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ashleesellen
Having an Impact
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My partner and I built a beautiful sunken fire pit/conversation pit using decking boards, concrete blocks and white pebbles. It’s perfect for roasting ...

Else
Building a Reputation
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I have a convection panel heater (no fan) that can be used on wheels or wall-mounted. The warm air rises from the top of the heater, not the front, & ...

badmojo
Cultivating a Following
8 replies

I was checking the windows for leaks during winter and found several windows with gaps on the rubber gasket. Is this normal or should these be sealed? ...

DIWHYNot
Finding My Feet
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Hi everyone, hope you are well. I am looking to clad the inside of a 6m x 6m colorbond shed with mini corry or similar, fixed directly onto the horiz ...

jrmad
Just Starting Out
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Hi all, I’d like to install an exhaust fan in my down stairs bathroom, however I think it is near impossible, as the walls are tiled to the ceiling an ...

beccasoons
Finding My Feet
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Hi, we have a very lovely fireplace in our house going to waste in this cold weather, I really want to restore it, but every time we light it, it work ...

smhills78
Finding My Feet
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Small little living room that I wanted a fireplace in so built one with the tv above it MaterialsStructural timber, shiplap, mdf, liquid nails and woo ...

Bunee
Just Starting Out
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Hi, Can I get a replacement remote control for Arlec CEH253 convection heater please? Thanks. Bunee Oamaru    

Rileythornbury
Getting Established
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We have perspex glass in our garage windows. They are louvered however they are painted over so don't operate. I'd like to fill in the gap to assis ...

lisamariedack
Just Starting Out
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Hello, looking to convert my cold brick garage to a playroom. Looking for cost effective and easy recommendations for insulating the walls? Could I wo ...

jp171
Finding My Feet
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I have bedroom with huge sliding door that is double glazed. however the bedroom is always cold. I noticed that the sliding door tracks where the door ...

Russ42
Having an Impact
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We have been desperately trying to reduce the noise in a bedroom from people weeing into the toilet above. We are reticent to put a sign on the toilet ...

Grant-noclue
Finding My Feet
1 reply

Hi again team, Any tips on how I can seal these French doors up as they let in a lot of cold air at the moment?  

MarlieBeena
Getting Established
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Hi Workshop Community, We’re working on updating an empty fireplace in our 1950s double brick home and would love some advice. The fireplace previo ...

gautam86
Just Starting Out
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Hello All, I am looking for ideas on how to insulate a part of a window that is fixed and does not open (shown in the picture below). I have come ...

dunts
Just Starting Out
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    We have a brick fireplace in our house with a slate facade (fireplace is non-operational). We are planning to sell in the next 6 months and hop ...

raymond265
Having an Impact
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Hey everyone, I thought I would share my first ever project. Being a first home buyer this was the first chance I have had to actually build something ...

johnbela
Just Starting Out
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I would like to know if you can use Prempanel around a gas fireplace as a feature wall? It is not an open fireplace and the fireplace has glass in f ...

bkjan
Cultivating a Following
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I'm wanting to buy a solar generator but really don't understand the jargon associated with them. - I'm can spend a maximum of up to $4,000. It needs ...

MalcolmS
Just Starting Out
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Hi, we have small (170l) heat pump hot water system which has been working fine for a number of years. However in the middle of a Canberra winter it ...

geoffr
Cultivating a Following
2 replies

We purchased a Scandia Warmbrite 300 Series 4 Indoor Wood Heater from Bunnings and about to install in our lounge. Our flooring is an engineered oak i ...

braddis84
Just Starting Out
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     morning all, I have. 5 by 8 shed that I am turning into a woodworking workshop. I have power being installed including 15amp power. I am putti ...

michaeljb
Just Starting Out
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I'm insulating all the walls. It's single brick . I will use rockwool r2.5 acoustic batts Do I need a vapor barrier filt behind the batts for extra pr ...

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