That, or dont feed your dog canned food..

I wouldnt say overdoing it, more of a guarantee it will last

very nice
how thick are you going on the concrete below the paving? thinking of doing something similar

you cant have the soil against your fence, your only option is to build another wall against the fence.
Use timber sleepers (200x50's) for the back wall, will be cheaper and…

Just gave Advanced Seed a call, he's sorted me out. Thanks for the link, really good company to deal with, very helpful.

Thanks for the link.
Dont know much about blending and cool season grasses. Do do I blend them both together at the start of the zoysia life or do I…

Thought about that, but the members in QLD.. bit hard to get a gauge on how they are going to go down here
edit - just pm'd them, hopefully I get…

Got a link? All I could find was a couch vs zoysia thread that had little relevance to what I'm after

Anyone used them with success?

Was this Mark @ Jim's fencing Berwick? He was flat out, but managed to just squeeze me in for 2 fences around 10 or so days ago, 1 @…

I paid around $65 per meter (split in half with neighbor) for timber paling fence with exposed posts on both sides and capping.. the fences were @ 2.0M. this…

nice tank.. I'm considering doing the same sometime in future, its just a matter of when funds allow really.
I have plenty of room down the…

good news..
so what parts of work are you responsible for? you don't often hear of an owner being part of the physical building process... is your other half a…

haha, beat me to it

word of advice, don't go with tas oak, its way too weak and dints very easily... speaking from experience here
in the current place I've just…

yeah, I had a few of them but I always seem to loan my tools out and never get all of them back.. or if I do, stuff is missing/broken…

leni, that looks very nice!
no probs lynne, hope it works out for you get some pics up in here when you get it…

I got started on the gate for the dog run... Started it really late in the afternoon so only had time for a few rows before disaster struck and I…

this is a double edged sword... the OP shouldnt have even been on site without the supervisor present.. OHS.
yeah its a real pain in the butt the tradies are smoking,…

Fu - the area I've built in has kikuyu in basically every yard... the land was all Kike before it was dozed and built on..
if I go and do all…

g'day lynne, perfect choice!
the colour is "Red Box" which is a Dulux paint colour... the glass we used was "Star fire" which was an upgrade over the standard…

looks like you've got some great progress happening there... good luck with the build

thanks thirsty i'll give the compliment to the wife, she chose everything

sorry for the bad quality photo:

cupboards are "formica" brand laminate.. colour is Snowdrift / Gloss finish.. kickers are laminex stainless steel look alikes.. looks really good (but sorry no photo)

awesome
well, I'm about to head back down to do some more excavation work today with Jim... weather has been good so hopefully the mud has…

thanks for stopping in cooped and for the comments
make sure you stop in again soon

yeah pete, I agree they do get maintained well.. better than Kennards from what i've seen anyway.. i'll definitely be coming to see you for the dingo when I do…

the issues you will get if its not dried out is the timber could potentially swell & warp a little around that area as it dries itself out.. could also…

looks fantastic.. beautiful house, you have to be happy with that
love the entrance, that entry door is amazing... the stairs look sh-t hot aswell!
what…

water gets onto t&g board all the time on building sites, no problem as long as it can air out and dry relatively quickly... the only thing I'd be worried…