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10 years10 yearsmotherdubmotherdub posted:
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…

11 years11 yearsmotherdubmotherdub posted:
My Palms are almost dead

Thanku. I will definitely do that. Can u suggest any nutrients I can add to the soil after that?

11 years11 yearsmotherdubmotherdub posted:
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…

11 years11 yearsmotherdubmotherdub posted:
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…

11 years11 yearsmotherdubmotherdub posted:
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…

11 years11 yearsmotherdubmotherdub posted:
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…

11 years11 yearsmotherdubmotherdub posted:
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…

11 years11 yearsmotherdubmotherdub posted:
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!…

11 years11 yearsmotherdubmotherdub posted:
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…

11 years11 yearsmotherdubmotherdub posted:
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…

11 years11 yearsmotherdubmotherdub posted:
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…

11 years11 yearsmotherdubmotherdub posted:
White haze

I would guess porous. The box says that the water absorption group is 0.5 to 3%.

11 years11 yearsmotherdubmotherdub posted:
Tip - how to remove tile adhesive

Absolutely. Nb. my post in no way condones the putting off of necessary tasks!

11 years11 yearsmotherdubmotherdub posted:
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…

11 years11 yearsmotherdubmotherdub posted:
Tip - how to remove tile adhesive

No just tile adhesive. I needed to remove it to prepare the tiles for grouting.

11 years11 yearsmotherdubmotherdub posted:
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…

11 years11 yearsmotherdubmotherdub posted:
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…

11 years11 yearsmotherdubmotherdub posted:
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…

11 years11 yearsmotherdubmotherdub posted:
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…

11 years11 yearsmotherdubmotherdub posted:
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…

11 years11 yearsmotherdubmotherdub posted:
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…

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