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Growing in Experience

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which oscillating tool and bit you recommend from Bunnings shop?

Growing in Experience

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Hi Mitchell May I ask what tool you recommend to remove the mortar between the bricks? I did some research, but some people say grinder with mortar ...

Growing in Experience

Changing the drainage can cause the soil to go through dry/wet cycles. I was advised to wait about six months to allow things to settle before doing r ...

Growing in Experience

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Hi everyone, I’m planning to do some repointing work on my brick wall. The house was built in the 1970s, and the original mortar clearly sh ...

Growing in Experience

Turns out I bought the wrong bit—it was for 3 mm rivets, but the ones on the door are 4 mm.  Other than that, everything went well. I also picked up ...

Growing in Experience

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Thanks I think I used a wrong bit, which is for 3mm rivets.

Growing in Experience

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Hi Mitch,We replaced part of it over the weekend. The most difficult part was removing the rivets—maybe I wasn’t using the right drill bit. If the riv ...

Growing in Experience

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Or cut to the size first?

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Hi @lin27, Can you please provide a few more details on the difficulties you encountered when removing the rivets? That will help our members give y ...

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Hi @lin27, I would roughly cut it to size with snips or sharp scissors. You can then fix it into position and trim up the overhanging edges with a sha ...

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Hi @lin27, The easiest way to remove the old mesh is to drill out the rivets holding the strips in place. A 3mm drill bit is normally about right fo ...

Growing in Experience

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Hi @Jewelleryrescue I do like the idea of using a rubber seal to get a cleaner look, I found a similar product here with 38MM width, which would work ...

Kind of a Big Deal

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Hi @Tinafixit , The easiest way is to drill through them on the wide side, where the stem is broken off from. Use a drill bit the same size as the ori ...

Building a Reputation

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Hello @BiancaR It's great that you've received excellent advice from @Jewelleryrescue. I agree with using the Self Expanding Foam to fill up the gap ...

Kind of a Big Deal

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Hi @BiancaR @KatieC We need to keep an eye on this gap. As the wall looks like a start point for a house extention as the brick work under the si ...

Growing in Experience

Changing the drainage can cause the soil to go through dry/wet cycles. I was advised to wait about six months to allow things to settle before doing r ...

Growing in Experience

Turns out I bought the wrong bit—it was for 3 mm rivets, but the ones on the door are 4 mm.  Other than that, everything went well. I also picked up ...

Growing in Experience

Thanks for your reply, Mitch, it’s really clear and detailed. I really appreciate the step-by-step explanation — it gives me a much better idea of how ...

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Ive tried using all my muscles and still couldnt ge this gutter clip back on Is there any type of trick to doing it?

Growing in Experience

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Hi @Jewelleryrescue I do like the idea of using a rubber seal to get a cleaner look, I found a similar product here with 38MM width, which would work ...

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Hi @Jacdoitmyself, Thank you for your question about rendering a red brick house. If I were to choose a part of the project where you can save som ...

Kind of a Big Deal

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Hi @BiancaR @KatieC We need to keep an eye on this gap. As the wall looks like a start point for a house extention as the brick work under the si ...

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