Hi there, I am going through the same process, I have the built in bbq but want to do it on a deck so dont want to use bricks etc.…

Hey there, good choice on the spotted gum floors, we paid about 70 a metre for select grade nsw spotted gum just over 100 square metres. I laid them myself…

I had the cramps there ready to go for every board. I think that I cramped the majority of them, of course there were some good boards but the short…

I think for the majority of boards the gun will get them in, me not being a professional timber floor installer, thought $30 was the way to go to get…

$40 a square for floors
200 per shower base for levels and fall to be concreted / screed in
Only supplied tiles, everything else incuded apart from angles for wall edges.

Hey there, after perusing all the fine advice on this forum am after a quick easy topic question.
I have a 4 x 4 theatre room that will have a 50…

If you build up the bathroom floor, how does that relate to the exisitng floor level such as the rest of the house and how do you join the difference…

Just read this thread good to see you went through BPI we did as well and have not had one problem, really to good to deal with and cheap!!

When you say your floors are nearly done shelly, what are you putting on top of the yellow tongue?? good to see you are progressing I bet it nice to…

Sounds like you are sorted Bam with TDS, good to see someone in the know who knows what the best prices are. Since you are in the game TDS do…

Paslode cordless framer and fixer.
They cost a little more but you can get them for about 350 to 400 each on ebay.
When you are climbing around trusses and doing eave…

How did you go with the bloke Tony I put you onto???

Paslode impulse framer, best thing ever invented. How on earth could you build a house hand nailing everything!!!
Makita Drop saw 2nd

We had the tiles continue through the shower and it looks awesome, however we are on a timber sub floor so could cut out the base.
Surely there is someone…

Hi there, i marked mine out myself after a surveyor had pegged out the boundaries. The engineering plans had the layout design. Other than that just get a chippie to…

Hey there,
As a rough guide our soild report 300
structural engineer but we had a lot of steel and stumps etc 1800
draftie 4000
building permit 1800
that is for a new 37 sq…

In relation to our house which is 37 squares, you can see the pictures of the roof on the thread our o/b its a little bigger than we thought.
Cost 14500…

Yep in Melbourne,
In regards to using a chisel, it will bring some of the boards in but no all of them perfectly. Floor cramps cost 30 a week to…

I am up to 85 m2 out of 120 and used spotted gum and installed it using a secret nailer which as described from the others is easy to use.
I…

both supply and install

hey there getting there,
Now to be brutally honest I didn;t even bother working out the plaster area. My uncle works for a company that makes plaster so I didn't even…

Hey there,
laser levelled ceilings are done for a couple of reasons.
Basically no carpenter no matter how good they are can ensure your roof trusses are completely level. Most companies are…

So I finally grabbed the time to download some photos bit hard to pick from when you have 1000!
Put a couple on to represent the time line
initial footings
Framed up
The gap…

Been a while since an update, foam on, rendered, insulation in and with double glazed windows as well the noise levels are very good inside. You can open the door…

I used South Morang, we got our loan approved in late June early July last year, it is for 80% exactly because that is the figure we had to get…

Wall breather is used for applications such as foam cladding or hebel / blueboard cladding, normal wall wrap is fine for brick veneer and other cavity methods. Have a look…

I know it is not tiles but our 37sq house in Monument Colorbond / fascia / gutter and including safety scaffolding, and anticon insulation blanket was 14,500.
I thought the saying…

Have just got the plaster delivered, been absolutely flat out, nearly at wits end will post some photos on the weekend, thanks for the interest.!!

A wise person once told me you can never ask a silly question.
The footings are basically the supports that the brickwork sits on, they use it to 'tie' in the…

No worries,

depending on your site, we are doing an infill garage slab, which basically means at the end of the build or at a latter date they pour the…