We are in Sydney and are looking to get quotes for our driveway 63 x 3, 120mm thick are the total specs for the job.
The requirements for the job are…

Sorry in advance for the long story but hopefully you understand our dilemma.
We are building a two story 38 sq home with upstairs living, kitchen, living area etc.
Because the…

Well the beam was taken down and has been sent off to be sandblasted and hot dipped Gal. So after weeks of nothing happening we are two steps forward one…

The Engineer sent an email to the builder stating in his opinion the beam is both external and internal. He recommended that the beam be replaced but then his next…

Here are a few photos of the beam from underneath and one on the first floor to the balcony.
They have wielded Gal plates to the RSJ beam so as to…

Our new SS had an engineer out to look at the situation with the beam. They are trying to determine if the beam is external or internal. A technicality basically…

Over all I'm happy with the building company we picked but where it has all fallen down so to speak is the supervisor they assigned to our job was new…

We are building a two story home with a 4 meter balcony at the front. We have just notice that the large steel girder that spans across the front of…

The nails used on brackets to connect the roof truss to the top of the frames. As it turns out all the frames were supposed to be nailed with gal…

Our DA states: Due to the position of the site, all external structural steel is to be hot dipped galvanized & the brick ties are to be stainless steel…

We are using a exposure grade brick and it is stipulated within our quotation from our builder that we cannot have raked mortar between the bricks, we can only have…

We are using a exposure grade brick and it is stipulated within our quotation from our builder that we cannot have raked mortar between the brick we can only have…

Thanks for your help guys, we have decided to run with the Bellingen White. We have a tiler in mind, he isn't very good with English but he does a…

Does the floor tile thickness matter. We like two porcelain tiles (Belga Grey 450 x 450) is about 7mm thick, while the other (Bellingen white ash 600 x 600)…

The staircase made out of MDF consisting of 13 steps with a platform in between will cost $1700.
If we choose to upgrade and get pacific maple for the risers treads…

The MDF staircase just on it's own costs $1700. We asked what was the cheapest option as far as a hard wood goes they said we could have a pacific…

Just curious to what everyone put down for their staircase treads/risers. We have been quoted $4500.00 for maple treads/risers. We don't like carpet and has anyone found a cheaper alternative?

Thanks again twylamc, you are an absolute legend.

Thank you twylamc I really appreciate your advice. That is exactly what I was after. The tile underlay I'd imagine you can buy that at Bunnings? As well could I…

How big is to big in relation to floor tiles. We are building a new two story home with upstairs living, Kitchen etc. We are looking at getting 600 x…

The stairs will made from wood. I forgot to mention that. Being Australia day we were out walking the dog and got talking to some locals about the stairs we…

Two story home, concrete slab ground floor, particle board first floor. The home is 38sqm.
4 bed. Designed for upstairs living. The total area we are trying to cover is 220m…

The wife and I are split on what we want on the staircase with our new build.
She is in favour of tiles (treads and risers), I prefer maple (treads and…

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Hi hoping someone can help.
We have a designed spec home with the normal off the shelf ducted air conditioning to meet Australian standards.
We just found out we need it…

I was wondering if anyone had laid Vein Cut Grey floor tiles 600 x 600. We were at TFO yesterday and the wife to a shine to that tile and…

Well we have gone over our due finish date which was on the 14 of July and then we allow for rain days and we are hoping to see the…