Hi guys, I want to butt a concrete vegetable garden bed against a concrete build up of a carport. It will be a 700mm high wall about 120mm thick and…

Thanks for that I will have a look at them. What do you think about B.I.P. Foam is that a cheap and nasty option?

Hi all our brick veneer house is about 28 years old and the builder used B.I.P. foam in the vertical expansion joints in the bricks which has weathered and needs…

Thanks for your reply bashworth, that sounds good and I have been doing some reading on the net and I see that welding rio bar as I planned to weld…

Hi all, I am back again looking for advice. I have just had a carport built for our caravan that I hope will arrive around the end of May.
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Hi all it's been a while but I thought I had better report back on how I went and show some pics as it might help someone else in the…

Hi James that sounds like a good Idea. I haven't got a lot done today, I have been chasing around getting gear. I have decided the villaboard at the bottom…

Hi James,
I have found the source of the leak. I rang Dunlop for information on adding sand to their floor leveller and the lady was adamant that I not use…

Thanks James that's a good Idea re the spacers. I've bought a chrome brass waste drain 50mm pipe to go into the 62mm hole I might roll 3 or 4…

Thanks James I have read and re-read this but it has clicked you are suggesting I make a puddle flange out of my old grate with membrane and I guess…

Thanks James Mason, no I didn’t do a flood test. A year or two ago we had the slate tiles on the opposite wall to our shower showing white water…

Hi all I am removing my shower tiles on the floor and one layer on the wall as I am getting water signs in the next room. Our house is…

Hi I'm still going with some interruptions but as you said the first tile was the hardest when that was off I was able to use a small bolster and…

Thanks James Mason my tiles are 150 wide and 200 high. I will be moving to the left and right so I can make vertical cuts in the tiles and…

Hi all I have a leaky shower (water signs on the slate on floor of next room) that I attempted to repair with silicone replacement where the wall tiles meet…

Thanks Rory, at present I am chasing up quotes for the materials for the carport and then I will seek out a builder. I mainly wanted some info for my…

Thanks for your input Rory. I take it your suggesting I make the retaining walls first so that I can remove any internal shutters then fill and compact then do…

Thanks for that bashworth I guess with the ground compacted then it can be dug away at the edge and then shutters put in place. From your suggestion I did…

Hi all I am in the process of getting council approval for a new carport for my future caravan.
The carport will be 7m x 4.6m with 4 posts on each…