Hi,
We hope to go with 600x600 tiles too.
We are also going with a shower drain grate so that we can accomodate the larger tiles.
You can find a picture…

Thanks everyone for all the advice.
I've become increasingly sceptical about the merits of thermilate. …

Hi,
Wondered if anyone had any experience with "Thermilate"?
thermilate.com.au
We are thinking of using it for our ceiling and external rendering.

We have zoned Vulcan gas ducted heating and Uni-air ducted cooling. We didn't really have a choice on the latter.
We had some installation issues, (but thats another story!), but…

I like them both, but for some reason, option B makes the door look wider in my eyes. Optical illusion.
Option B for me, but I'm splitting hairs.

We saw that episode too! I didn't mind the look either. They were not large wall tiles, so I wonder what the impact would be with larger tiles.

We are going creamish tiles for the wall, and dark/charcoal tiles for the floor. We are not so fussed about the size of the floor tiles, but would like to…

We are hoping to have grate drain for the shower to make tiling easier. We are not so fussed about the size of the floor tile because they will be…

Hi,
We are wondering what size wall tiles to use in the bathroom, laundry and toilet. The bigger the better, to reduce the amount of grouting we will need cleaning.
We…

We have a number of ornamental pears , and one Japanese Maple in our front yard. They were planted about 2 and a half years ago.
I love the Japanese Maple…

We got the LCM 1500 Federation rangehood. Its a BIG rangehood. 1500mm wide. It is wonderful.
Qasair have an amazing range (forgive the pun) of rangehoods.
We looked at the range…

We have a miele gas cooktop, oven and a Qasar rangehood, and are very happy with all of them.
Miele no longer make the cooktop we have but the 24034 is…

I have (two) standard definition Topfield recorders with twin tuners. I don't have an HD TV so I haven't yet upgraded to an HD recorder. I like the topfields because…

My In-Laws' house which is less than 5 years old has aluminium Dowell windows. They look good. We are about to get our house renovated and are going to install…

We have been thinking about installing an in-wall cistern toilet but I'm worried about access to the cistern in case something goes wrong. I thought about having a access panel,…

Dear Michelle,
Thanks again. We think we'll go with Dune for the walls, downpipes, and Dutch gables. and 1/2 strength Dune for the eaves.
(I've always wondered why many recommend reducing…

This article explains some of the factors forcing up fixed interest mortgage rates.
http://business.theage.com.au/business/ ... -ae3y.html
Interestingly it states that "the current take-up of fixed-rate mortgages is at…

I heard one economist suggest that the Reserve Bank might cut interest rates later on in the year when unfortunately unemployment increases. Whether the banks pass on any future rate…

Dear Michelle,
The Silkwort matches well, but we wondered whether we should try a warmer colour and would love your thoughts on colourbond Dune as an alternative render.
And if we…

Dear Michelle,
Thanks muchly!
I intend to pickup a sample pot ASAP.

Hi, Everyone,
We are renovating our 1970s house and we are replacing the roof with a slate grey ceramic tile (Nu-Lok)
We will be having (Rylock) metallic silver aluminium windows,
and…