November 2007 08:14 AM

average, bubbles, cheers, coat, disappear, dried, fix, flat, happening, luck, noticed, paint, painted, paintwork, prevent, previous, roller, satin, sort, straight, wall, wrong, yesterday

Replies: 1
Views: 1,744

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st November 2007 01:30 PM; by Dirty Doogie

Forum:
PAINTING

Gutter Repair With Solder Or Silicone?

Started by whizbang102000, 9th November 2007 11:01 AM

barrier, choke, corner, corners, cutting, deg, folding, form, gap, gutter, gutters, horse, installers, leaked, mark, method, owners, painted, prep, previous, question, removed, repair, sealing, silicone, solder, soldered, stuck, time, waterproof

Replies: 11
Views: 5,060

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th November 2007 06:31 PM; by zelig

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Professional sanding or sand & finish?

Started by brianm00, 12th November 2007 10:10 PM

advice, excellent, finish, flooring, forum, i’m, newbie, previous, professional, read, sand, sanding, threads, timber

Replies: 5
Views: 2,229

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th November 2007 11:16 PM; by Spelunx

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Applying Cold Gal with a Spray Gun?

Started by Batpig, 12th October 2007 09:01 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

acceptable, achieving, applying, atomization, bit, cheapo, cold, compressor, consistency, day, flow, gal, gun, leading, main, milk, nozzle, occurring, paint, prevent, previous, roll, roof, rust, spray, spray-gun, stuff, thinned, thinners, usual

Replies: 17
Views: 5,403

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th November 2007 10:56 AM; by Dirty Doogie

Forum:
PAINTING

Where to buy Recycled Tasmanian Oak Floorboards in Melbourne

Started by hugopeterson, 9th October 2007 02:27 PM

133mm, 8sqm, batch, boards, buy, chipboard, colour, extended, floorboards, found, hard, hugo, looked, lot, melbourne, oak, original, owners, pale, polished, previous, recycled, replace, shift/variation, tasmanian, wondering

Replies: 9
Views: 18,270

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th November 2007 08:23 AM; by wiangube

Forum:
FLOORING

Laying floating timber floor

Started by Pete F, 8th November 2007 10:23 AM

carpet, expansion, fine, floating, floor, floors, ftf, glued, hollow, house, identical, installed, joints, key, laying, level, locking, masonite, nailed, peoples, previous, raised, replace, secret, self-locking, solid, system, t&g, timber, wondering

Replies: 0
Views: 3,110

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th November 2007 10:23 AM; by Pete F

Forum:
FLOORING

Weep Holes??

Started by PhoenixP, 30th October 2007 03:33 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

advance, advice, bought, cement, chisel, create, drill, forum, hammer, holes, house, owner, previous, professional, rendered, weep

Replies: 20
Views: 9,430

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th November 2007 02:36 PM; by PhoenixP

Forum:
BRICKWORK, CONCRETING, PAVING, RENDERING, etc

Bee extermination

Started by Spencer74, 16th October 2007 02:16 PM

$90, adelaide, advice, apparently, application, applicator, bee, bees, called, charged, cheers, clothing, coopex, entrace, extermination, guy, hole, house, method, minutes, news, powder, previous, protective, sealed, sprayed, spring, white, wife

Replies: 5
Views: 4,657

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th November 2007 02:14 PM; by RedRaven

Forum:
LANDSCAPING, GARDENING, OUTDOORS

Who makes good Ceramic-Disc Taps?..

Started by Batpig, 21st October 2007 09:17 PM

batpig, bodies, ceramic-disc, ceramicdisc, combination, current, drill-powered, existing, favour, good, greatly, hand-powered, happily, hydroseal, issue, makes, mixer, parts-availability, previous, quality, re-seating, read, retire, seat, seat-reamer, tap, taps, tempted, threads, unit

Replies: 2
Views: 6,145

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th October 2007 08:44 PM; by Batpig

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

What timber is this /question re joist

Started by Francis Tan, 24th October 2007 10:12 PM

/question, 1920s, 58648, advance, bought, built, carpet, clue, damage, floor, floorboards, francis, issue, joist, lifted, or question, picture, previous, question, recently, replace, replaced, replacing, sanding, subfloor, sydney, termite, timber, told, type

