We've been in our house for 3 years and our Monarch 550 has worked like a charm: certainly hasn't broken down yet. If a manufacturer had to be replacing motors…

Please do let us know about the progress with this - we have the same situation, where most of our land is in front of, and to the left of,…

Hi Almostorange,
You might consider delaying the meeting first - better not to be in a position where your judgement is impaired because of emotions.
GET A LAWYER. You are talking serious…

I second what legend80 says - even with three phase both the meter box and the circuit breaker box in the garage have plenty of room left in them.

We have an Asko that must now be getting close to 10 years old. It is still in excellent condition. We appreciate the fast spin speeds: on the weekend I…

We have bamboo flooring in our house. The specification for this indicated that the swelling due to increased humidity is much smaller than for traditional wooden flooring. Having said that,…

I have a calibrated hygrometer for my work which often sits on my study desk. We didn't dip below 45% relative humidity this summer with the air conditioning left on…

Hi Taz,
We have the Brivis in our house, and I am able to assure you that both zones are able to be operate simultaneously, for heating, cooling and on the…

Schweigen rangehood
Miele oven
Teka induction stove - the bean shaped one. It is soooo easy to clean, we have to love it.
Kept our old Maytag dishwasher. When it dies, we'll think…

Kek, you have used an evaporative conditioner, so you are in a position to comment on the usage you have observed with your unit, and I've only read about them,…

Ouch! The comfort factor at 100% RH at any temperature? People run their (evaporative) A/C to reduce the humidity even at lower temperatures when it is in the 80s and…

Those people who don't like their houses being closed, do you leave windows open in winter?
Don't forget that evaporative cooling uses water - lots of water. I guess that will…

We've been enjoying our Teka 'Boomerang' induction cook top since Easter this year. We installed it ourselves, only asking an electrician who was there for another reason to connect…

I've just sent emails to my local candidates (the two major parties, at least) for the election asking why they are not proposing a train extension beyond South Morang, briefly…

Unfortunately, they have decided to place fish on ice in boxes towards the rear of the vegetable section. I'm vegetarian, and the smell of the fish makes me queasy. …

Hey, that brings back memories. Our first born still has trouble going to sleep at night - he's still up now. (He has a mildly annoying medical condition that makes…

Hey, that brings back memories. Our first born still has trouble going to sleep at night - he's still up now. (He has a mildly annoying medical condition that makes…

I so agree! Let's outsource local government!
I was amused to see trees have been planted on the corner of Gordons Rd and Plenty Rd, even though the area has already…

An electric motor, some lights, some switches. I think they'd be very hard pressed to claim that installation was a problem if any of those stopped working.
As for the…

No, it can be installed on a wall. They even included in mine a metal shield to protect from rain if I were to have mounted mine on a side…

It will continue to be less attractive as time goes on, and life moves beyond building a house - at least that's what I've experienced. Time pressure from the rest…

So, here is an update on how things have been going.

Since then, we have had the floor of the kitchen island suffer water damage as the drainage was leaking. The…

Ditto, after our experience that I wrote about on another thread:
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we are looking for someone to concrete paths for us.
Jayneylou, it might be worth glancing though…

Whoops.

And extend down to Mernda at least. How could a state government announce plans to extend the outer boundaries of the metropolitan area and extend a rail way line such…

On Thursday, the plastic exclusion fencing was placed along what I assume will be a turn left lane from Gordons Rd into Plenty Road. As we use that intersection to…

I got over that quite quickly when I was asked to go through the house with a company who was doing some work for us, but approved by the builder…

Thank you all for your help.
Sorry about the doubled posting above - I've tried deleting the duplicate but I only receive a…

Don't worry - our lovely builder dumped some of that in what passes for soil: Gyprock, that is. I'm not quite sure why they bothered with the industrial bin! (Slight…

Don't worry - our lovely builder dumped some of that in what passes for soil: Gyprock, that is. I'm not quite sure why they bothered with the industrial bin! (Slight…