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June 2023
kristian
Growing in Experience
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kristian
Growing in Experience
June 2023

Hi Eric, Thanks for the recommendations. Glad I wasn't forgetting something obvious! Good idea with the weed mat, should be a bit cheaper than buying ...

kristian
Growing in Experience
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Hi there, We've just about finished building our new house (only took 33 months!). We plan on moving in next week, but we can't do the concrete patio ...

kristian
Growing in Experience
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February 2023

Hi Eric, Thanks for the advice! Yes, I think you're right, best to plan for the worst in case we end up with the fence longer than expected. And yes, ...

kristian
Growing in Experience
4 replies
May

Hi All, We are building a house and it has an asbestos fence along one boundary that is overall in not too bad condition, so we're not in a huge rus ...

kristian
Growing in Experience
January 2022

Thanks @MitchellMc, @EricL and @TedBear . Really appreciate all of your input! I'm going to work up a few material mood boards for them, but looks lik ...

kristian
Growing in Experience
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January 2022

So here’s the wall. The garden bed runs almost the full length of the block. They’re replacing the paving and fence, painting and lining the patio, re ...

kristian
Growing in Experience
January 2022

That’s great! Thanks. Yeah, they’re not a fan of the yellow colouring. They’re redesigning the whole back yard at the moment and the pallette they lik ...

kristian
Growing in Experience
16 replies

Hi there, I have some friends that asked me whether you they would be able to render a long reconstituted limestone block retaining wall/garden bed. I ...

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Bunnings Team Member MitchellMc
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January 2022

You would be right in suspecting that any retained water's hydrostatic pressure will be an issue @kristian. Rendering is probably the better solution ...

Bunnings Team Member EricL
Bunnings Team Member
4 replies
January 2022

Hello @kristian Thank you so much for the photo updates. It's great that you've received excellent advice from @MitchellMc. His assessment and rec ...

TedBear
Kind of a Big Deal
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January 2022

I agree 100% with @EricL . Your friends need to focus on what they do want and not what they don't want (ie the limestone look).The blocks offer stre ...

TedBear
Kind of a Big Deal
2 replies
August 2021

Hi @kristian perhaps one of the Bunnings team will advise differently, but the specs for that product say that they are not suitable for outdoor use. ...

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kristian
Growing in Experience
June 2023

Hi Eric, Thanks for the recommendations. Glad I wasn't forgetting something obvious! Good idea with the weed mat, should be a bit cheaper than buying ...

kristian
Growing in Experience
2 replies
February 2023

Hi Eric, Thanks for the advice! Yes, I think you're right, best to plan for the worst in case we end up with the fence longer than expected. And yes, ...

kristian
Growing in Experience
January 2022

Thanks @MitchellMc, @EricL and @TedBear . Really appreciate all of your input! I'm going to work up a few material mood boards for them, but looks lik ...

kristian
Growing in Experience
January 2022

That’s great! Thanks. Yeah, they’re not a fan of the yellow colouring. They’re redesigning the whole back yard at the moment and the pallette they lik ...

kristian
Growing in Experience
16 replies

Hi there, I have some friends that asked me whether you they would be able to render a long reconstituted limestone block retaining wall/garden bed. I ...

kristian
Growing in Experience
1 reply
August 2021

Thanks @TedBear ! Good point, I’ll give them a shot, and worst case I can always replace them. Cheers Thanks @Jason, will do!

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