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How do you know whether tiles are ceramic or porcelain?
Help needed with identification. I'm installing a safety hand rail in a shower. It's an older home and I'm cautious about drilling into the tiles as they may not be replaceable. A quick look at a tutorial on line, suggested I would need a different drill type if drilling into porcelain tiles as against ceramic, suggesting…
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Are these garden tap threads compatible?
J ust a quick question. I am aware that mixing Brass and steel, is potentially chemically unstable. But are the threads meant to be compatible, at least? They are both half inch, BSP. . I find that three or four turns is all that is possible, if that. (Brass half inch garden tap and half inch Galvanized steel coupling.)…
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Windbreak choices
I am erecting a 7 meter windbreak. It is not a fence and in a rural area that faces due south from which we get hefty wind gusts. I understand windbreaks create less turbulence when some wind is able to pass through rather than all over the top. Hence I am thinking about this design above, using 150mm plinth boards.…
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Fence framing design with Colorbond workshop beside
I am erecting a 7 metre Corrugated iron fence. But I am also constructing a Colorbond workshop beside it. I want the rear wall of the shed, to be 4.5 meters of the fence. I'm aware of where railings would normally go for the fence, but wondering how to modify the design, so that the top railing, doubles as the support for…
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Making space for espaliered fig using trellis
I had one more fig tree to plant, and I really wanted to espalier it, but had no more garden space to put it. It needed a north facing wall, protected from wind. But then, I had a north facing wall on a porch. How to use this space? I obtained the lattice trellis sheets from Bunnings, and constructed two planter boxes out…
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How to build a paling fence
HI team... I want to build a basic paling fence, as in a typical dividing fence between properties. I'm wondering if there are a set of guidelines for such. It's only 5.5 meters long and preferably 1.8 meters high. e.g. timber sizes, upright spacing, etc; thanks ray
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What is the most effective design for a garden covering?
Hi helpful team. ... I need to construct a walk-in cover for my raised vege garden. (Pic attached). It's protection from the usual rabbits, vermin, dogs and birds. My problem is that the garden is backed by the South pole. The winds that sweep across the paddock shown are merciless. I had originally considered 32 mm ag…
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Where to find nut and post devices?
can somebody advise me, are these nut and post devices available as "off the shelf" items? And where? In howto videos, it seems most people make their own.
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How to create a challenging windbreak
HI folks. I have a challenging problem, which I hope some of you maybe able to help with. I have a large tank approx. 1.5 meters from my shed. One side of this gap faces due West, from where, come the most ferocious westerly winds imaginable. I need to create a windbreak in this gap, but there are some big problems.…
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Alternative design for moving boxes
I have the dreaded job of moving hou Temporary moving tool boxse, which of course, includes tools in the workshop. On previous occasions, due to the weight of tools, I have made boxes, in the style of old fruit boxes, out of pine fence palings. Unfortunately, the boxes can end up being as heavy as the tools in them. I'm…