Replies: 4
Views: 2,285

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th October 2007 06:35 AM; by Tools

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

New Home Building Regulations

Started by Barry_White, 17th October 2007 10:55 PM

2006, ahead, applying, assessment, attached, august, building, business, carry, catch, changed, cleaning, count, decide, dept, dft, died, experience, fair, home, jobs, license, minor, pointless, previous, regulations, tafe, time, trades, trading

Replies: 7
Views: 2,697

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th October 2007 10:44 PM; by echnidna

Forum:
NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

large size shower curtain needed

Started by horse, 18th October 2007 08:48 AM

180, 213, bunnings, cheers, curtain, david, ground, internet, kmart, large, live, matters, melbourne, moved, needed, norm, owner, pages, previous, shower, size, standard, success, track, wide, woodworking, yellow

Replies: 1
Views: 2,285

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th October 2007 11:11 AM; by SilentButDeadly

Forum:
BATHROOM & TOILET

Painting help with weatherboards

Started by adsl3897, 4th October 2007 04:16 PM

applied, attached, boards, brendon, coat, coats, cracked, cracking, embark, final, finishing, flexible, gaps, house, looked, no-more-gap, owners, paint, painted, painting, pictures, previous, question, read, silly, solve, undercoat/prime, walls, weatherboards, website

Replies: 7
Views: 7,828

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th October 2007 10:35 AM; by adsl3897

Forum:
PAINTING

air conditioner gas leak

Started by ceagle, 28th September 2007 08:55 PM

$1000, $600, air, assured, attempting, bad, based, charge, charged, close, conditioner, cost, detect, feel, fifteen, gas, leak, leaks.each, mechanic, money, nitrogen, previous, pumped, re-gassed, runs, throwing, time, told, unit

Replies: 3
Views: 2,261

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st October 2007 08:03 PM; by Ashore

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Halogen ceiling lights

Started by Biko, 24th August 2007 06:42 PM

Replies: 4
Views: 3,369

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th September 2007 02:13 PM; by woodcutta

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Bluestone - how to keep in place (cement?)

Started by Williamstown, 21st September 2007 09:47 AM

90deg, bends, blocking, bluestone, bonding, cement, cemented, cementing, common, feature, garden, gardens, hedge, hold, lawn, lines, noticed, owner, place, planning, previous, recently, relaying, removed, run, seperating, straight, type, victorian, wondering

Replies: 2
Views: 2,560

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st September 2007 10:55 AM; by Williamstown

Forum:
LANDSCAPING, GARDENING, OUTDOORS

finishing merbau deck with floods spa & deck

Started by joebianca, 20th August 2007 08:01 AM

acid, advice, apply, copped, deck, dirt, dry, finish, finishing, floods, hardwood, instructions, light, logged, merbau, napisan, previous, product, question, rain, remove, soaked, soaking, spa, sydney, tannins, timber, water, weekend, wet

Replies: 1
Views: 8,942

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th September 2007 09:27 AM; by 123

Forum:
FINISHING

Renovating Old Teak Door

Started by g3nd03t, 29th August 2007 02:48 PM

80grain, afraid, color, completely, door, doors, house, joint, layer, layers, original, owner, paint, painted, pores, previous, purchased, recommendations, removed, remover, renovating, rid, rookie, sanded, stain, stephen, suggestions, teak, white, woods

Replies: 7
Views: 1,937

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th September 2007 09:20 PM; by Spoon Man

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Oldy but goody

Started by Christopha, 3rd September 2007 02:17 PM

bald, company, complaint, cover, customer, days, dear, difficult, dress, emphasizing, enclosed, extremely, fancy, furious, golden, goody, habit, head, leg, letter, monks, oldy, parcel, previous, robe, sir, syrup, tin, wooden, writes

Replies: 0
Views: 1,193

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd September 2007 02:17 PM; by Christopha

Forum:
JOKES

White Paint in Teak's Pores

Started by g3nd03t, 28th August 2007 10:08 PM

Replies: 2
Views: 3,545

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd September 2007 12:56 AM; by BobL

Forum:
FINISHING

Cracks in shower floor - leaking?

