Hello,
I am hoping for suggestions on the most aesthetic way to duct the rangehood shown in the pic below. I have just shoved a bit of ducting up there to…

I'll let you know how I go. I already paid once for this, it is a new house... I refuse to pay twice to have that ******* bugger's ** work…

Hmm well that rules out my plan to trim at the first line of screws, about 200 mm up.
By "iron" I mean corrugated colorbond steel roofing.
Anti-flap pad sounds like the…

Hello.
We have a problem with the sarking in our roof flapping about and making a racket. It happens as the wind rushes in through the gap between the iron and…

So much for that tonight-- still 30 outside!

Yep, that's the problem here, too... 24 and the Mrs is wilting and needs a fan on... 23 and she's got a blanket on and wants the house closed up…

Poly tanks are polyethylene, which isn't made with BPA -- so there shouldn't be a worry on that score.
Still, I'm suspicious of plastics in general. I haven't tasted water from…

Today being the first hot day this summer, this is our new home's first test in terms of summer heat.
Having no A/C or evaporative cooling, I'm curious to know…

Thanks Geoff -- we are leaning towards something like that at the moment.
Although $500 for a bit of shadecloth you have to pull down manually sounds extraordinarily steep to me!
FWIW…

Thanks kek -- very useful to see that range of variation. I think the lighter ones would get the missus' seal of approval but the darker bits probably not!
Is the…

Capillary action, perhaps?

Only broken bricks and lumps of mortar and concrete, used to backfill behind a retaining wall. 200 mm + of topsoil on top of it and only grass on top…

A question, does anyone know of a ground gover that will stand up to occasionally being driven over? Other than grass.
I would love to do this with our nature strip…

Just wondering if anyone can point me to somewhere in Melbourne (pref Northern Suburbs) where we can see a range of finished decking timbers. (Preferably the same place can also…

Thanks for the replies. The bloke came the other day, took away 2 tiny piles of rubbish and moved a cubic metre of soil. Gee, that was worth $500…

Quick question, should a site clean include moving dirt piles to bring soil up to slab level?
Our contract says we get bobcat site cleaning up to $500 value.
Builder originally said…

Surely if it's returning into the tank, this would not happen when it is actually pumping. So pressure would still reach the target, it would turn off, and only then…

A question, when you have the window open, do you also have the door open? And are there any other windows open in the house? A single window open…

Has anyone tried what is suggested in the subject line?
My wife asked me to investigate other options after I told her whirlybirds were unlikely to be effective.
I said it would…

Does anyone have any ideas for external shading?
In our new place we have heaps of easterly windows and a few northerly ones, too. These have been great for solar heating…

The dishwasher I reckon I will open it up and disconnect the beeper.
The oven -- not sure I can get a service call when it's doing what it's designed to…

How many of you are aggravated by annoying "features" in your fixed appliances?
Our new place came with Omega kitchen appliances. The salesperson gave the impression these were a flash brand,…

Well, bloody typical, they drive 45 minutes+ to get here, rip up our front yard to buggery with their bob cat and then decide it's too wet to backfill to…

Thanks again Russ.
What does PC stand for?
LDs are about the same as our rent but because there have been 11 variations x 7 days then they still have 8 weeks…

Thanks Russ.
Amount left is $22k. What "state" are we in? We have put in notice on our rental, need to be out by 10th Sep. I take it from what…

Russ -- they have asked for final payment, so bringing us square, the full contract amount.
Is that not normal? Should we demand the keys in return for a lesser amount?…

Just wondering what sorts of things, if any, people have let through at handover in the assumption they would be fixed during the warranty period.
We have handover on Wednesday and…

And that's all anyone can truly ask for!
Your story is one of many in this thread that illustrates real demand for off-the-shelf eco homes. I know Burbank has a…

I have always been skeptical of the old wives tales like vinegar and bicarb. I think people would struggle to tell the difference in effect compared to plain water. Water…

I've always assumed the reason why Your Home allows more eastward than westward rotation is because more often than not, morning sun is valued and afternoon sun is unwanted.
In winter,…