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Concrete Suspended floor issues [?] issues exposed after water entry during reno.

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 1st July 2012 01:40 PM

assume, beams, bounce, brick, concrete, deck, dinging, floating, floor, floors, issues, lounge, means, original, pictures, post, project, read, renovateforum.com, roof, shaped, stair, stairs, sufficient, suggestions, support, supporting, suspended, thread, water

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Views: 2,529

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st July 2012 01:40 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Teak Oil problem

Started by jsvensson, 20th June 2012 12:08 AM

//j, afraid, balau, bought, brown, colour, dark, decking, desperate, dirty, house, kirai, moved, nice, oil, original, owner, previous, problem, propper, red, red/brownish, replaced, restore, stained, superb, teak, teknos, wood, worse

Replies: 1
Views: 2,245

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st June 2012 12:38 PM; by .Oxy

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Revivifying a sunfaded redgum pot

Started by kronos109, 13th June 2012 07:50 PM

attention, david, dull, faded, feel, fine, finish, free, glossy, grade, mottled, original, paper, post, pot, recommend, redgum, revivifying, rewax, rub, sandpaper, seater, smooth, sort, sun, sunfaded, table, thread, wax, wood

Replies: 0
Views: 1,393

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th June 2012 07:50 PM; by kronos109

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Restoration of an antique Work Bench.

Started by rogerjenkins, 15th August 2011 10:09 PM

ancient, antique, bench, choice, cleaners, descriptive, doubt, eyes, heaps, heavy, idiot, item, junk, original, peoples, photos, piece, rain, restoration, roger, saves, scrubbing, sun, taking, throw, time, way.u, words, work

Replies: 13
Views: 4,463

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st April 2012 10:13 AM; by rogerjenkins

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Kitchen Hutch finsh & restoration

Started by dragit, 3rd November 2011 09:09 PM

banging, bath, colour, condition, deserves, finsh, furniture, grain, handles, hutch, idea, kitchen, nice, novice, original, outlay, phone, photos, piece, pieces, plan, raised, refinish, restoration, restored, rinse, rub, semi-circular…, timber, unit

Replies: 5
Views: 2,834

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th March 2012 11:02 AM; by dragit

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RESTORATION

restoration old chest drawers

Started by Pandora, 10th March 2012 07:37 AM

beautifully, brass, carcass, chest, covered, dabbed, damaging, drawer, drawers, finished, front, handles, hated, inside, justice, mahogany, metal/brass, nan, oak, original, pic, removed, replace, rescued, restoration, screws, stud, suggestions, throw, ugly

Replies: 2
Views: 2,701

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th March 2012 03:11 PM; by AJ

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RESTORATION

G'day..Stumbled in

Started by carrpin, 9th March 2012 11:21 AM

carpenter, disappear, disturbed, extension, finger, gday, gdaystumbled, importance, joiner, original, pretend, remove, retired, searching, semi, shed, stuff, stumbled, table, timber, time, triton, woodworker

Replies: 2
Views: 1,153

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th March 2012 05:57 PM; by Christos

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G'day mate - THE WELCOME WAGON -Introduce yourself

Silky Oak dresser

Started by pjt, 14th February 2012 12:01 AM

198397198396, 198398, comments, dings, draw, dresser, existing, feel, finish, finished, found, free, howards, knocks, oak, original, ouline, people, perfect, pete, piece, preserved, refinish, restore, roundtoit, sell, silky, thinking, top, underneath

Replies: 3
Views: 2,428

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th February 2012 08:56 AM; by IanW

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RESTORATION

Images of household furniture from 1900 to 1950

Started by dabbler, 15th February 2012 04:54 PM

1900, 1950, appeared, attention, bits, cabinets, collection, complimented, cupboards, dabbler, dining, finishes, furniture, gather, gramophone, gramophones, household, images, impression, list, main, original, pieces, project, re-finish, repair, source, suggest, tables, total

Replies: 2
Views: 2,872

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd February 2012 01:09 PM; by Chief012

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At last ... an original.

