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What timber to use for a sandpit?
Hello Community Members 😁, I was just wondering what timber I can get from Bunnings to build a metre X metre child's sandpit with a lid. Thanks in advance Kind regards Rob Colbert 👍😁
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Mackas Planter Boxes
This is just an update from the post "Thanks Bunnings Trade Desk" Well we got a heap of treated pine fence Pailings 2.1 X .15 X 12mm Also some treated pine 70 X 35 for framing. We got all this at Bunnings Traralgon. This was a simple build which you will see from the pictures. This is the large model but not the deluxe.…
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Beef Short Ribs on a Webber Napoleon
Hi @MoonshineBen Am absolutely loving the posts you are putting up and your vast knowledge. I have recently purchased the new Napoleon Webber and am loving it. I just recently tried my first cook up of beef short ribs and they were amazing. I have two questions. 1- Do you have a recipe you recommend to get those really…
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Apologies
Dear community, my sincere apologies for not answering questions as often over the last couple of months. Happened to break my arm. Metal rods were put in to fix it but a week later the bone snapped again. Long and short 3 difficult surgeries 50+ stitches and plenty of steel and screws did the job. 3 months off no work so…
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Help with Yuccas
Good morning @Jason Could you please Tag in some of the Community Members on this post. Recently we were given a bunch of Yakkas. Because of the height and being newly planted about 4 of them flopped so I cut the tops back as shown in the pictures. I'm just wondering will these possibly come back? And should I be feeding…
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Age Related Laws in Victoria For The Use of Power Tools
Good morning @Jason and fellow community members. I was hoping for some advice regarding the laws or restrictions in place regarding what age a minor has to be before they can use power tools corded and uncorded. I have two very keen up and coming tradies in my son and daughter who regularly use certain tools under my…
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Fixing Acrylic Bath Scratches
Hello to the community, I was wondering if anyone has any secrets on fixing scratches in a white bath on an acrylic/fibreglass bath. We have numerous scratches and would like to make it look nicer. Kind regards Rob 👍
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Paint suggestions for galvanized pipe
Good morning Community. As a little project I'm wanting to do is some industrial looking peices of furniture. I'm looking at using the galvanized pipe from Bunnings. Once constructed I would like to spray paint the pipe and I want something very durable. I would love some suggestions Thank you Kind regards Rob 👍
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Sliding Gates and Advice
Hello Community Members, One of our next projects as family will be a sliding gate that will divide the front and a rear section for privacy. I will be welding and spray painting my own frames and lining it with timber. The part I have hardly any experience on and honestly I remember helping about 10 years ago was a…
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Mackas new garden planter boxes
Well here is Mackas next stage of planter boxes. He is way to tired tonight to say how he built them, hey he is 4 😂🤣🤣. So after he stains them, we will give you an idea of how easy it was to build and everything was at Bunnings
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Help with cutting corrugated iron with a Ryobi Airwave Nibbler from Bunnings
Good morning to all in the Community. I was wondering if anyone could help me with some tips or tricks on using nibblers on Colourbond. I bought the drill attachment version 10 months ago and we'll have been fighting that for a while. Yesterday I bought the Ryobi Airwave Nibbler for my compressor attachment and I'm still…
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Help with River Tables DIY
Hi Community. I hope this post finds you all well. I have been putting off for a while doing my own epoxy river tables. I have done alot of research, but would love to hear if anyone in the community has had experience and may have a few pointers. Attached is a picture of something similar to what I mean
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Treated Pine Fence Pailings and Arsenic
Hello to all in the community. 😁 You may have read a recent post we put up titled Macca's Planter Boxes. I wanted to ask the members of the community what information and knowledge you may have in regards to arsenic traces found in the treated pine pailings for purchase at Bunnings. I have read in general that in relation…
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Get the Kids Involved 😁
Hi Community Members. I just wanted to share a picture that for some a reaction of "yeah a kid painting" would be understandable. But let me explain. This picture below is of my four year old son. Obviously he loves to paint😁 He also loves to split kindling, swing a hammer, concrete, spray paint, use a reticulating saw and…
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Help With Drawer Runner
Hello Everyone, well I'm stumped. I've been able to undo many a drawer but this one I have to admit I can't. Can anyone give me an idea on how to remove the drawer from this slider system. It would be a great help Warm regards Rob 👍
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How thick should I lay my driveway gravel?
Hi everyone, I am just about to start laying gravel or blue rock straight over the top of compacted soil for our driveway. I was wondering what suggestions the community have in how thick I should go? It is relatively flat. I was thinking 150mm thick but not sure?
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Making use of garage spaces
Hello Community, this is by no means a new idea, but one I wanted to share as we recently built a new Garage. 6m X 6m was our floor size and we imagined we had plenty of space. 🤣🤣 Wrong. Once we drove the cars in we had no real room for storage. So we designed a mezzanine floor that sat over the bonnets of our cars about 7…
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Projects around the house - fence, gate and front door
I just wanted to share some small changes we made around our new home that cost very little but made a big difference in appearance and we did everything ourselves. The best thing is all the materials came from our local Bunnings which made it alot easier. In short we brought our first home which was just a rectangular…
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Extension Requirements in Victoria
Hello Community, Could I please ask for some information in regards to the legalities of a proposed extension I am looking at doing similar to the one pictured below. The roof will be a mixture of clear and smoke laser light. Walls and floors similar to picture. I am thinking of concrete footings for the posts. I am just…
