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11 years11 yearsoldmacdonaldoldmacdonald posted:
Pool friendly plants

We are lucky enough to be installing a inground pool on our large rural property in country SA (Moonta)
This will happen about June 2013, we are thinking now about the…

11 years11 yearsoldmacdonaldoldmacdonald posted:
Dry rot or not ?

It's a verandah post, can't get any more airflow than that.....

11 years11 yearsoldmacdonaldoldmacdonald posted:
Dry rot or not ?

Pretty warm where I live but not humid, how do I treat it ?

11 years11 yearsoldmacdonaldoldmacdonald posted:
Dry rot or not ?

I thought of creosote ? might check the label?

11 years11 yearsoldmacdonaldoldmacdonald posted:
Dry rot or not ?

OK further research leads me to believe its wet rot.
How do I treat that ?

11 years11 yearsoldmacdonaldoldmacdonald posted:
Dry rot or not ?

I have commenced renovating an old farm house and I have the turned verandah posts down ready for new concrete ECT...
When I pulled these 100 plus year old posts down…

11 years11 yearsoldmacdonaldoldmacdonald posted:
Recommended pool removers in SA ?

Echo....Echo...echo..... :lol:

11 years11 yearsoldmacdonaldoldmacdonald posted:
Recommended pool removers in SA ?

anybody.....?

11 years11 yearsoldmacdonaldoldmacdonald posted:
Cleaning around FREE standing baths ??

Thanks for the reply stewie. As I thought it would be.
Is it better than dealing with the mould and gunge of a bath with wall tiles down to the bath,…

11 years11 yearsoldmacdonaldoldmacdonald posted:
Cleaning around FREE standing baths ??

We are at the cusp of an old farm house reno and when we get to the bathroom we were thinking of one of those reproduction free standing claw foot…

11 years11 yearsoldmacdonaldoldmacdonald posted:
Recommended pool removers in SA ?

Hi
We have an opportunity to buy a 7 year old pool in country SA (Port Broughton).
It's a 9x4 fibreglass in ground pool with pavers around the outside, pumps, filters, fence…

11 years11 yearsoldmacdonaldoldmacdonald posted:
Grass, grass and more grass.......

Another thought....... I have a huge, HUGE! mound of old pine needles and mulchy fine stuff that I hand raked from under all the pine trees (been on the soil…

11 years11 yearsoldmacdonaldoldmacdonald posted:
Grass, grass and more grass.......

Thanks people. Kikuya was what I was thinking but did not want to make mention of it first, just wanted to see what others had to say before my suggestion.
I…

11 years11 yearsoldmacdonaldoldmacdonald posted:
Grass, grass and more grass.......

Hi, sorry my first post is just a question, but I guess that's what this forum is for....
Anyway, I have 1.6 acres of dirt on the Copper Coast of South…

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