Pretty much what size timber would be appropriate for the different parts. I work in steel and have a habit of over engineering everything.

Been a while since I had a look at this forum
Had a look through the board index but couldn't find anything that referred to carpentry or cabinet building.
I…

If you were in Wodonga you would be alright, seems like the trend is leave all your left over bricks onto the neighbouring vacant blocks. The block diagonally across from…

How about the "Native Frangipani" - Hymenosporum flavum ?? They do well in a narrow shady area. Not exactly edible

I used sleepers from MCG Pavers in Wodonga, a local company. They were a couple of bucks cheaper than Trojan stone for the same size. Although happy with the sleepers…

Righto, time for an update, its been a while. Been slow progess over the last month due to work and some body art preventing me working out in the sun…

If you hang on till tomorrow, I just might be able to get a pic of the neighbors house down the road. They also have Jasper roof and what looks…

Downpipes ended up being paperbark as well, but the more I look at them the more I dislike them, they just stand out against the brickwork. When I find a…

No problems with pics. I have found a few that were taken during construction stage (nearly 3 years ago now) All other pics I have don't really show the Jasper…

Love having birds in the front yard. Its planted with natives but I knocked up a a bird feeder in about 10 minutes with a bit of scrap steel from…

Any pics of the Coco bricks? Just had a look on the Boral website and couldn't see it. We have Jasper roof, but have "Graphite" coloured bricks. Thought they…

Timber Impressions - Dark Walnut colour
http://www.harveynormanflooring.com.au/ ... sions.html

We have timber laminate in 4 (soon to be 5) rooms of the house. So far its in all 3 bedrooms, rumpus and yet to go into the study. We…

Not sure if you can, I've heard walls move a little bit due to settling and maybe expand/contract with the heat the same as any other concrete would.
I'd think…

NOT rapid set concrete (I heard it wasn't suitable for structual applications such as retaining walls, don't know how true it is), but went and bought aggregate, sand and cement…

Scrappin - I used black steel posts (ungalvanised). It was heaps cheaper than the galvanised stuff. I painted the posts with a priming oil (Penetrol) before painting with a…

Located in Wodonga, ordered them through a local paver company that makes and supplies them, MCG Pavers. Ended up being $24 each for a 1800L x 200H x 65 concrete…

You can buy a self levelling grout for this purpose. It mixes into a slurry and when poured into the low points it levels itself out to conform with the…

We are landscaping our yard at the moment and needed the same type of plans. We rang the builders yesterday (house was built 2.5 years ago) and they had gone…

Can't speak for everyone, but we only paid 10% deposit on our land ($13k) and everything else was covered by our loan(s). Only other expense we had was for our…

Sleepers were ordered today, so will be 7 days till delivery. Plain concrete sleepers are fairly common around here so no problems of getting a photo of a wall,…

I'm doing the same type of project myself, I have 25mt of wall to build with heights varying from 400mm to 1000mm at the highest point, and back down to…

Our house came with Omega products, we opted for the stainless steel stove top (gas) and under bench oven (electric) as well as the slim line range hood.
We only…

Can I ask what size steel did you use for the joists? Wall thickness and type (RHS, SHS, C section or Angle?)
I'd never considered building our deck from steel, and…

Engineers are funny things.
Can design any sort of structure and pull out all sorts of equations, formulas and theories on metal fatigue, stress loadings, tell you how much force…

Are there any baits that don't make them look for water?
We had mice / rats in another house that managed to chew through the water piping to get to water…

Our 1 and only Kirby experience was very much like Donuts.
We received a phone call telling us we had "won" a free floor clean in any room we desired, (which…

Best to try and do as much as you can yourself, all builders add their little bit to all costings they organise on your behalf. Builders may get discounted prices…

After painting a couple of feature walls in the house and not being overly happy with my painting expertise, I have decided to take another approach to applying the paint.…

I like the 3rd idea of the bedroom overlooking the study.
I have seen this done in a haybale house a couple of years ago, not so much over looking…