So it turns out the pump was faulty or became clogged with channel debris.
It was not sucking hard enough to even become primed.
I have taken it in for repair and…

Ok so I got a neighbour to push his water into my pipes and it comes gushing out both iblet and outlet so pipes are not the problem. The problem…

Thanks
I tried opening outlet and outlet taps but it only trickles out.
I then tried opening pump up, closing the outlet and filling the pump with water to fill…

thanks for replying I appreciate it.

There is no check valve the line inlet pipe connects to the channel pipe which draws from a water channel. I have no access to the actual channel but the…

Hello everyone,
Anyone with experience with water pumps, advice would be appreciated.
I have a Grundfos Scala 2 water pump connected to a channel water supply pipe about 40m away using 1-1/2…

Is this acceptable off white or white mortar?
Our contract says white cement.

even a very small one?

Cheers

Unfortunately we don't have a Meter we are on tank water

I would love some advice guys and girls -
I dug a hole at my place about 40 cm down to find my home copper water pipe which is capped for…

So I was digging today because the landscape group put gravel over my future connection to shed (water and power) pipes.
I found the pipes.
It was very tough clay on top,…

We were told that because its dark tile its hard to get better thn this.. there is also visible plaster bump.

Hi all,
Got a hard one - have read over contract and the HIA rules but its just not clear.
We received our FIXING invoice. If we pay this we will only…

Our builder (or possibly rented skip bin removal) truck has ran over our fence (wooden).
Who pays for this?

So noticed the cupboards installed today but there is about a 3-4cm gap between the wall and the cupboards on one side of the kitchen (like they measured wrong)...
We couldn't…

Hello again,
We have a skinny ensuite where our double vanity at 1600mm (small) has 2 undermount sinks which will leave very little bench space.
Our builder has designed tiles on each…

These were our final plans - after changing the walls outside and the windows.

Rumpus is huge.
Master bed.
Bricks started today although we are worried the off white mortar looks orange / brown. They are using off white mortar with orange sand.
Glenfern bricks…

Hallway to bedrooms, bath, laundry and rumpus. separate kids from us.
We are expecting our first child in October.

Here is our all niche. It's a bi bigger than I wanted.
Plaster nearly done.
Power, plumbing done.
We wired our own speaker wires for in ceiling speakers in theatre. Going to…

Never seen these rails in my last house. Ceiling rails?
Work looks good. There was one wooden ceiling beam that didn't reach a joist and they added another bit of wood…

From the back.
Front
Roof done

View from bathroom
All went up within 2 weeks. So much wood.
Septic pipes getting ready .

any resolution to this?
Im having exact same issue, orange sand used on off white cement... looks orange to me.
I dont want to wait until heaps is done to know…

We have shale roof and gutters, surfmist windows and fascia. Looks great with a dark brick. Surfmist is white but the shale can still appear quite light / white in…

I have a speaker to install and the join between 2 plaster sheets is exactly where I need my in ceiling speaker to go.
Can i cut the hole over the…