Browse Forums Building A New House 1 May 21, 2009 4:59 pm Hi All I am trying to find a nice concrete letterbox .. and all in vain. I am located in western suburb of melourne - Williams Landing. I went across to Bunnings but they have only 2 shades -light creme and black. My render color is 'earth kiss' which is more brownish. Can some one pl guide me where I can buy some letter boxes. I went to one shop near bunnings and he quoted $ 370 for same one at bunnigs ($199) but brown color !! Appreciate your help ! Re: Letterbox.. Help cant ! 2May 21, 2009 5:01 pm nonie Hi All I am trying to find a nice concrete letterbox .. and all in vain. I am located in western suburb of melourne - Williams Landing. I went across to Bunnings but they have only 2 shades -light creme and black. My render color is 'earth kiss' which is more brownish. Can some one pl guide me where I can buy some letter boxes. I went to one shop near bunnings and he quoted $ 370 for same one at bunnigs ($199) but brown color !! Appreciate your help ! Get the light cream one and paint it the same as your render 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Letterbox.. Help cant ! 3May 21, 2009 5:06 pm Don't think you'll get one any cheaper than $199 !! The prices I've found to be around the $300 to $400 mark - ouch !! Yep, I'd paint it too ! Built the Eden Brae Cambridge 34 Family with Boston Corner Facade Re: Letterbox.. Help cant ! 4May 21, 2009 5:11 pm Hi lisanne, southies thanks for your instant reponse !! Can you advise what type if paint I should get for the concrete box - is there any special category of paint that should be used to give same feel as that of render ? THanks again Re: Letterbox.. Help cant ! 5May 21, 2009 5:30 pm nonie Hi lisanne, southies thanks for your instant reponse !! Can you advise what type if paint I should get for the concrete box - is there any special category of paint that should be used to give same feel as that of render ? THanks again Dunno, I plan to find out what it is they paint the render with and use that - if that's normal or not I don't really know... If possible I may even try to be cheeky and get my letterbox and see if they will do it for me 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Letterbox.. Help cant ! 6May 21, 2009 5:59 pm I got mine from a place called Pots'N'Pots http://www.potsnpots.com.au/. It was only $100 as it had a small chip on the corner. From memory they only had cream and black but you can still paint them. They are in Sydney Rd. Coburg so might be a little bit out of your way but if you are in the area well worth dropping in and having a look around. Re: Letterbox.. Help cant ! 7May 21, 2009 6:04 pm nonie ....Can you advise what type if paint I should get for the concrete box - is there any special category of paint that should be used to give same feel as that of render ?THanks again Wouldn't have a clue, sorry nonie. Sounds like you'll be making a trip to bunnings for technical advice. Built the Eden Brae Cambridge 34 Family with Boston Corner Facade Re: Letterbox.. Help cant ! 8May 25, 2009 1:26 pm our builder uses this stuff called unitex render, they have left us 3 buckets of the stuff in the shades we chose. We plan on using that for the plain concrete letterbox. hopefully yours will leave you some too. Re: Letterbox.. Help cant ! 9May 25, 2009 2:47 pm Hi All I went around on the old Geelong road and after much hunting finally found one. Its available at Greens nursery (very close to Bunnings) on opposite side. Great letterboxes - come in 4 pieces that could fit in my car boot. Plus the same render color -- yippeee . cost$240 .. not too bad i guess. Ah. one less thing to worry abt That drawingโs in the old units. The sewer tie is 1.44m deep and 4.5m offset from left boundary however the levels were taken ages ago so the surface level will have… 1 3541 Hi there, long-time lurker but first time posting. I've bought a house 2 and a bit years ago and last year we had some major water damage on a converted pergola area… 0 5748 Yes, unless you are in a low intensity rainfall area or the area is protected from rain. Do you have access to NCC Part 2 or can you download it? I can email you a copy… 10 10353 |