Started by demuire, 19th August 2007 09:20 AM

cleaner, corners, crack, cracks, downstairs, dry, dryer, floor, grout, grouting, hair, house, installed, joists, leaking, membrane, never-ending, noobish, noticed, owner, previous, questions, re-done, renovation, set, shower, supply, vacuum, water, waterproofing

Replies: 11
Views: 4,194

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st August 2007 08:38 PM; by bricks

Forum:
BATHROOM & TOILET

Acrylic over enamel???

Started by mjr, 8th August 2007 06:08 PM

50s, acrylic, advice, appears, appreciated, architraves, boards, coats, elbow, enamel, fairly, flake, gloss, grease, house, job, mjr, nick, paint, peel, previous, professionally, sanding, scraping, sealer, semi, straight, suggestions, suitable, woodwork

Replies: 7
Views: 11,154

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th August 2007 04:48 PM; by Dirty Doogie

Forum:
PAINTING

What flexible gap filler to use outdoors

Started by aussieorchid, 9th August 2007 04:06 PM

allowing, base, brittle, cracked, due, edge, edging, elements, exposed, falling, filler, flexible, gap, meet, metal, outdoors, owner, plate, previous, railings, repaint, run, rust, rusting, slight, steel, tiles, tiles/concrete, veranda, water

Replies: 2
Views: 2,249

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th August 2007 07:46 PM; by aussieorchid

Forum:
CONCRETING

Replacement roof felt material

Started by wowski, 7th August 2007 09:58 PM

crack, cutting, damage, felt, future, holes, house, i.e, inside, lift, lot, material, materials, methods, owner, patch, previous, replaced, replacement, roof, suggestions, suitable, tile, tiled, tiles, watertight, wood

Replies: 1
Views: 1,613

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th August 2007 09:14 AM; by OBBob

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Roof restoration in Perth

Started by BobandEb, 1st August 2007 04:18 PM

$5000, advice, aviod, cleaning, coatings, common, companies, concrete, contractors, expensive, house, included, moment, p&j, painting, perth, posts, previous, reading, recommendations, recommended, repointing, restoration, restore, roof, thread

Replies: 3
Views: 2,226

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd August 2007 03:53 PM; by rod1949

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Another Decking recoat question

Started by zendo, 21st June 2007 08:55 AM

.previously, cabots, clean, cleaner, coats, deck, decking, discussed, natrual, oil, pant, previous, question, recoat, recoating, remove, sand, sort, spa, striper, thinking, threads

Replies: 8
Views: 7,090

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st July 2007 09:09 PM; by jimj

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

shellac problem ?

Started by la Huerta, 23rd June 2007 08:22 AM

24hrs, ago, brush, bubbly, bulk, bunnings, coat, coats, cold, couple, disolving, experience, final, finish, floorseal, job, leave, metho, moist, mornn, oil/varnishes, previous, problem, react, return, shellac, started, stuff, temp, yrs

Replies: 13
Views: 7,150

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st July 2007 08:00 PM; by la Huerta

Forum:
FINISHING

Skirting boards - gaps underneath

Started by FishHead, 26th July 2007 11:48 PM

accepted, boards, carpetted, due, exist, expected, fantastic, fishhead, floor, floorboard, floorboards, gaps, gday, input, installed, normal, post, previous, question, result, skirting, skirtings, skirts, underneath, unevenness

Replies: 5
Views: 3,081

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st July 2007 12:44 PM; by totoblue

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Removing Stumps

Started by -mick-, 20th April 2007 01:29 PM

beams, bearers, bottom, brisbane, cheers, expect, height, house, installing, keen, knocking, lay, matter, nice, north, owner, paid, pay, plenty, posts, pretty, previous, prices, removing, simple, slab, stumps, supporting, useable, wondering

Replies: 7
Views: 3,543

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th July 2007 02:54 PM; by julianx

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Davey Spa Motor problems

Started by BigBad64, 13th April 2007 06:53 PM

1991, advice, air, attached, bath, davey, finding, hole, hose, installed, motor, night, occupants, photos, previous, problems, push, reconnect, ripped, serviced/oiled, spa, spurt, starting, starting/stopping, stopped/started, switch, toddler, top, underside, water

Replies: 4
Views: 2,197

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th July 2007 01:58 PM; by mixin

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

what can I do about creaky, bouncy floorboards

Started by hasian, 28th June 2007 10:51 PM

beneath, boards, bouncy, completely, creaking, creaky, dislodged, extension, feel, feet, finding, floorboards, house, laid, lot, many-year-old, match, movement, owners, previous, purchased, putty, re-stumped, rear, recently, rest, solid, suggest

Replies: 4
Views: 8,013

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th June 2007 05:53 PM; by hasian

Forum:
FLOORING

Roof restoration - again...

