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Just Starting Out

Hi All, Hope you've had a great holiday season. I've started mine with a little hiccup ... where I tried to install a TV wall mount unit and it fell ...

Getting Established

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I'm planning on making a built-in bedhead with 90x45mm pine for the framing along with some VJ paneling for the front. Likely use some oak timber for ...

Just Starting Out

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Hi all, Looking for advice to see if this is fixable or has to be completely replaced. Wardrobe Door come off the hinges, fell and hit the edge of ...

Finding My Feet

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Hi, I live in a rental house and have a tilting casement window in my bedroom. Unfortunately, it’s the only window available. The casement window ti ...

Growing in Experience

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Hi all, I am planning to do something with this interior brick wall between living room and kitchen. I feel like the color is just too dark and I want ...

Building a Reputation

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Happy New Year all! I have purchased these two mini pot plants as a gift and would like to paint them. They are made of Plant Based Bio Plastic and ...

Just Starting Out

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I have created a mud room with Lugna cabinets however there was no wall mounting options avaliable however bunnings website advises its included. Ther ...

Finding My Feet

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I am restoring an old table which has a really unsmooth tabletop, so I started with sanding. However, after 5 passes with P80 using my orbital sander, ...

Building a Reputation

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I have a study nook with dimensions 2050mm wide and 550mm deep. I want to build a floating study desk on this area with some floating shelves above it ...

Finding My Feet

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I recently installed 6 x prempanel black oak acoustic panels in my theatre/office and it looks great but the smell it gives off gives me a headache, l ...

Cultivating a Following

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Have a standard door leading out to the garage, the door is latching but the lock is not locking. I think there is a misalignment with the strike p ...

Building a Reputation

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I want to hang my didgeridoo horizontally. I do not want shelving. What are a few options I can look into to be able to have my didgeridoo sitting ...

Just Starting Out

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Hey All, I have a couple of cup sized holes in my internal plastered brick wall in the living room. It was to conceal a cable in the wall, but now w ...

Finding My Feet

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Hi Bunnings, I'm repainting one of my bedrooms and would like to get rid of this old Foxtel Outlet. I think there are 2 old coaxial cables here wh ...

Just Starting Out

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How do I measure and install an internal door jam

Building a Reputation

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As shown in the image, I have 3 ceiling cracks. These cracks run in between ceiling joists that are spaced 600mm. There is a noggin behind the middle ...

Finding My Feet

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Hello Somebody Please Help, I've just bought an Smith Corona Deville 510 Electric Typewriter. It's a 110 - 130v 60hz power, so to get it to work will ...

Making a Splash

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Wheels spin on the end if the dowel. Don’t want the press fir to spin the dowel incase it catches long hair. A UV stabilised marker can be used for th ...

Cultivating a Following

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Hi, I am wanting to use a piece of stair thread timber around 1.8m long, 30cm deep and 6-7cm thick to create a floating entry way bench. my house ...

Finding My Feet

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Hi, I used plywood for my wardrobe because it needs to hold the weight of vertical bars. Just wondering for the seams can I use Selleys Spakfilla Rapi ...

Finding My Feet

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Hi all, I am planning to build a solid timber bookshelf that is 2-2.2m tall and at least 30cm deep. However, I am struggling to find an applicable m ...

Finding My Feet

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Hi, I have just moved into my new (old) villa and want to hang some pictures. The units were built in the 60s and renovated at various times. There ar ...