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How to install under-floor insulation?
Hi all, I'm in the process of planning some underfloor insulation for part of my house. My house is a 90's build house in Brisbane where the upstairs area hangs out over the built in downstairs by about 40sqm. This area is partially open aired, and partially built in by the laundry which is essentially the temperature as…
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How to patch a plasterboard hole with different thickness?
Bit of an odd question. I have some holes in the ceiling I need to patch and it turns out my ceiling plaster is 16mm thick. I've got plenty of 10mm plasterboard laying around, and I can see I can buy 13mm however I'm finding it near on impossible to source 16mm plasterboard to fix the few holes I have. I had alternatively…
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Copper water pipe insulation
Hi all, I have an annoying situation where whenever I want to run the tap in summer, I have to wait up to a minute or two just to run out the hot water before the cold starts. I'm assuming the bulk of this is coming from the ceiling cavity which is baking hot most of the time (though could be heating up under the courtyard…
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How to repair floor tile grouting?
Hi all, I'm looking for some advice on grouting some floor tiles. Our main living room and walkways are covered in a 1200x200 tile running lenthways along our house and most of the grout in the main areas is chipped / broken out over time that I'm looking to clean up. To put some context to the house, it is a 90's build…
