Wall painting
dulux wash and wear superhide tinted to the correct colour should be able to do it in one coat if the person painting can reload the roller after every rollerwidth…
GLASS SPLASHBACKS - PERTH please
i used to make the paint for WA Glasskote when they were based in malaga. they were a customer of ours. they are now also in wangara. very experienced team…
Render, half render or no render
yeh i think those bricks should be left,
1.gutters painted with gloss acrylic to a herritage colour, possibly brunswick green,
2. the roof cleaned, anti moulded and membraned to a…
Gyprocking on all walls and ceilng to make it more modern?
i do drylining all the time.
Drylining: attaching gyproc sheets straight to the brickwork with CSR masonry adhesive and masonry nails.
The nice sharp beaded corners and flat uniform substrate always adds…
remove stain from render
yes the quickest way is to use washing powder. prefferably one without bleach, so just stuff for colours.
mix it with water, about half a scoop for a 10l…
remove stain from render
Id personaly put a tapered flashing on it, not just box section. but this guy has already noted the issue, the lack of a gap. that should suffice, but make…
remove stain from render
yes that is a good quote. getting someone out of bed for less than a grand in this industry doesnt happen. keep that persons details, if they are honest and…
Cladding suggestions
hi, i replied to u on the other site. but didnt see these pics.
thats a lot of area and rendering is out of the question.
this muat be a perth house…
remove stain from render
sorry for late reply.
thats terrible and the building needs to be modified slightly to stop it.
u can improve the situation by applying a membrane paint to this area which will…
Aquanamel vs Solagard. How much paint - 1 litre or 2 litres.
but late for a reply, but for future visitors reference, a 100% acrylic gloss exterior is the best thing to use in this example, as black enamels, even water based…
Noisy Gas Cooktop
If its popping then it needs anew regulator. The regulators that come with appliances are usually pretty terrible.
Re-Painting Brick
Impossible to solve the issue from within.
Water seeping through the brick will damage anything u apply to it after a while. Whether it be from mould apores or aimply hydrostatic…
FAIL! WHY is my Dulux Acrylic Texture Coat render crumbling?
Iether that or it was a typical hurry job on to rendered wall and the render was still wet when it was primed. eflourescene will cause the entire coating to…
FAIL! WHY is my Dulux Acrylic Texture Coat render crumbling?
Hadrian sand finish is manufactured and aold by dulux.
I am going to be the bearer of bad news here. 99.9% of plasterers will not apply the required acrashield membrane in…
Plaster skim coat over painted render
Yes for a member of the general public it is unaffordable. It is a trade product and therefor the pricing structure makes it affirdableto tradesmen only, with special texture accounts…
Plaster skim coat over painted render
The problem here is that u will need a compound mix (niether 100% cementitious, nor 100% paint) but a compound which will stick to paint in a large format.
Compounds…
Fixing gaps under colorbond fence - anyone used this?
I'm suspicious you are actually the seller and are using this site to advertise your fence panels. And you're doing a find job disguising it. My reason, you have only…
new home handover inspection-glass shower door hit toilet
The glass wont break when it hits the toilet; however the toilet might chip.
Depending on the type of screen; usually, a rubber stopper on the floor is installed.
Your swinging…
cost for total renovation
No one can help you without seeing it themselves.
I'd say your estimates of cost are quite reasonable.
Is the frame of the house really worth it?
First Home Reno Project (Brisbane)
Are you planning on running the renovation yourself, as i, personally hiring each individual tradesman. If so, its pretty simple, just think about it like this.
Dirtiest messiest jobs first, finesse…
Creating an entryway
I see what you mean, if it were me, id be temped to make a ledge where you have that hutch cupboard thing. So that when you open the door,…
Typical clueless guy - kitchen makeover
you can gyprock straight onto brick, i do it all the time. Its not as cheap as it would look at first research though. Bunnings sells the gyprock masonry adhesive.…
DIY Tile paint happy with it
I will place a bet that it was taubmans white knight tile paint over tile n laminate primer for all posters. IF anyone used the flood product, they wouldn't have…
Typical clueless guy - kitchen makeover
lol, yeh perhaps we scared him off with our suggestions of work!!
All oil based (mostly refined petroleum as a solvent) coatings will yellow. Go to Bunnings and look at all…
Typical clueless guy - kitchen makeover
haha , high heels in the kitchen ARE dangerous, that is a good point. Nautical is the wrong word, coastal is what I should've said. but to me, and every…
Whats the standard for placement of a solar hot water system
So the draftsman didnt plan it in front of the window then???
Is W10 the window we see in the picture? I thought that cabinetry in the pic looked like…
Typical clueless guy - kitchen makeover
Yeh I was going to suggest a whitewash on the cupboards, but I resisted as I weighed up 2 factors,
1. the likelihood of it being done poorly, he sais…
Best for external
I have worked for dulux for many years, and it was well known within the company that our weathershield was guaranteed for the time you live in your house, but…
Whats the standard for placement of a solar hot water system
Well, if you wanna get technical, the purpose of the high window is so that the window isn't looking into the roofspace.
It does look pretty…