Uneven concrete slab!
Hi,
We bought a 3.75m x 1.25m garden shed, the plan is to put it on a car space/concrete slab that is at the side of the house. Problem is it's…
Small size cove cornice
I'm doing some renovating/repair and the existing cove cornice is smaller than what seems to be the smallest available these days (55mm). I'd say more like 40mm. Is this some…
Toilet plumbing
I recently added a toilet to our bathroom, it was an easy job as the bathroom was on the upper floor directly above the service corridor where all of the…
Building Inspector - Ask Anything
Hi StructuralBIMGuy,
Can you tell me what the order of stud strength is of MGP10, MGP12, F5 and F7 treated pine is? I've looked all over online and can't fine some…
Leaking patio questions
Hi,
The gap between where the roof (metal sheet that looks like tiles) meets the patio leaks. This leaks along the entire span of the verandah when it pours. In the…
Outdoor rendering for the first time
Put the stop bead on the other day, then got some more basecoat on today. I'm having to do some thick layering to build up these couple of patches -…
Outdoor rendering for the first time
I had imagined that there must have been a plastic bead like the angle but wasn't coming across it online, I'll get that today.
OK, coming along pretty well, got the…
Outdoor rendering for the first time
No, no - I mentioned earlier that the wall was very concave, I've done about 90 sq metres of tiling on the house, any leftover tile glue was thrown into…
Outdoor rendering for the first time
So I went back to Dulux Burleigh, he says Exsulite Matrix Basecoat is P400 Renderwall, they don't brand it as P400 Renderwall any more....
Outdoor rendering for the first time
Yep, just found the piece of paper I gave him and it's written exactly like this...
Dulux P400 Renderwall
Dulux Acratex Coventry Coarse or Sand finish
Dulux Acratex Acrashield Matt
and I told him…
Outdoor rendering for the first time
I went to Dulux trade centre (Burleigh Heads), told them what I was doing and that's what he gave me....I had P400 renderwall on the piece of paper I gave…
Outdoor rendering for the first time
Sand? I'm using Exsulite Matrix Basecoat, it just says to mix with water and that's what the guy on the video does too, are we talking about the same thing?
Outdoor rendering for the first time
Another question rebuilder86, that steel support beam above the window and door, do I render onto that or will it fall off i.e. should I just do the part I…
Outdoor rendering for the first time
rebuilder86, if you happen to come back here...
you can see in that photo on the very right on the corner of the house the wall going the other way has…
Outdoor rendering for the first time
Funny you ask now, I started yesterday. I'll give you an account and provide some pics as I go along if you like so that you can make your mind…
Outdoor rendering for the first time
Hi rebuilder86,
Thanks for your detailed reply!
That's what I was hoping to hear, I can find a lot of uses for $1100 elsewhere at the moment, still have 2 bathrooms…
Outdoor rendering for the first time
Hi,
I'm wondering whether to attempt a job or not and looking for advice
We gutted the downstairs section of our home with success. As…