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Alternative to tiles in showerI paid a bit over 3000 for the floor & wall tiling for the entire bathrooms 
Glass is nice, you can get it done for closer to $280/sqm for plain toughened glass. For the… Running PVC through a strip footingI found this on my engineering report -
Where plumbing pipes penetrate the footing beams, they shall be lagged with a min. 20mm thick closed cell polyethylene material or… homes now?One of the reasons their site costs come back so high is that they don't have M class slab as a standard inclusion. Most of the builders in… buzzAug 26, 2011 10:30 pm cost of rebuilding a houseHi,
I am insured with aami and they have unlimited cover. They simply pay whatever it costs to rebuild your house exactly the same and takes some of the guess work out of… Balcony extensionHi,
I am new to this forum and hopefully haven't put this in the wrong place. We have a balcony constructed of timber. The bearers are 190x45's and I wish to extend the… your driveway?7m wide. We also had the crossover extended to the same width. This allows us to put a trailer alongside the garage and park up to 3 cars on… PugsAug 31, 2011 11:19 am Concrete Walls ?I had concrete walls poured on site. My builder had never done it before and he quoted a reasonable price and relatively short timeframe. He now tells me that had he… arenam replied 31 August 2011 ago Telstra Next G Wireless Link Servicere being told about phone line, what does your contract of sale say???
Your probably not going to get anywhere in telstra because they haven't necessarily done anything… B STAR replied 31 August 2011 ago Orbit Homes - Feedback?
Friend built with Orbit in Craigieburn about 8 years ago. She had a really good experience and would recommend them. Rowena replied 1 September 2011 ago Timber treatmentsIf you want the light colour of tas oak to stay that way, just use clear lacquer, water based.
There are a few brands easily available, eg.… Lex replied 2 September 2011 ago Digging up concreteCutting across a 3mtr driveway with a demo saw on a trolley shouldn't take any more than an hour. I did 6+ metres at my sister in laws place in… Diamond replied 3 September 2011 ago Matching Bricks On A 20 Year Old HomeYou may not get an exact match but as long as the brick is fairly similar you won't normally notice. Instead of just bricking up the hole, I would personally go with… piscean replied 3 September 2011 ago eyspySep 04, 2011 9:02 am Fencing noticeThanks for all the replies, They are all good feedback and info, much appreciated. Jase replied 4 September 2011 ago Sustainable House DayNot sure I would be able to make it, but that sounds VERY interesting.
Would love to have had the time to go - just out of interest - to see what sorts of things people… Laundry off kitchen.....I will have. Plan is on first page of my thread. I can't wait, the laundry shouldn't be a public area and it won't be. I lived in a rental with… Labour cost calculation to frame new housei think you should work on $500 per day for the chippy and $300 for any labourer as a day rate calculation.
30k difference...........had a similar experience with gyprock… LailaSep 26, 2011 1:05 pm Fencing adviceThank you everyone, The neighbour still can't find their contract so I think we will go and give some money to our neighbours and let them decide if they want to pay him.… mgb replied 5 September 2011 ago Help with Obtain a Builder LicenseMy understanding is the Cert V is the minimum for a Domestic licence and the Diploma the minimum for a Commercial licence. A Bachelor of Building… decking and the laying of laminateWhat is the average cost per sqm to have decking done?
Would it be more cost effective to buy the hardwood yourself and than get a trades person to lay the decking?
Or… margritdv started a topic 5 September 2011 ago External wall PP'sGet it done during the building stage, a lot easier.
Put as many as you can afford in as even if you don't use them they will be there if you do. Can't have enough in my opinion. eyspy replied 6 September 2011 ago eyspySep 06, 2011 8:58 am Squeaking and Loosing floor boardI Bought a townhouse last year (2010), and the townhouse was built in 2008. Recently, I found that the floorboard at the upstair level is very… Trish replied 6 September 2011 ago TrishSep 06, 2011 12:23 pm Covenants.....& fencing.......ok, so it seems the builders were going off the photocopy of the covenants I had given them initially - the ones from the estate agent - (& forgotten about doing so!) (we… Eiffel replied 6 September 2011 ago Roof tiles are blackWe are in Newcastle NSW and have black roof tiles.
We have insulation in roof / internal / external walls. Air conditioning is really only needed for the extremely hot… kyton replied 7 September 2011 ago kytonSep 07, 2011 12:57 pm EmailsYes.
Please PM 'homeone' the email address you'd like to change it to and from. homeone replied 7 September 2011 ago dayowSep 07, 2011 11:06 pm Thanks for your replys I don't think I did a good job explaining what we need the retaining wall for. We are not cutting into the the block at all, we are building up.… charge to install downlights?Thank you everyone for your replies. Thankfully we have found an electrician that will allow us to do similar to what timbo suggested so we are back to having more than… ~steph~ replied 8 September 2011 ago
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I think I added the extra step in between in my mind - "turn the water on at the meter" (and then check if it refills) 
Wow that's a good one, thanks 
Not to mention nice smelling 
