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Double glaze window
I am purchasing a house with a mixture of wooden double hung and aluminum sliding windows and want to replace the glass with double glaze starting with the wooden windows. Has anyone done this? Can I just swap the panes or do I have to replace the whole window? Any tips? Thanks James
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Barn door with wrought iron for art studio
My take on a barn door for wifes art studio. She found an old panel with some wrought iron in the middle. I fitted it with a 35 x 65 edge to make big enough for a door and backed with 3mm ply. We painted the ply the same colour as the wall to give the effect you can see through it while giving privacy in the ensuite. JDE
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Minimum depth of domestic sewer
I am building an art studio with a tiolet and sink. It is to be off one end of the house. Problem is the sewer drains to the opposite end of the house. The nearest pick up point is 12.6m away and only 360mm to the top of pipe below ground level. While I understand I will need to go out through the wall rather than under…
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Insulating an old house on a budget
I am trying to decide the next step for insulating an old weatherboard house. I cant get into the walls and it has a skillion roof. So cant really insulate walls or roof. The house is on peers the front right floor is ground level but has been dug in and sits on 600mm peers the back left is approximately 1100mm off the…
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Mason mitre - freehand
I am renovating my daughter's kitchen using a second hand kitchen I bought. It is a total strip and replace. Problem is it is u shaped and the bottom of the new kitchen was too big requiring cupboards to be cut down to size. The join on the bench top has a mason mitre where it needs to be shorten. Has anyone cut or have…
