Might be a stormwater pipe and rubble pit rather than sewer? Option that came to mind include: diverting and reseting the pipes, encase them in concrete so you can build over the top or move the house. We found our stormwater pipes led to nowhere but an old rubble pit. The neighbour wondered why his...

can't you refill to the correct level and compact some of it back? In my experience excavations are never exact. Our footings will be wider and deeper than we need but it's not 300mm deeper/wider, it's about 100mm wider and about 100mm deeper. We had ours come back 3 times for different trenches as ...

we are using one of their products and the nails are hidden behind each board.

Thanks. Seems to payback in 2-3 years. :)

There is about a $500 difference for me to cover the ceiling with R3 over R2.5 batts. I'm in Sydney. I have good roof space so the extra thickness isn't an issue. Any ideas on how much of a thermal difference an extra R0.5 will make to the comfort of a 1 story house?

I'm going with low-e neutral laminate for a large north facing door in the living room and large north facing window in the kitchen. Also going with the same glass for west facing windows in the dining room and a guest room.

I'm looking at buying sliding retractable screen for my bifolds. For the sliding windows, I'll make them myself.

I'm using bricks from the walls we're pulling down. Will lay them myself and put concrete over them and then wet it. It's only a low traffic space afer all.

Now I'm using villaboard on the bathroom wall side of the the timber stud wall, insulation and then firecheck plasterboard on the other side of the wall. How do you keep the insulation off the villaboard? Use a sheet of viscreen/builders plastic?

can't you use full tiles and then put the cabinet over the top? We're putting full tiles around the edge of the cabinet and leaving the big space behind the cabinet as bare wall.

We'e putting our bath spout at the end but on the long side as there is a window on the long side along most of the bath. The mixer will be at the end on the other side of the bath so a person can sit either end of the bath. Useful for bathing the kiddies.

Infrastructure levy Long service levy construction insurance?

We got a surveyer to give me RLs DA approval Construction cert by private certifer. You can use the council if you want. Engineer to specify the technicals and slab Mpa we marked it out We dug the trenches Plumber is in doing the rough in of pipes. Concreter or we will do the fill, compacting and fo...

Ah, looks great. Thanks for sharing. Just wondering if builder's plasitc is durable enough as a liner. We have some ****** around after our renno so I hope it is. ;)

What type of lining do you use for a raised garden bed with a water well? Is builder's plastic ok or should you get some rubber material? I'd think the builders plastic might degrade?

Should this one be in a different forum?

Mobile phones can go to Ku ring gai council & libraries - when a phone is recycled the Autistic Centre receives $3-5 donation. Phones that can be reused are sent to developing countries with active sim cards destroyed prior. The council also takes: Printer cartirdges and remote controls plantark...

$95 is not alot for a council thing, trust me.

They should just reduce their rates after their last massive cash grab with the CBA. That would do more for me. ;)