Help with identifying lawn
It’s grass. It might be grass That’s greener on the other side, but its still just grass.
Question RE power and pipes for island bench
The water that you are talking about, that sounds like water that has gotten in there while the slab was open to the elements, ie before the roof went on.…
fhog and primary residence
Seeking advice on how to rip off a governmental scheme online from other tax payers isn't really the most sensible idea either if you want to avoid getting caught out.
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DESPERATE APPEAL- MUM OF SEVEN FEARS DEMOLITION
Ribbon,
I think that we are not likely to agree with how the other interprets the law, and I am not going to insult your intelligence by trying to change your…
DESPERATE APPEAL- MUM OF SEVEN FEARS DEMOLITION
In this last line of your post, absolutely.
You have repeated several times that you are a professional, qualified and ethical practitioner. That being the case, you cannot complain when…
DESPERATE APPEAL- MUM OF SEVEN FEARS DEMOLITION
Are you suggesting that the reason this house extension does not comply is because of a lack of smoke detectors? Where does that come from?
The article only states that…
street numbers
Good advice, just a shame you have failed to heed it yourself. Not that I had much doubt in the first place.
HD
street numbers
And not in any way connected to the colour of the motorists house number nor is the connection to what height her letterbox slot is from ground level immediately obvious.
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When to move and arrange demolish?
I have done a thread titled "dummies guide to demolishing a house" or similar. It might answer some of your questions but to answer one
We waited until we had a…
street numbers
We have stainless steel numbers on a light wall. And my letterbox slot is probably less than a metre from the ground.
Does our postie care? No, still delivers our…
Advice needed on an almost finished but run down house
If it was simple for the current owner/builder to rectify all that is wrong with this build, they would have done it already most likely.
Back away slowly, no sudden…
Building next to powerlines - dangerous for health?
Do your parents know this is how you view them? ))
HD
water meter needs to be raised ??
It's called a "Fitzroy Box" and I think most plumbing supplies should be able to get one for you.
HD
A plumber notched out my ceiling joist!!!
Can you clarify what has been notched out? Is it a truss where several parts have been notched or is it a horizontal piece spanning several truss assemblies?
And I…
Staircase made of Pine?
No, pine can be stained. But it is problematic. It does not tend to stain well, often going very blotchy as certain areas take the stain more readily than others.…
Porter Davis homes
Minimally, millimeters at most. Unless the slab is so uneven that there has to be huge amount of screed put in. But even then, you are still only looking at…
Building Carlisle Atlantique 36 - We're in!!
You might find that pipe up the back is a vent pipe for the storm water pipe. We seem to have one similar on our build
HD
Porter Davis homes
The long gap is an expansion joint, your house would destroy itself over the course of a year without them, you should have a few all up. There will be…
Roofing standards - ridge and valley mortaring
I have not been able to find much in this topic and might be looking in the wrong way. We have a tile roof and the ridge capping is mortared…
How long did it take to get from start to PCI?? ANNOYED
I worked it out last night, 240 days from deposit to current state of play. Single story 27 sq house due to have hand over in about 3 weeks. In…
Things you forget - summary page 32
We have our manhole in the garage and there was never any suggestion that it was legally impossible to do it. The only caveat was that it might not be…
knock downs and re-builds
We found walking out for the very last time very hard, we had a lot of good memories in our house and could not watch it go. Once it was…
knock downs and re-builds
We are getting towards the end of a knockdown and rebuild in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, a PD Foxley 26 and a bit (made a small alteration to the…
pre fab truss and frame v chippy
We had our frame put up in 4 days by a crew of 5 carpenters, all from scratch. Millimeter perfect, square and plumb. Add to that 1/2 a day spent…
Disconnection of Overhead Telephone Cable - NEED HELP!!!
Telstra will come out and quote for the job, I was told by their abolishment section it will take up to 2 weeks for them to come out and a…
Water Theft
With our build, the water rates are my responsibility, the builder wears the electricity and water usage costs. I pay them and the total is deducted from the house final…
Things you forget - summary page 32
Not sure I agree completely with that, my council are responsible for the kerb, channel and the footpath but the crossover in between is my responsibility. you might find that…
Demolition, salvaging home
SpAusNet had the underground electricity done in three working days of making the call and faxing through the request for my place. That entailed going under the road on a…
Help with pergola timber sizes?
The reason you use a stirrup is that timber rots pretty quickly in the ground. There are treatments that can be applied to timber but at best all they will…
Porter Davis homes
We had the woman who job was later described to us as "the contract presenter" and our customer service co-ordinator.
I suspect that it is a corroboration issue, if there…