thanks so much again for the visualisation. Wow! I am amazed at the feedback and stuff I have received here and extremely thankful!!
I think my preference is definitely the…

I wish - in debt up to our eye-balls, definitely not enough funds available to do this. I know re it being a waste if renovated and then go down…

@bestspecials: "I like the idea of adding a 4th bedroom and putting cavity sliders on to either make an extra bedroom or tv room for the kids." - Wow, thanks…

not an option unfortunately, will cost too much. It seems to work (squeezing in 4 bedrooms) - unless I'm missing something? The bedrooms seem to be average size and not…

I am after feedback/ideas for how best to adjust this floorplan to suit. We have a large family (2 boys, 2 girls), boys 6 & 8, girls 4 & 5.…

Update...the photos were sent to two builders who apparently said "don't worry - its not going to fall down"...which if you ask me, I don't know how they can make…

Seems quite bad then? If it collapsed I imagine it would be extremely heavy and do some significant damage. Hopefully they agree to send a professional over to look at…

Yep. It's waiting on the owner. But I won't be surprised if the response is no they have never had an engineers report on it before and that they don't…

Thanks for the reply. So sounds like you think there is a risk the whole thing could fall down at any time? It must be rendered brick arch then. There…

Hi everyone
I rent a 100 year old terrace house. In the hallway there is a large arch with some big cracks through it. It's been like that (seems unchanged) for…

I'm thinking I'll bolt 2 x large L brackets to the vertical part of the green sill, it's about 100mm Flat surface from top to bottom, so hopefully long enough.…

Kelvinator said that the "more than 160mm" is not a misprint but can't give me any reason for it...and said it must be followed. Bit odd as I have never…

thanks Bels. Yes I think 160mm is quite a lot too? I've always seen window air cons mostly flush with the internal wall and not so far inside.
For the…

I need some help in rigging up a DIY air con install...
I purchased a Kelvinator KWH26CRE (http://www.kelvinator.com.au/Product?model=KWH26HRE) in-window / wall air con and need to DIY…

thanks for the info. how deep/wide should a trench be in the vacant block?
yes the eave is out horizontally now. no signs of movement or step cracking in mortar.…

Thanks for the info. I think the ag pipe solution too..does everyone think this is the best idea?
how do I work out how big ag pipe is needed?…

We have a bit of a problem on our 1 yr old home that when we get heavy rain, the side of the house is getting a lot of water…

Our home was completed being built just over 1 year ago, we have lived here for 6 months.
We bought the property as a 'brand new/completed new build home', the builder…

Just had a thought, we have approx 120m2 of tiles in our new home, and did not get any spare tiles left here by the builder.
The tiles are 500x500 gloss…

Is it normal for a house to need two vent pipes?
Is this something that could be retro fitted now easily or a major operation like needing to go inside…

I am having a lot of trouble with plumbing in our newly built home (well it is just about 1 year old now).
In the ensuite there is an overpowering odour,…