Started by Programmer, 31st July 2006 12:45 AM

brilliant, cheers, colour, crumbling, emphasise, experiences, hiyas, job, leaking, major, moss, pidgeon, poo, pretty, previous, read, redo, refinishing, restoration, roof, schemes, sporting, terracotta

Replies: 3
Views: 2,074

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th June 2007 01:03 PM; by LotteBum

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Shower floor, Tile over tile; laying to fall

Started by Ashwood, 21st June 2007 12:38 PM

acrylic, adhesive, advice, apply, base, bed, board, colour-matched, existing, fall, fill, finally, floor, grouting, laying, mounting, previous, provide, sealant, shower, slope/fall, sound, suggestions, temporary, thickness, tile, tiles, water, waterproofing, workable

Replies: 0
Views: 8,322

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st June 2007 12:38 PM; by Ashwood

Forum:
TILING

Rotten rotted post!

Started by Tiger, 9th June 2007 08:30 PM

150, advice, appreciated, broke, chipping, driveway, gate, ground, hours, hung, left, post, previous, putting, redgum, result, rotted, rotten, spent, spot

Replies: 11
Views: 2,938

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th June 2007 03:46 PM; by rod1949

Forum:
LANDSCAPING, GARDENING, OUTDOORS

Saw Handle Update

Started by Woodlee, 27th May 2007 09:45 PM

bobs, brass, carnuba, condition, dovetail, earlier, feastwatsons, finished, future, handle, lot, method, natural, nuts, post, previous, results, saws, screws.just, set, sharpen, sons, split, stuff, tenon, turner, tyzack, ubeaut, update, wax

Replies: 1
Views: 2,237

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th May 2007 09:35 PM; by rsser

Forum:
FINISHING

Mould resistant coating.

Started by MikeT, 13th May 2007 05:00 PM

based, bed, coating, estapol, exe, exterior, half, hls, interior, litre, mention, mould, oil, outdoor, owners, paint, pretty, previous, primer, resistance, resistant, shed, shellac, sikkins, sitting, stuff, thick, treatex, turpsd, wattyl

Replies: 4
Views: 8,336

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th May 2007 08:25 PM; by MikeT

Forum:
FINISHING

Re-putty old windows - is just patching up OK?

Started by cal0171, 11th May 2007 04:27 PM

appreciated, badly, bottom, corners, cracked, cracks, due, expect, gap, hairline, minor, patching, previous, properly, putty, rains, re-putty, remove, renos, reputty, revealed, roughly, sand, schedule, sideways, slightly, suggestions, tassie, threads, windows

Replies: 4
Views: 6,556

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th May 2007 05:48 PM; by cal0171

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Opening up a wall - Best way to Prop the wall

Started by Art Martin, 4th May 2007 10:36 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

1.5, achieving, advice, beam, bit, builder, comfortable, common, doorway, doorwayessentially, engineer, experience, feel, friend, handle, install, load, main, metres, opening, people, pretty, previous, prop, propping, sizes, thankyou, time, wall, widening

Replies: 17
Views: 15,372

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th May 2007 10:41 AM; by Art Martin

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Vale: Auld Bassoon

Started by Krazee, 16th April 2007 04:15 PM

7 Pages •: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

art, auld, bassoon, bit, colleagues, contibutor, details, devotee, forums, geoff, heard, home, missed, passed, previous, sadly, sketchy, steve, strong, vale, week, woodworking

Replies: 96
Views: 13,577

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th May 2007 10:33 PM; by havenoideaatall

Forum:
Hatches, Matches & Dispatches. Birthday greetings and other Touchie-feelie stuff.

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