Door casing or moulding... why use reveal
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I was about to cut moulding for my door frame when I discovered videos telling me that I should use a reveal. When I searched why I could…
My Palms are almost dead
Thanku. I will definitely do that. Can u suggest any nutrients I can add to the soil after that?
My Palms are almost dead
I'm an Aussie living in Brazil and I am not having much luck with my palm trees. The climate here is similar to Darwin I think. I don't know what…
To Ventilate or not
I'm replacing a steel door on a tiny store room for an aluminium one as i'm near the sea and the previous one rusted in no time. The current one…
What kind of flooring is this?
At first I found chipboard under my dining room and it put me off ripping up the carpet but then I discovered wood floor which led me to find that…
Bear with me... Decking
Whilst most of the year is hot as hell, winter brings a lot of rain. I was thinking of putting an ag pipe drain under it. I also have a…
Bear with me... Decking
I'm building a deck from scratch and also I'm currently in Bahia, Brazil so it's pretty basic stuff here. Joist hangers don't exist, no decking screws and even cut to…
What kind of flooring is this?
For me the exciting thing about the photo with the floor vent in it is that it looks like your cork tiles are stuck on top of a wood floor!…
Clean cement from roof tile
I was unable to get that product here so I asked around and fortunately found a solution. Bear in mind that these are rough, very porus concrete roof tiles, sorry…
Clean cement from roof tile
Some workers splashed cement onto an adjacent roof so now I need to clean it off. I think the roof tiles are cement also but they are a dark grey…
White haze
My spray bottle is broken so ill sort that out and report back but I just rubbed a little on as a test and it seems to have done the…
White haze
I would guess porous. The box says that the water absorption group is 0.5 to 3%.
Tip - how to remove tile adhesive
Absolutely. Nb. my post in no way condones the putting off of necessary tasks!
Tip - how to remove tile adhesive
I might add that I held the hacksaw blade at each end with thumb and forefinger. This reduced the chance of scratching the tile edges and gave a more even…
Tip - how to remove tile adhesive
No just tile adhesive. I needed to remove it to prepare the tiles for grouting.
White haze
I have a kind of feature tile in my otherwise white tiled bathroom. The feature tile is a wood effect. Problem is, since grouting, the wood effect tiles are covered…
Tip - how to remove tile adhesive
I hope this might help someone. I layed porcelain 60x60 tiles on my verandah using 2mm spacers about 6 months ago. There was a lot of places where the tile…
Polished concrete floors
I was going to do it but never found any professional so i went with grey porcalin 60x60 tiles. 1mx1m would look better tho i rekon but didnt have the…
Angle grinder adapter
I think I worded my question badly. I need to put 20mm discs onto a 22mm grinder. The part that the disc sits on can be removed from the spindle…
Angle grinder adapter
I'll do that thanks Adam but I need a longer term solution so I can use the 20mm discs they sell here. I will get him to bring a few…
Angle grinder adapter
hi,
sorry if there is a power tools discussion area but i couldn't find it. i have an angle grinder which suits discs that are 22mm. problem is that i am…