Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Feb 20, 2009 11:14 pm We are very late 20's with 2 kids, wanting to invest in real estate and get of the working treadmill. Re: filling nail holes in walls 5Feb 23, 2009 8:54 pm We are very late 20's with 2 kids, wanting to invest in real estate and get of the working treadmill. Re: filling nail holes in walls 7Feb 24, 2009 1:55 am We are very late 20's with 2 kids, wanting to invest in real estate and get of the working treadmill. Re: 11Apr 06, 2009 4:16 pm Brad & Ree wake_me Original post wars are generally smaller homes built on tight budgets and usually of a very basic no nonsense design as a result of the post war material shortages and high demand for housing to accomodate the countries new found desire to reproduce rapidly. They usually stood on concrete stumps and were constructed of hardwood frames lined with asbestos sheeting on the inside and either champher or weatherboard cladding externally (sometimes just more asbestos) That sounds about it! Asbestos??? I am renovating my house and there is asbestos in the wall. Houses built before 1983 in some form have asbestos. It needs to be removed properly, just too dangerous to do it yourself. One fibre can cause problems! The asbestos looks like a golf ball cover. I took this photo of mine, the dark bits are dust and cobwebs, I had to climb up on a chair to take it! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I hope this helps, and everything went well for you. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck! - Dalai Lama DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Hi there, I just recently received my new house from my builder. We handed the house to another company to deal with the… 0 8873 Oh no! I would use a can of expandable foam ( there are some that will take render) then cut it back and render over the top 1 4108 ask the surveyor for clarification would be the logical approach 1 20113 |