How to tell if house is on stumps or slab
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This might be a silly question but looking at buying my first home and had some Q's about the foundation. Usually when I have seen a brick veneer place…
Potting a mop top - Catalpa not Robinia
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Thinking of planting 3 of these trees along the driveway as I really like the look of them. I particularly like the look of the "Designer mop top" from…
Preparing soil for lawn what sand?
Thanks for the reply! It is only for show, there will basically no foot traffic on the grass, only two dogs occasionally running around on it. I'll stick with the…
Preparing soil for lawn what sand?
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Starting the prep work for the new lawn and trying to prepare the soil. Existing soil is slightly 'clayish', so the plan is to mix some compost with sand…
Help preparing soil for lawn and vegetable garden
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Summer is here and we have finally managed to free up some time to clean up the back garden. Our back yard slopes downwards and we have a retaining…
Spying neighbour - Screening Trees
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Been having some problems with a spying neighbour in the house behind us at our new house. He is an old man, with nothing better to do. If the…
Front fence + automatic gate
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This is probably like asking how long a piece of string is, but I am curious about the costs involved. The house is 14.3m wide and would like the…
Network and HT cabling questions
Whoops, forgot to put that in. I am in Melbourne, South Eastern suburbs!
Network and HT cabling questions
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After doing some research, I have decided that I would like to go for a network that is wired and wireless. So two network cables in some bedrooms, one…
Building new house and cabling for a home theater system
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Construction has finally begun on our house today (concrete is being layed). We have one particular room in the house as a dedicated home theater room. I would like…