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Fencing and Screening

Ronaldo
Community Newcomer
1 reply

Hi Guys, Just hoping to get some advice on my side gate. I’m hoping to build a a wooden Merbau gate 1800mm x 1800mm swing gate. My main concern is t ...

tombullen
Getting Established
7 replies

Hello, I'm hoping someone can give me some advice. I'm installing an aluminium screening fence on to aggregate concrete and surprise surprise, I'm h ...

Doladin
Growing in Experience
6 replies

Hi All, I have a 1600mm tall aluminium gate on the side of my house with a typical D latch. It swings open to be alongside a brick wall. I like to h ...

Terry66
Just Starting Out
2 replies

Hi everyone. I wonder if anyone knows how to replace an individual beam of a retaining wall which has become waterlogged, rotting and bulging outwards ...

SyedAhmed
Growing in Experience
8 replies

Hi Team. I'd like to install a fold-down clothesline to the fence shown below: It's a colorbond fence which sits on concrete sleepers. The widt ...

j3mesf1
Growing in Experience
19 replies

Hi all. I've noticed a run of horizontal sleepers in our retaining wall is rotting badly and need to be rectified quite soon. I'm not sure how this wa ...

josan123
Just Starting Out
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Hi there. I am going to attach a treated timber trim in between timber fence post and pailings gap. Looking for bullet head nails with around length o ...

Milton86
Just Starting Out
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Hi Braintrust! First time poster here. I recently moved into my new house in VIC but noticed that the fences on one side of my house have slanted an ...

nfaisal10204508
Just Starting Out
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    Hi all, I am in need of some ideas on how to remove this soil/mud from the narrow gap between lawn retaining wall and fence. i don’t want to up ...

falzonius
Just Starting Out
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We have an under house possum problem. We have just moved to a new place. Its a sloping block, so the back deck is elevated. There are 2 walls o ...

gene
Growing in Experience
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I spray painted with dulux weathersheild which has a primer added , I washed and sanded gate first, I only used a separate primer on bare steel patch ...

snail
Just Starting Out
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Hi, my rusty metal gate hinge fell off this morning. the gate hinge was attached to a metal gate frame - welded top and bolted bottom. the frame h ...

Gary23
Just Starting Out
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Our apartment balcony had this perspex installed around the railings when we bought it. It is a good idea to stop our pets from wanting to climb thr ...

Colossian
Finding My Feet
13 replies

1. How far should the additional timber sleeper be from the fence wall? 2. How deep should the trench be for a standard garden bed? 3. What to do i ...

GerrysMummy123
Finding My Feet
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     Hi I’m a Mum of one 3 and my youngest is 17 months. He’s walking now and his favourite place to escape to is outdoors. My front yard isn’t so ...

dant
Getting Established
16 replies

Hi, 3 posts in my colorbond fence are leaning. It was a result of somebody falling into it with force. I made an effort over the weekend to dig down ...

Beyoncé2023
Just Starting Out
3 replies

I have moved into a rental and need help with backyard. I am a single woman no-one to help

Penny33
Just Starting Out
3 replies

Hello! I am a DIY newbie and I’ve very ambitiously started a project to build a brick raised garden bed along our 12 metre fence line. I will be putti ...

LeeT1
Just Starting Out
1 reply

I have been installing the castellated panel from Ekodeck, cutting the 3.6m lengths into 2. Is there a trim that I can use to finish the top edge? ...

LEFTY63
Just Starting Out
1 reply

Hi Guys After some suggestions in Stopping our 2 Dogs from laying in a Raised garden Bed and Squashing our Plants. Garden bed is only roughly 3m x 1m ...

Colossian
Finding My Feet
2 replies

Hello agian, What's a good low-cost solution to prevent the weeds from growing, while also making the area look clean? Why is there a gap of soil betw ...

ShirleyL
Finding My Feet
7 replies

Hi Everyone, My gate lock is not working properly, can only lock from inside. I am hoping to fix it myself. Is it an easy job to repair or replace a ...

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