We finally decided to go travertine tiles (from Sareen Stone) ... several reasons why:
1) Needed something around the pool and courtyard that would have reasonable traction but wouldn't conduct the…

Thanks 1sthome you raise some good thoughts there about benchtop thickness and availability of cabinet doors ... tell me what have you decided to go with?

Hi - we are going for a second kitchen downstairs - purpose is so we can entertain outside (downstairs) without running back and forth upstairs to get food / drinks…

If we build stairs outside that attach to the main house do they need to be below the damp course in the house?
If we can start the stairs above the…

Thx Judie

Thx Greg - it will be 'out back' so thieves shouldn't be an issue?!

I am on the hunt for curtain rods because I have been persuaded by several 'curtain people' that a rod will give me a better finish to my curtains than…

Hi Sparkles - reading through some of the other threads convinced me to get our paving done onto concrete rather than onto roadbase. Added a bit to the quote but…

Casa 2 is right (in my opinion) it is due to the water that comes from the heater ... are you running a gas heater? Is the gas heater flued/ducted…

I'm starting to look at lights in the garden and wanted to get thoughts from everyone about which is better from a maintenance point of view.
Looks like the options are…

That's okay re pics ... I know how it is ... today was first day that they started to dig and before we'd gone more than 30 mins into it…

Thx Rod ... I will do some more reading now that I know I will need a new system and it is worth doing Like

We are in the process of doing up the outside area and one of the areas we are looking into is installing speakers outside.
My questions are:
1) Is an outdoor sound…

Thx Nathan - will get some pics and post back here when it starts to take some shape ...

Hi - we are doing up our backyard and so far my experience to date has shown me that landscapers do the whole lot (although the ones I spoke to…

Simply put we want to tile around the pool ... and we want to lay the tiles on concrete. A couple of the quotes mention F72 steel with a Y12…

When I was growing up my parents built our house and we lived in caravans and a shed on the property while it was being built ... so if you…

Hi - here is the outcome in case any one is interested.
We have decided to go with a honed and unfilled travertine tile approx 400 x 400 x 13mm (colour:…

How much light are you going to get into the room - if dark I would def go white if lots of light I would think about glare factor

We had a similar issue ... we were doing a development application and in the process discovered that the boundary fence wasn't in the correct place. Our neighbours wanted to…

Thanks for these measurements - problem is now solved!!!!

Hi - I've heard that merbau leaches out red stain so if you go with that you'll want to make sure the stain isn't going to affect pavers or house…

I need to move 'up' from one level to the next outside. The difference in the levels is 50cm. I'm thinking I need 3 steps and 2 risers but am…

Hi - that is really tough ... here are my non-lawyer thoughts:
We recently purchased a house that had a development application and it is still valid however the owners had…

We are putting in 3 stairs (2 risers) to 'go up' half a metre ... my question is should we get the steps poured in concrete or bricked into form…

I have a room that serves as a lounge/rumpus/study.
The ceiling is divided into 3 sections by beams. Each section of the ceiling/room is slightly wider than the section before it.
My…

Nathan that is unreal ... you are a long way through it all ... all that form work looks great!
We are off to tile/paving shops tomorrow - will post outcome…

Thanks Sleven I had a look through the links by KexKez and have found a couple of 'families' of products that look promising.

KexKez this is tremendous - I have diligently gone through the majority of the links you posted and there are some great finds in here! And in fact a couple…

Okay more conversations with pavers/tilers and it now seems that the cheapest option will be for us to do a roadbase with mortar and sand on top. It will also…