Started by Allan at Wallan, 29th January 2012 09:52 AM

allan, brekkie, continue, desperately, eating, education, fall, family, keen, landing, mat, money, morning, original, pocket, pole, purchased, reason, spent, strange, studies, thick, top, vaulter, whilst, youngster

Replies: 7
Views: 1,581

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th January 2012 02:32 PM; by Allan at Wallan

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JOKES

Advice on whether brick arches are load bearing

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 25th January 2012 06:50 PM

advice, arch, arches, avoid, bearing, bit, brick, bricks, cost, double, engineer, floor, floorboards, frame, guys, gyprock, hallway, hoping, load, original, read, remove, renovateforum.com, square, suggestions, thread, timber, top, wall, walls

Replies: 0
Views: 1,967

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th January 2012 06:50 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

African Ash Finish

Started by wheelinround, 1st January 2012 05:19 PM

african, ash, chippy, coat, danish, experience, finish, finishes, hand, i/we, lacquer, mdf, nitro, oil, original, ray, real, retain, sanding, satin, shelf, spray, suggestions, tad, thin, timber, timberlac, top, yellowing, yrs

Replies: 2
Views: 1,860

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd January 2012 07:31 AM; by wheelinround

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what do I do?

Started by antknee, 20th December 2011 10:57 AM

advice, based, battered, bit, bought, centre, easy, flat, gloss, hard, lot, mahogany, oil, original, painting, prior, quickly, ready, reckon, restoring, sanded, sanding, simply, sounds, table, taking, undo, varnish, victorian, wood

Replies: 7
Views: 1,580

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th December 2011 05:48 PM; by Darklord

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gramophone needs loving

Started by SawDustSniffer, 21st December 2011 09:44 PM

2tsup, bloke, book, change, darwin, decide, freight, gold, government, gramophone, hard, heep, house, housing, job, junk, leaf, lock, loving, original, pay, post, prevoius, restore, store, story, tenant, uncle, veneer, xmas

Replies: 5
Views: 2,478

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th December 2011 09:09 PM; by SawDustSniffer

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RESTORATION

Avatar picture

Started by groeneaj, 11th December 2011 03:55 PM

Replies: 1
Views: 1,339

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th December 2011 10:29 PM; by skot

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FORUMS INFO, HELP, DISCUSSION & FEEDBACK

HELP: 135yearold Oregon Finish Suggestions?

Started by russell boothey, 24th November 2011 01:33 PM

135, 135yearold, 1880, boothey, colour, dressed, expeience, finish, finishing, golden, look/work, oregon, original, peice, photos, quarter, recently, rich, russell, sawn, shipped, souced, suggestions, timber, towns, upload, usa, wagga, wondering, yrs

Replies: 2
Views: 1,995

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th November 2011 09:31 PM; by rogerjenkins

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oak table restoration

Started by jw2170, 8th November 2011 02:50 PM

120grit, antique, believes, chairs, color, comments, darker, finish, folding, friend, jacobean, oak, original, purchased, re-stain, restoration, sandpaper, section, set, stain, suggested, suggestion, table, test, tips, type, upside, varnish, welcomed, wood

Replies: 4
Views: 2,463

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th November 2011 05:37 PM; by jw2170

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RESTORATION

Paint or Stain?

Started by ceilingsofperth, 30th September 2011 10:15 PM

bed, black, built, buy, correctly, finish, furniture, grain, house, matt, nice, original, paint, pine, plan, queen, sheets, size, spray, stain, stick, visible, white, wondering

Replies: 3
Views: 1,683

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th October 2011 09:01 PM; by ceilingsofperth

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How to tell, and should i give it a bash?

Started by kabia, 19th June 2011 06:13 PM

amateur, assess, attempting, bash, bought, buffet, buy, damage, direction, finish, found, grace, guide, idea, job, likes, oak, oil, original, path, piece, rectified, restore, restoring, service, situation, sort, varnish, wax, wife

Replies: 6
Views: 2,290

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th October 2011 03:37 PM; by orraloon

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RESTORATION

Satin Poly Still Too Much Sheen

Started by 4speed, 14th August 2011 09:52 AM

added, advance, age, bare, compared, dull, fine, finish, floor, furniture, house, massive, match, oak, obvious, original, pieces, planks, poly, recoat, repaired, satin, sheen, shined, stain, steel, suggestions, toned, wood, wool

Replies: 2
Views: 1,942

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th August 2011 02:30 PM; by 4speed

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FINISHING

Shellac or Lacquer?

