Has anyone got any experience with hydroseeding for starting a lawn? We have a 40x10m block of scraped dirt - no house - not much money, and a medium term…

Good option, timber floors are definitely a specialist area. What are you starting from? New build? Existing subfloor?
I wouldn't do it with laminate. Nasty.

We started looking at project homes (in Brisbane) for small lots and eventually decided that we would spend a little more to design to suit, but not as much as…

Oh, we went for this one also! Handover a week tomorrow and looking forward to giving it a burl.

We're in Brisbane. It cost us $11000 to have our small two bedroom cottage demolished and removed, and it also had some asbestos. Plus the necessary approvals (we're in a…

Yeah, there's direct stick "real timber" flooring. 12mm thick. No battens or ply. It's tongue and groove. At least $120 dollars/m2 installed.

We levelled our house - that is to say we demolished it! It was cheaper and the end result is not a compromise. If you can do it instead of…

What does the builder say, when you ask him how he can justify gouging you so much? Point out that you want to keep a good relationship with him and…

In what way is it impractical? The noise issue is dependent on how it's installed, your floor plan, your own tolerance to noise, your habits in wearing tap shoes around…

Timber is practical. if you like it, get it. If you like carpet better, get that.

We spent ages contemplating changing a 900mm blanco freestanding stove to a smeg or ilve, but in the end it was a grand we didn't really want to find for…

Great job!

Wow, you are yet to use a drum sander! Things go much faster with that. And can go wrong much faster, too, admittedly.
My experience is only based on one…

We used dulux red box from that palate for the underbench cabinetry - our bench is ice snow caesarstone also.
It's a nice red.

I called today and was told that it ('southern oak' from a northern brisbane outlet) included a range of timbers including white mahogany (= yellow stringybark?), tasmanian oak and unspecified…

They offered tasmanian oak and victorian ash as alternatives (amongst others). They gave it the highest janka rating of their offerings - maybe it's silvertop ash or even messmate. looks…

We're in Brisbane and we have gone the direct stick timber option to our slab downstairs. We will move in in the next month or so - the flooring contractor…

couple of comments in older threads - http://forum.homeone.com.au/search.php?keywords=zip+hydrotap&terms=all&author=&sc=1&sf=all&sk=t&sd=d&sr=posts&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search
Just some concerns about ongoing costs, breakdowns, filters, servicing.
plumb a water/ice dispenser fridge for cold water.

Thats great! I think that integrating your air conditioning unit is a brilliant way of cooling your tv.
Obviously the other side to all of those power points is that equipment…

Thanks Ash - excellay it is

We're building a new house and we've looked at carpets at a series of outlets, choosing some SDN for our media room (very dark chocolate) and some light coloured wool…

I must say I've never had any grief dropping hot things on timber floors in the kitchen, despite having them for 20 yrs.
I do drop hard things - brittle things…

we're planning similar small square leds spaced along our stairs and hallway. should be in in the next month or so

We moved into a shiny renovated house for enormous rent (well, for us) when we knocked our old house down and waited to start the build. A day or so…

Oh, and too drag myself back on topic, our outward facing cupboards are quite shallow,only 200mm deep from memory, but we think even that will be pretty useful - our…

Thanks guys! We were looking at all white, but when the red got in our heads it just became a matter of how much...... It kind of lights up the…

We decided to blow off the stools at the breakfast bar look and just have the island with storage. Our table will be all of another metre away anyway. So…

At the risk of showing my bias, I find tiles cold and tiring to stand on.
I guess that depending on how your house is designed tiles may work ok to…

It'll be white caesarstone - 'snow'.
I was pretty keen on red after seeing it in a couple of magazines, and my wife (who is a bit of a whiz…

thank you! we're very happy with it, so far. hope to be in enjoying it in 6-8 weeks.
the floors are southern oak.