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djharvey
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I’m ripping up carpet in my 50year old farm house and wanting to just keep the floors boards underneath. Do I need to sand the floors before I oil the ...

ASR
Finding My Feet
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Hi Team,I have wooden stairs that were stained and sealed about 14 years ago. Over time, they’ve started to show signs of wear, including scratches an ...

Glas
Finding My Feet
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What will deliver the best finished result, architrave installed before or after new flooring is installed by experts? This is my 1st post before star ...

Robyn4
Just Starting Out
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Hi there we are looking at using red tongue flooring for a subfloor, just wondering if there is a sealant we can paint on it to water proof it, we are ...

KR1
Finding My Feet
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Can anyone suggest how to fix this? Moving around furniture it's been damaged on the wood at the top of the stairs (see photo)

squeakysim
Growing in Experience
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I’m currently replacing the bathroom floor of my 70s unit. The existing bearers are hardwood 95x70 with 900 spacing, anyone know what they can be repl ...

redglue
Just Starting Out
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What is the correct steps to repair this engineered timber floor plank? I noticed that there is kind of like bubbling or creases on the top coating o ...

roger85
Finding My Feet
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  Hi all looking for some help with an issue please. My house has grout that has broken away between the floor and walls in the lounge room and coupl ...

rickylee12345
Just Starting Out
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Hi, I have a squeaking floor board that could not be fixed from the inside. House was built in 1975. The floorboards could be either Messmate or Str ...

Lee777
Growing in Experience
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Hi Bunnings, I purchased some of the above titled timber flooring and looking at installation and have a few queries. 1. What PVA glue would you ...

squeakysim
Growing in Experience
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Hi there, I discovered that the subfloor in my new early 70's apartment is beautiful tasmanian oak, so I'm planning ripping up the carpet and sandin ...

squeakysim
Growing in Experience
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I know you need to make sure nail heads do not sit proud of the surface of the floor before sanding. But, I was wondering if they are flush could I le ...

DIY4Knuckleheds
Making a Splash
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I've always wanted to do a Van to Campervan conversion and when my son rang me up and said " Dad, you can say no if you want, but I've just bought mys ...

Chrismichael
Getting Established
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Hello, I want to place black plastic polythene under my subfloor. The plastic needs to go on top of the ground to keep the moisture from effecting har ...

edechalain
Just Starting Out
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Hi to all, I live in a slightly elevated home . The cold from the earth underneath comes right through the floorboards and tiles/carpets. I am contemp ...

gracejac
Finding My Feet
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We have vinyl hybrid floorboards throughout our house and we noticed some gaps in some. The gap size was about the width of a credit card so enough to ...

Katrina10
Just Starting Out
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Hi, We just had floating floorboards installed and in certain spots when you walk on them the pop make popping and crackling sounds its quite loud. ...

mmryan
Finding My Feet
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    we had skirting boards installed and the tradesman didn’t do a very high quality job. there are big gaps in the mitred joins (Hope that’s th ...

HJS
Growing in Experience
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Hello! Our skirting boards have seen better days. I feel replacing them should be a DIY project I can tackle but I would like some training on what to ...

ShedSheeran
Just Starting Out
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  hello. How can I remove this paint on the grout?

MarlieBeena
Finding My Feet
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Hi everyone, I’m hoping for some advice on how to seal a gap between my floorboards and the bottom of a door frame (on the ground). There’s shoe mould ...

michellebrown
Getting Established
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The timber block in the picture has been glued to the floor by the previous owner. I want to have it removed and I'll need to replace the vinyl planks ...

sbm
Just Starting Out
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Hello all, I have installed hybrid flooring in my house and I am having trouble finding a trim to go over where the hybrid floor meets the tiles as th ...

Sean_S
Just Starting Out
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Hi gang, hoping to get some advice on a plan of attack for beautifying the staircase in my home. We have some stairs in my home. When we moved in, the ...