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Getting Established

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Thanks for your advice @Dave-1 , @AlanM52, @Nailbag , @EricL . Here are photos of the wall. There is rust above the window, perhaps indicative of a ...

Getting Established

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I have a window embedded in a single brick wall (no cavity) that looks exactly like the situation in this thread: How to add framing around window on ...

Getting Established

The battens are level, so I will keep them and save myself the work of replacing them. Thanks @Nailbag and @Dave-1, I appreciate your advice. This i ...

Getting Established

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Hi @Dave-1 The masonite packers are loosely wedged; there's a nail running through the batten and the middle of the masonite packers, but the Packers ...

Getting Established

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I am renovating a room that was built as an attachment on the back of my garage, probably as a DIY job in the '70s. The plasterboard ceiling was att ...

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Hi @Charley3, It looks like @Nailbag has provided some excellent advice here. That small niche at the top of the window does need to be resolved, an ...

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Hi @Charley3 There should reason that the window can't remain in place. The issue is the rebated wall that continues above to the ceiling. This is ...

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Hi @Charley3, Putting aside the structural and install requirements and... if you are prepared to go with a room aircon (10A plug lead) you should b ...

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Good Evening @Charley3 Yep Put two long screws through the timber batons, through the masonite and into the beams. I would predrill a pilot hole thr ...

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They aren’t going anywhere @Charley3 The fact they are loose contributes to shrinkage of the timbers, but also means they aren’t actually doing anythi ...

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Hi @Charley3 Unless there is an unreasonable amount of unlevelness from the existing old battens, then I don’t see the need to replace them. Other ...

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Good Evening @Charley3 Woooo Nice! I really like the story and the age of the old timber battens. The masonite packers are fixed solidly in place? ...

Getting Established

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Thanks for your advice @Dave-1 , @AlanM52, @Nailbag , @EricL . Here are photos of the wall. There is rust above the window, perhaps indicative of a ...

Getting Established

10 replies

I have a window embedded in a single brick wall (no cavity) that looks exactly like the situation in this thread: How to add framing around window on ...

Getting Established

The battens are level, so I will keep them and save myself the work of replacing them. Thanks @Nailbag and @Dave-1, I appreciate your advice. This i ...

Getting Established

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Hi @Dave-1 The masonite packers are loosely wedged; there's a nail running through the batten and the middle of the masonite packers, but the Packers ...

Getting Established

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I am renovating a room that was built as an attachment on the back of my garage, probably as a DIY job in the '70s. The plasterboard ceiling was att ...

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I would like to renovate my “rumpus room” which was already converted from the garage by previous owner. It appears the plasterboard ha ...

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