I have vynil wrap and can only say good things. Had it in 2.5yrs with three boystrous kids and it's hard wearing, ready to clean and still looks like the…

The water level within your charged system will be at the inlet height of the water tank. That means that if the tank inlet is at half the height of…

Hey all. Looking for some suggestions for what type of lighting you think would look good on my house.
I'm going round and round in circles and just can't choose.…

Irrespective of who's higher or lower, the builder has an obligation to ensure adequate batter or soil retaining to avoid subsidance of any neighbouring asset during there build.

Mate nothing wrong with your grass. It'll struggle of you let it dry out so keep the water up to it till it establishes.
It's fine. It goes yellow before…

So I've got a lovely lush Sir Walter buffalo been down since Oct 2016.
It grows great but is very spongy. Should I be top dressing with sand to firm…

Why don't you put a 150mm wide decorative gravel strip along the concrete edge and an aggi drain under that. To stop the graver mixing with the garden bed install…

Hi SBG,
I will only be using them on the bearers.
Engineer design calls for a 150 x 150 post that is 2.7m high. I hate the post stirups for stand alone…

Hey all,
I'm discussing with my chippy regarding how to best set my deck posts in the ground.
We have heavy clay loam soil.
I dug all the holes to save some money…

That'll be fine. It's just like you walking on the rafters.
Effectively you have 5kg on each rafter. Not a problem at all

Thanks shamuscassar will look at that

David your post didn't come out

Hey all.
Need some help choosing some trees for down my side driveway.
I don't want anything that will have roots that will affect my concrete or trunks that get…

Ok so here is the latest on my garden. Hadn't been doing much due to the wet weather but pulled the finger out over the last 4 wks

Sorry I just saw this post.
Are you basing this advice on gut feel or the AS span tables and what sort of timber? Treated pine, hardwood etc and grade.

Oh yeah I see they screw to the truss and too plate.
Looking at pictures on the internet they don't place them on every truss so I'll need to get…

Thanks yeah I thought about that but not sure the existing gutter would cope with the extra water runoff.
From what I've read the tie in strap should also go…

Thanks guys
I do understand that I'll need a permit. No worries there. Anything above 8m2 from memory.
What I'm trying to do is understand what I can use before…

You could put some thick plates internally and plug weld them from the outside to give extra strength.

Hi all I'm struggling to interpret the span tables in AS1684
I'd like to know the following
1. What size beam required on the 9.2m side if it only has to span…

Lilydale toppings is not crusher dust.
You may also look at granitic sand. It's a lot coarser than normal sand and will compact quite hard. It's typically what councils like…

Nice one. Can't beat that!

Looks like it to me

Make sure they are getting the turf locally and not interstate.
That way it'll be acclimatised to your region

It's all good. Concrete takes 28days to fully cure

I'm in a similar situation and we have heavy clay loam soil aka very sticky black s**t
I'm going to spread a 50mm layer of organic compost, gypsum 2kg/m2, and…

Thanks guys.
Ive got some green manure growing as i didn't want to go crazy with veggies yet.
I did also plant some garlic in the far end bed and…

Here is an updated photo of my landscaping and raised veggie garden.

You probably have a dusk sensor connected to you garden lighting system. It's effectively a switch that works on the amount of light being received. It's not Solar
As far as…

They are 400mm deep and 200mm at the front.