Started by Mimmy, 12th August 2011 10:15 PM

1930s, advance, change, finish, lacquer, left, original, purchased, recently, restore, restore-, shellac, sideboard

Replies: 1
Views: 1,425

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th August 2011 09:23 AM; by Bob38S

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FINISHING

Ye Olde Telephone

Started by RedShirtGuy, 13th July 2011 05:50 PM

anyhoo, car, carting, conjunction, dates, dirty, finishes, home, hooked, house, knowledge, machine, managed, material, modern, move, olde, original, partially, phone, phone/answering, plan, research, restore, restored, stick, storage, stuff, telephone, wireless

Replies: 7
Views: 2,270

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th July 2011 09:59 PM; by rogerjenkins

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RESTORATION

Finishings for rimu wood

Started by swight, 26th June 2011 12:23 PM

colour, danish, finish, finishings, finsihed, hope, hoping, light, liming, maintain, natural, oil, original, rimu, sanding, table, white, wood, yellow

Replies: 3
Views: 3,069

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th June 2011 06:17 PM; by swight

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FINISHING

finishing cedar

Started by jdmd, 3rd June 2011 01:08 PM

applied, bad, cabinetmakers, cedar, chest, coat, decided, deserves, disapeared, drawers, finish, finishing, floorseal, gratefully, oil, original, powder, question, rebuilding, received, required, scandinavian, shellac, site, sucessfully, suggestions, usual, watching, wax, wipe

Replies: 4
Views: 2,215

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th June 2011 05:11 PM; by aemhull

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RESTORATION

Qld maple wardrobe

Started by mic-d, 14th June 2011 05:11 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

10-15mins, 173174, 173175173176, amount, bottle, bottom, cleaned, disassembled, door, drawer, film, finish, flaked, grime, joints, maple, metho, missing, original, panels, patience, plastic, qld, reglued, remove, resting, shellac, spray, wardrobe, wood

Replies: 25
Views: 5,366

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th June 2011 10:00 AM; by RufflyRustic

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RESTORATION

keeping the colour in wood

Started by mongrell, 8th June 2011 11:02 AM

,leichardt, ,purple, boat, brown, colour, combat, finishes, heart, inhibitors, keeping, losing, market, orange, original, osarge, pine, problem.have, read, varnishes, wood, woods

Replies: 1
Views: 1,583

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th June 2011 03:18 PM; by RufflyRustic

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Auto Tray Restoration

Started by rdc, 8th May 2011 10:18 PM

1870, ash, auto, bring, coating, comments, damaged, era, family, fix, harris, life, listed, melbourne, original, pictures, piece, removed, restoration, sanding, section, son, spot, strip, subsequently, substance, tray, type, varnish, waxy

Replies: 2
Views: 2,277

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th May 2011 08:05 AM; by mcjimmyd

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RESTORATION

Restoring a Parker table to look like original

Started by skidave, 16th March 2011 02:54 PM

appreciated, bare, chiswell, coating, condition, dull, greatly, ink, marks, moment, newspaper, oil, original, parker, polish, polyurethane, question, restoring, sanded, shiny, sideboard, suggestions, table, top, tung, unsure, veneer, water, wax, wood

Replies: 10
Views: 3,911

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd March 2011 09:50 AM; by conwood

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FINISHING

Rejuvenating a Chiswell teak veneer sideboard

Started by skidave, 20th March 2011 01:22 PM

brighten, cent, chip, chiswell, cut, dulled, fill, filler, finish, half, mix, nature, oil/urethane, original, piece, prefer, rejuvenating, sideboard, size, slightly, stripped, teak, trick, tung, varnish/urethane, veneer, wipe, wiping

Replies: 2
Views: 5,154

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st March 2011 08:12 PM; by skidave

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FINISHING

A Classic Lightbulb Moment

Started by Bob38S, 16th February 2011 11:17 AM

$4.00, bits, brush, cents, classic, container, containers, couple, form, funnel], glass, half, heavy, holding, lightbulb, moment, moments, mouthed, move, original, rests, returning, sale, shallow, suitable, unused, wide, wipe, wiping, [the

Replies: 1
Views: 1,837

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th February 2011 02:38 PM; by Willard

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FINISHING

authenticity ... milk paint

Started by fletty, 18th September 2010 08:43 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

1920s, 1930, austalia, australian, authentic, authenticity, catches, circa, cupboard, dresser, enamels, fletty, furniture, kitchen, layout, linseed, milk, modern, nice, oak, oil, original, oxides, paint, painted, pieces, read, silky, straight, tidy

Replies: 29
Views: 6,778

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th January 2011 05:38 PM; by Woodwould

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RESTORATION

Kity bestcombi 2000 - can you use normal router bits on it?

