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D200 Doug

Now in Heyfield !
Joined 12 August 2009
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12 years12 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
Tiny insect fly screen

there are a LOT of the little suckers out here in the country !!! :lol: :lol:

12 years12 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
Tiny insect fly screen

http://www.tradewarehouse.com.au/sandyf ... creen.html
Sandfly & Tiny Insect Mesh 910mm x 30m Roll - Black
We live out inthe country were we get gazillions of tiny bugs and…

13 years13 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
Garden after 12 months ( photos )

It is quite a thick blanket of hay mulch usually about 50 to 100 mm thick.
We have found the soil stays cool and moist under it on the worst of…

13 years13 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
Garden after 12 months ( photos )

It has been a pretty good growing season here with too much rain if anything.
We are so pleased we raised up the garden beds before planting as some of the…

13 years13 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
Caring for my fruit trees

Mulch is great Just make sure it is away from the stem of the tree so it is not ringbarking it.
Depending on your soil type some fertilizer may improve cropping,…

13 years13 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
Homemade ( Extreme ) garden pavers.

and it rained last night and they drained off OK YEA MEEE!!!!!
( good luck more than good skills ) :D

13 years13 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
Homemade ( Extreme ) garden pavers.

Yep reinforcing was from a sheet of reo left over from the neighbours home being built :-) One of the pavers cracked when I…

13 years13 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
Homemade ( Extreme ) garden pavers.

OK Problem was to make a path from the house to Margo's sewing room and to my Studio.
We were not keen on a concrete path and timber would have been…

13 years13 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
Help ! maths tragic Can you check my figures ?

cool thanks
It did not look right :D

13 years13 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
Just a reminder SMOKE ALARMS do you have both kinds ?

There are 2 kinds of smoke alarms
Ionizing and photo electric. Ionizing are better at detecting fires with rapid ignition photo electric are better at detecting slow smoldering fires.
While…

13 years13 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
Help ! maths tragic Can you check my figures ?

I am planning to make some concrete pavers and need to order some pre mix concrete.
The frames I have are 260cm long, 100cm wide, and 7cm deep.
and I have…

13 years13 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
DIY making your own concrete pavers ?

thanks
We are about 2 hours from melbourne and 30 mins out of town so transport adds to the costs of stuff like this.
I have the timber for the edging…

13 years13 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
DIY making your own concrete pavers ?

How thick do you think they would need to be ?
I am just guessing !

13 years13 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
DIY making your own concrete pavers ?

has anyone had any experience in making their own concrete pavers ?
I have a couple of pathways to make and just want to use pretty random paving blocks, looking at…

14 years14 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
Cleaning paint of windows ! :-)

We have moved in and are getting our new home sorted, part of that is cleaning the windows for the first time with all manner of crud and corruption on…

14 years14 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
Safety switches/surge protection

A good quality serge board it the best option
I run my computer through 2 boards as the cascade any voltage spikes and I have already made a claim on…

14 years14 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
Kool wall polystyrene cladding ( Photos )

Yep the system comes with a sealant
sort of a silicon rubber compound,, it is easy to apply

14 years14 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
Moving in!!!! YEA !!!! Thanks to you all

I am having problems posting the photos they are on my flickr page at http://www.flickr.com/photos/76729200@N00/

14 years14 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
Moving in!!!! YEA !!!! Thanks to you all

We started moving in to our new home today, the first loads of possessions and personal stuff.
It has been a good build just over 6 months with minimal problems or…

14 years14 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
Hot Water Systems

unless you have natural gas I would look at the Stiebel heat pump http://www.stiebel.com.au/
We researched solar and heat pumps and this was the best we could…

14 years14 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
Masonry sealant for rendered walls ?

Can anyone recommend a masonry sealer to go on a concrete rendered wall before painting?
The company recommends that the wall be sealed to prevent an uneven paint colour as paint…

14 years14 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
House cleaning while building ( a hint :-)

I have been doing that and they are not too bad, but subcontractors do leave a mess. I am happy to clean up rather than have them charge me extra…

14 years14 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
House cleaning while building ( a hint :-)

Have you tried Powergel ?
it worked really really well on an annoying computer we used to have ::lol::
We built with kool wall

House cleaning while building ( a hint :-)
14 years14 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
Cleaning concrete slab before floor coverings ?

Our house is nearing completion and I am wondering about cleaning the slab before putting the floor coverings down ?
Do people bother to do that ? Do the carpet layers…

14 years14 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
House cleaning while building ( a hint :-)

They would be good but they do not get the dust and wood shavings down off the framework :D
Any suggestions for cleaning the…

14 years14 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
House cleaning while building ( a hint :-)

We are owner building but subcontracting the vast majority of the work out to others. Our builder is doing most of the coordination etc.
One of the jobs I do every…

14 years14 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
Our place nears completion (Photos :)

we moved from a largish 3 bedroom house on the sunny coast down here so already had more than a house full of furniture and stuff.
Margo has been out…

14 years14 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
Our place nears completion (Photos :)

Everything is packed and ready to go ! ::lol::
it has been for 7 months while we live in a rental while building …

14 years14 yearsD200 DougD200 Doug posted:
Our place nears completion (Photos :)

they are sort of an Ox blood colour ( ready for when I start cooking :-)
We are soooo looking forward to moving out of Millepede…

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