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Backyard fish pond
This simple pond makes a great backyard feature and a potential home for fish and frogs. The project I decided to put a small pond in the backyard for something to do while stuck at home a lot. I thought I could eventually put some fish in it and maybe attract some frogs. I started by marking out a 1.8m x 1.8m square and…
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Love my pegboard
I saw a post by @lcooksey88 showing his cool shed setup in this group. He used some pinnacle pegboards so I decided to give them a go also. I bought x1 pinnacle pegboard home and was so impressed I was back at bunnings the next day to buy another one hahahah. Definatly a fan here looks like you can buy lots of different…
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Pegboards to organise tools
Pegboards are an easy way to tidy up tools without taking up limited floor space in a garage or shed. The project I was inspired by this garage storage makeover by @lcooksey88 to use Pinnacle pegboards to organise my tools. I bought one Pinnacle 1810 x 410mm Matte Black Metal Pegboard and was so impressed that I went back…
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Washerless Taps?
I found some wet carpet inside my built in wardrobe the other week, theres a shower on the other side of the wall so I jumped right in and cut a couple good size inspection holes to check things out as you do (eek lol) I fixed the leak issue and left the bottom inspection hole unrepaired so i can recheck on water leaks in…
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Small Pond
Decided to put a small pond in the backyard for somthing to do while stuck at home alot. Ive only just started but have roughly a 1.8x1.8 square cut out of my grass sofar - and plan on digging about a metre down then lining it with some pond liner tomorrow ( this…
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Sunken fire pit and barbecue
This clever backyard fire pit and barbecue uses an old water mains cutoff to create an outdoor entertaining area you can mow right over. The project When I bought my first (and probably only) house a few years ago it needed a good yard clean-up, among a lot of other stuff. I discovered some old water mains cutoffs…
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Front yard sprinkler system
Automatic sprinklers were installed to make it easy to maintain a healthy green lawn even during the hottest summer weather. The project My front yard only has one impact sprinkler and four semi-permanent sprinklers. It really needs at least two impact sprinklers. I finally got around to installing an extra front…
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Fascia repair
Incase somebody also has some damaged fascia - Dont be scared to "have a go" at replacing it yourself, the jobs not real hard I woke up this morning and noticed some fascia was rotted from a old roof leak (the roof was fixed long ago) so replaced a section of fascia in about 1.5hours (including removing gutters and waiting…
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Quick cheap gate height extension
Installed as one piece, ready for a jigsaw cut straight up the guts and some sanding to gap the slats so they dont touch when gates shut Only took a couple hours and was pretty cheap, I used paddlepop sticks as "spacers" but I wasnt sure whether to level the boards "truely" or whether to follow the same level as the gate…
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Replaced a dodgy window frame
I finally got around to replacing a shed window here that was pretty rotten. I kept it real simple and just butt joined the frame instead of mitering (else the bottom and top planks were too short to use lol) I was also racing a incoming storm and beat the rain by about 10minutes (phew lol, job took me about a hour) For…
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New sprinkler install
Ive been meaning to do this for a while - My front yard only has x1 impact sprinkler - it really needs at least x2 (my backyard has x4 semi-permanent ones I already put in) I finally got around to installing a extra permanent front sprinkler yesterday, and I replaced the old existing one as well which was leaking…
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Sunken firepit and BBQ
Bought my first (and probably only) house a couple of years ago and it needed a good yard cleanup (amongst alot of other stuff lol) I discovered some old water mains cutoffs that I didnt know what to do with underneath "the jungle" behind the back sheds, and I always wanted a firepit / wood BBQ - so I worked out somthing…
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Tomatoes that grow up latticework
I had some old bricks laying around, and I was getting a bit sick of whippersnipping around some spearpoint pipework - so I decided to make a "quick n dirty" vegetable patch that I can mow around now (excuse the dodgy rendering, just used my hands but it should do the job to hold some dirt and its hidden behind the pump…
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First door handle install
I was cleaning my front door handle and deadlock the other night (came up quite well just with elbow grease) When i realised how annoying it was not to be able to shut the front door here without using a deadlock key (for windy days just running out to grab the newspaper or whatever) Thought it might be a good time to try…