Started by Yvette Burger, 25th January 2011 12:07 AM

2000, afrikaans, bestcombi, bit, bits, blonde, chuck, confusing, dire, gday, hand, info, input, kity, meant, normal, original, patience, pls, router, scared, sounds, speaking, spesific, standard, weary

Replies: 6
Views: 4,094

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th January 2011 05:01 PM; by Bushmiller

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G'day mate - THE WELCOME WAGON -Introduce yourself

How many times did you redesign?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 31st December 2010 08:40 PM

admit, beern, bits, boxes, cabinets, cecile, change, cost, design, exception, finalised, finished, kitchen, lot, months, moondog, original, playing, price, read, received, recovered, redo, renovateforum.com, renovation, rethought, thread, tick, times, wondering

Replies: 0
Views: 1,228

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st December 2010 08:40 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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GENERAL ODDS N SODS

Finishing White Cypress

Started by Bradford James, 1st December 2010 12:12 AM

20mm, assistance, bit, brad, cypress, experiences, finishes, finishing, frame, hope, hoping, knowledge, lost, mind, minimal, months, oil, original, people, provide, reclaimed, ruin, similar, skills, splitting, stored, terrible, thick, timber, white

Replies: 0
Views: 1,361

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st December 2010 12:12 AM; by Bradford James

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FINISHING

stripping back to original paint?

Started by phreak97, 17th September 2010 07:32 PM

1940s, answer, arcade, coat, crap, damaging, definately, edge, elbowp, flakes, hey, ideas, layers, machine, mid, original, paint, painted, plaster, playfield, powdery, read, restoring, scraper, scrapes, strip, stripping, top, types, uncovered

Replies: 6
Views: 2,791

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th November 2010 06:29 PM; by phreak97

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RESTORATION

suggestions on lvl for living area continuous spanning 7 mtres

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 13th November 2010 09:50 PM

Replies: 0
Views: 1,263

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th November 2010 09:50 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Buying 90 yr old house. Builders Report...Advice ?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 4th November 2010 06:30 PM

access, appeared, brick, corner, cracks, damp, external, floor, front, height, home, house, issues, joists, kitchen, left, original, report, roof, section, serious, sill, sound, structural, structure, suggest, veranda, wall, walls, window

Replies: 0
Views: 2,291

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th November 2010 06:30 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

What wood is this?

Started by Freo, 31st October 2010 05:53 PM

1912, 1st, 2nd, 300mm, australia, boards, dates, enclosed, heavly, house, identical, original, originals, painted, pics, sample, skirting, stripped, type, untouched, western, wood

Replies: 0
Views: 1,338

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st October 2010 05:53 PM; by Freo

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FINISHING

Restoring interior timber panelling

Started by LisaF, 3rd October 2010 09:42 AM

1940s, absolute, cheers, condition, damage, dark, dry, fabulous, faded, googling, guidance, house, idea, interior, linseed, lisa, metho, mixture, moved, novice, oil, original, panelling, restoring, suggestions, timber, type, vinegar, west-facing, wiped

Replies: 6
Views: 3,350

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th October 2010 09:33 PM; by alwyn

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RESTORATION

Another flat roof nightmare...

