Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Sahara Q1 - Backyardian 3641Jan 27, 2016 8:55 am Build thread of our Monaco Lux Q1 - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76750 Update: Handover - 2 Sep Re: Sahara Q1 - Backyardian 3648Feb 16, 2016 4:32 pm Looks nice, maybe fake grass the nature strip too Re: Sahara Q1 - Backyardian 3649Feb 16, 2016 5:54 pm Yeah, not happy with nature strip. will have to re do that from scratch. Re: Sahara Q1 - Backyardian 3650Feb 16, 2016 6:48 pm even current house nature strip not good full of weeds have to kill all of it and restart fresh, also you can level it if required. Re: Sahara Q1 - Backyardian 3651Feb 17, 2016 7:47 am It's always the little things that make the difference. Looking good. Re: Sahara Q1 - Backyardian 3652Feb 17, 2016 1:40 pm We have these Lilly pilly plants at front. I was banging my heading on how to trim them in nice round ball shape. Try after try but no luck in last few months. Finally got a brilliant idea which worked like a charm. Bought two cheap hanging baskets from bunnings, $6 each. Remove their chains and coconut stuff from them. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ So when you join two together they make a lovely sphere around the plant. Tie them together, take all the branches out and snip, snip, and snip From: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ To: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 2 done and 2 more to go. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Sahara Q1 - Backyardian 3656Feb 18, 2016 9:06 pm Good work Mate ! The front of the house has come together very well.. Adding decking outside your front door will take you to the next level of awesomeness Planks look great..have been thinking of how to deal with the planter boxes at the front and this seems to be a perfect solution..vertical planks !! Our Build Thread - http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76750 Build thread of our Monaco Lux Q1 - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76750 Update: Handover - 2 Sep Re: Sahara Q1 - Backyardian 3657Feb 22, 2016 8:30 am Thanks mate. It's a never ending mission, lol. Task after task and summer is almost over already. Timber looks great, but will need 6 monthly maintenance. This is based on my recent experience with timber Windows. Don't mind staining them, as it does not take as long as painting. Plus end results looks great. Our timber Windows after 6 months: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ and here they are after stain: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ But if someone doesn't not want to do this 6 monthly routine, I would strongly suggest not to opt for timber Windows Re: Sahara Q1 - Backyardian 3658Feb 22, 2016 8:31 am Did you sand them before re-staining? Or just go straight over with the stain? They come up a treat Re: Sahara Q1 - Backyardian 3659Feb 22, 2016 9:10 am That's odd/interesting... Neighbours of ours have a MainVue build with timber windows that is 5 years old, and the stain is still perfect Our Bayside KDR Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=78298 Re: Sahara Q1 - Backyardian 3660Feb 22, 2016 3:35 pm snyde Did you sand them before re-staining? Or just go straight over with the stain? They come up a treat Didn't sand them this time, but will do before next run. We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 37140 The concreter will take and reuse. In my case I bought structural LVLs and scraped them back and used them as joists. 1 5152 you need to understand the breakdown of warranties. 90 warranty is considered as minor defects rectification period where as the longer ones are more major/structural… 1 5339 |