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hi there everyone I am needing to buy a letterbox and have found one that's metal my question is this I have a wooden fence how do I stake a metal let ...

Having an Impact

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I have an alfresco area which I'd like to deck. The joists (Green lines) will most probably fix straight into the concrete and ideally, I'd like to g ...

Just Starting Out

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I want to build a pergola, (my second big DIY project for the house), appx 3.5m x6m. I have a steel fascia. How can I attach wailing plates to it? I h ...

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I am going to cut this bottom half in and use the excess dirt to fill the top half and retain the middle without steps. The area to retain is aprox 62 ...

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Hi everyone, I had my aggregate driveway poured about 2 weeks ago. and now I am seeing patchy white marks or spots that won't go away even with scrubb ...

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We have a large and heavy gate, that opens inwards on our property. We are keen for it to be self closing due to not wanting the dog to escape. I wou ...

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Hello everyone! I am building a deck that measures 4.2m x 2.6m and will be 0.65m high. Since this is my first time constructing a deck, I would appr ...

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We have an air conditioning unit at the side of our house that I want to obscure by putting a trellis' in front and behind it, and then growing climbe ...

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I was wondering what timber I should use to create a 2 post swing into the ground, similar to the picture below? It will need to withhold up to 150kil ...

Just Starting Out

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I am building a wooden deck off my existing tiled alfresco deck and I want to know what materials i need to use for the form work and what to i do und ...

Having an Impact

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It's time for another project and after design after design after design, I'm finally ready to begin! The goal: to increase the usable space outside ...