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How to replace decorative pergola roof sheet?
Hi team, Looking for advice on replacing a hail-damaged decorative roof sheet on my front gate pergola (photos below). The current sheet is a single piece, moulded with a shingle-like pattern—probably fibre cement or something similar. It’s not structural, just cosmetic, and screwed in from underneath. I’d like to: •…
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How do you replace a seat washer on a Caroma toilet?
my toilet was running and checking the seat washer, it was mostly disintegrated. Went to Bunnings and bought a pack of replacements. Trying to.get the things in is so hard that I ended up breaking both of the replacements. The first one because I tried using needle nose pliers to help, and the second snapped when I was…
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What to do about this gate's wood rot?
There is some wood rot at the bottom of this gate. Should I replace a piece of it or go with a whole new gate? Build from scratch or can U get a gate made to measure for a reasonable price? Maybe there are some upgrades I could think about if I'm putting in a new on like mounting a wifi camera inside🙂
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Interior window or shutters?
The creative ideas on this forum are terrific!! Here's a design/construction problem 🙂 I had a builder close in this mezzanine, so that we could have a second living area for the kids to game or watch tv. The opening was going to be fitted with plantation shutters, but the wait is long and they're expensive. I want to be…
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What's this thing that came with my entry set?
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Upgraded door knobs to modern lever sets
When we moved in several years ago we thought we would change the door knobs, but it was one of those things that we just got used to! Not only are the handles a tarnished golden colour, but they are all at a strangely high level (see second picture). I decided to put new modern lever sets at standard Australian handle…
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Drip irrigation - repair or replace?
Now that I have my irrigation tanks sorted - next step is to fix the irrigation system. There's quite an extensive system in place around the front garden with some parts cemented under the driveway, and paths. There are a lot of leaks and water shoots 4 meters into the air in parts. I'll need to either fix a lot of holes…
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How to repair pool tiles?
the tiles on one side of my pool are in bad shape. How could I go about repairing them? Drain the pool a bit and chip off the old tiles and then use cornice cement to fix some new ones? Where to find matching tiles, because 3/4 of the pool does not need replacing. Thanks!
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How can I protect my garage cabinets from floodwater?
This week I got this great set of cabinets off Gumtree to help organise my workbench. Unfortunately a few times per year my garage floods with about an inch of water, and I want to protect these cabinets. My initial plan was to build a timber frame for underneath and attach casters to give it to height to keep out of any…
