I’m restoring all my 40yr old windows and I want to install seals around the casements. I’ve sanded back and oiled the frames with sikkens. My plan is to box…

Hi Totally Screwed, I'm surprised at the response from Parks Victoria. I've worked/work with national parks in Qld and NSW and wherever protected estate was adjacent to freehold land or…

Stewie, been wading through the fire planning docs, do rural developments need to be located within 200m of a public or council maintained road as stipulated in the BAL assessment…

Thanks Stewie. I'll check out the Blue Mountains website but I'd expect the requirements for building down there should exceed what's required up here due to the volatile flammability of…

not yet, but the main cladding was planned to be corrugated iron. We would also gravel mulch around the perimeter. I'm expecting verandas to have stipulated spacing between the decking…

yep, like anywhere with trees it's zoned bushfire zone. There will be significant areas of lawn around the proposed site to reduce the BAL. vegetation is wet sclerophyll tending rainforest…

Can anyone recommend a pole frame builder that specialises working with hardwood poles? We have a bush block and could source our own logs but aren't sure if it's easier…