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 25th October 2010 03:10 PM

access, bad, builders, continues, downpipes, dunno…, external, extra, feature, flashing, flat, gutter, heads, house, idea, inside, isn’t, i’m, original, previously, pull, roof, roofies, seal, sealant, shake, start, study, water, we’ve

Replies: 0
Views: 1,330

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th October 2010 03:10 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Help with varnish -newbie

Started by Lee roy, 10th October 2010 10:05 AM

actual, appreciated, attempt, bring, coats, colour, colours, dark, darker, decided, direction, hope, hoping, identical, legs, light, makes, managed, newbie, original, paint, people, picture, sanded, table, teenage, varnish, water, wife, wood

Replies: 4
Views: 1,628

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th October 2010 03:49 PM; by Lee roy

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FINISHING

Original or Not ?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 9th October 2010 12:40 PM

1921, advice, arch, arched, buying, closing, consistent, doors, easier, enable, facia, folding, gap, heating, house, low, makes, meant, mind, openings, original, photo, putting, read, renovateforum.com, reply, short, sitting, starts, thread

Replies: 0
Views: 1,482

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th October 2010 12:40 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

On The Brink....Money Pit or Not ?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 7th October 2010 04:00 PM

2.8, additions, average, bedrooms, block, brink, consists, country, determined, dry, fireplaces, floors, future, garage, heritage, history, house, lack, leadlights, listing, maxed, original, reflecting, rot, sell, significant, sitting, town, verandah

Replies: 0
Views: 1,567

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th October 2010 04:00 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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GENERAL ODDS N SODS

Finish for NZ Kauri Pine Floor?

Started by keenbean, 8th September 2010 09:47 PM

advice, appreciated, aware, begins, bought, carpeted, decided, experience, fairly, familiar, fill, finish, floor, forgive, friend, gaps, house, kauri, lingo, lucky, newbie, original, pine, pretty, resin, sanding, sands, sort, timber, weeks

Replies: 0
Views: 2,696

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th September 2010 09:47 PM; by keenbean

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FINISHING

kauri pine table

Started by clock, 29th August 2010 11:53 AM

120, 1950, appreciated, bare, colour, comments, completely, dinged, finish, fnished, glue, glued, grit, hardwood, honey, kauri, laminex, leaving, legs, lightly, original, pine, sand, sanding, sheet, surface, table, timber, top, underneath

Replies: 9
Views: 3,981

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th September 2010 11:35 PM; by Manuka Jock

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FINISHING

Saved from the trash pile.

Started by Papa, 21st July 2010 12:18 PM

2000, chrome, clamping, coats, corner, dad, damn, dowels, fifties, holes, house, installed, knob, locate, misalignment, mom, moved, nail, original, paint, painted, pile, ply, saved, shed, square, straight, throw, trash, weeks

Replies: 14
Views: 2,791

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th August 2010 09:45 AM; by Sebastiaan56

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RESTORATION

Filler problem

Started by mspil, 22nd June 2010 10:43 PM

absorbed, absorbs, alike, broken, chair, chairs, chipped, damaged, degree, fill, filler, found, gratefully, match, missing, noticeable, original, past, pieces, problem, re-glued, received, rest, sand, spots, stain, struts, surrounding, timbermate, wood

Replies: 4
Views: 2,127

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd June 2010 08:02 PM; by chowcini

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FINISHING

Hello from Point Cook

Started by Bewah, 17th June 2010 11:45 AM

ago, brings, cabinet, call, chipboard, cook, days, expertise, experts, forum, freighted, garner, hello.u, knackered, knowledge, meet, month, nice, original, people, plate, point, project, questions, replaced, round, share, sourced, start, thread

Replies: 4
Views: 1,278

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th June 2010 03:38 PM; by Sir Stinkalot

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G'day mate - THE WELCOME WAGON -Introduce yourself

How do I remove a casement window?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 6th June 2010 01:40 PM

1950, brisbane, budge, casement, circa, hardware, hardwork, heap, hinge, hinges, house, ideas, insitu, manufacturing, mechanism, original, plate, queenslander, read, remove, renovate, renovateforum.com, reply, started, stripping, suggestions, thread, whitco, window, windows

Replies: 0
Views: 2,360

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th June 2010 01:40 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

screws and hinges circa 1800

Started by jimbur, 24th May 2010 11:56 AM

1800, botched, brass, broken, caddy, cheers, circa, half, hinge, hinges, inch, jim, modern, original, originals, quarter, repair, reproduction, restoring, screws, source, surprising, tea

Replies: 3
Views: 2,164

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th May 2010 06:33 PM; by AlexS

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RESTORATION

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