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Re: How to DIY fix a leaking shower faucet?

Bathroom and Laundry
yesterday

Afternoon @plum25 Yeah my next steps and then recomendations if they didnt work would be to head towards a plumber as well. No point in pushing your ...

Dave-1
Dave-1
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Re: How to plasterboard over brick walls?

Living and Bedroom
1 reply
yesterday

Good Afternoon @markwatts I saw your question and then your pics and went "Hey, I have one exactly like that! " Garage lining for stud walls stage 1 ...

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Re: battening a bathroom

Bathroom and Laundry
2 replies
yesterday

Good Morning @squeakysim Mmm A lot of the wall questions I would say I am learning as much as you as you travel along. If you have the stud wall offs ...

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Re: Sit-on timber toy digger

Featured Projects
Wednesday

Good Evening @Alicia_Woodwork I want one!!! Lol Man I so wanted something like this when I was a kid! I really like how you have put it together, rig ...

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Re: Building an outdoor deck, wanting to optimise the structural frame

Outdoor
Wednesday

Good Evening @bob17 Looking at your drawing I am a little worried about the span between posts, I would have a shorter span as you dont want any flex ...

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Re: Gabion retaing wall and gabion steps

Garden
Wednesday

Morning @Noyade Depending on how you are using the board, will it weaken it? And nice drilling I would always be out by a couple of mm's Dave

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Re: How to patch or fill these holes to stop rodents entering our house?

Kitchen
1 reply
Wednesday

Good Morning @KCarnell I had some of those uninvited guests getting in down near my skirting board of the kitchen, I went a slightly different route ...

Dave-1
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Re: Laminate/Hybrid flooring colour help

Whole of House
Tuesday

Good Evening @aubergenie lol to your choices of colour, just rem paint can always be redone My taste for myself... yeah I struggle, my taste for ot ...

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Re: How to DIY fix a leaking shower faucet?

Bathroom and Laundry
1 reply
yesterday

My only advice would be to use a bigger adjustable spanner or pipe wrench @plum25. Those nuts are typically quite tight. If you are close to putting a ...

plum25
plum25
Finding My Feet

Re: How to DIY fix a leaking shower faucet?

Bathroom and Laundry
2 replies
yesterday

Hi Dave, I was able to remove Part 4 (cartridge dome) but it is difficult removing Part 5 (cartridge locking nut). It is very rusty by the looks, I ...

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Re: plasterboarding a room

Living and Bedroom
1 reply
yesterday

Hi @markwatts, Here's the Gyprock plasterboard installation guide. As @Dave-1 mentioned, fixing directly to the bricks is an option, though complica ...

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How to plasterboard over brick walls?

Living and Bedroom
4 replies
yesterday

   Hi guys, I am looking to plasterboard a room downstairs to cover up the exposed brick. My question is, should I frame the room first or dot dab o ...

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Re: battening a bathroom

Bathroom and Laundry
yesterday

Physically, I don't see an issue @squeakysim. It's important to consider how this joint will be waterproofed, so it might be worth consulting whoever ...

squeakysim
squeakysim
Finding My Feet

Re: battening a bathroom

Bathroom and Laundry
1 reply
yesterday

Yeah, I guess I could build the wall directly on to the joists, and then butt the floor up to the wall. But that would only work where the joists run ...

squeakysim
squeakysim
Finding My Feet

Re: battening a bathroom

Bathroom and Laundry
4 replies
yesterday

Thanks @Nailbag and @EricL I fear I have confused things a bit by not providing all relevant information in the first place! I want to build the ...

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Nailbag
Home Improvement Guru

Re: battening a bathroom

Bathroom and Laundry
5 replies
yesterday

Hi @squeakysim The most common way of fixing a parallel timber stud wall or any other internal wall for that matter, is through the top and bottom ...

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Re: How to DIY fix a leaking shower faucet?

Bathroom and Laundry
yesterday

Afternoon @plum25 Yeah my next steps and then recomendations if they didnt work would be to head towards a plumber as well. No point in pushing your ...

Dave-1
Dave-1
Community Megastar

Re: How to plasterboard over brick walls?

Living and Bedroom
1 reply
yesterday

Good Afternoon @markwatts I saw your question and then your pics and went "Hey, I have one exactly like that! " Garage lining for stud walls stage 1 ...

Dave-1
Dave-1
Community Megastar

Re: battening a bathroom

Bathroom and Laundry
2 replies
yesterday

Good Morning @squeakysim Mmm A lot of the wall questions I would say I am learning as much as you as you travel along. If you have the stud wall offs ...

Dave-1
Dave-1
Community Megastar

Re: Building an outdoor deck, wanting to optimise the structural frame

Outdoor
Wednesday

Good Evening @bob17 Looking at your drawing I am a little worried about the span between posts, I would have a shorter span as you dont want any flex ...

Dave-1
Dave-1
Community Megastar

Re: How to patch or fill these holes to stop rodents entering our house?

Kitchen
1 reply
Wednesday

Good Morning @KCarnell I had some of those uninvited guests getting in down near my skirting board of the kitchen, I went a slightly different route ...

Dave-1
Dave-1
Community Megastar

Re: Laminate/Hybrid flooring colour help

Whole of House
Tuesday

Good Evening @aubergenie lol to your choices of colour, just rem paint can always be redone My taste for myself... yeah I struggle, my taste for ot ...

Dave-1
Dave-1
Community Megastar

Re: How to waterproof 1960s concrete slab & basement?

Garage and Shed
Tuesday

Good Evening @boxer-brass_09  What a pain. And I am heading straight to getting a profesional to assess at the very least. When I did my garage, muc ...

Dave-1
Dave-1
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Re: Laminate/Hybrid flooring colour help

Whole of House
2 replies
Tuesday

Evening @aubergenie Take my money! I like it! Tho the floor does need some work lol The more I look at it the more warmth shows through. Nice work ...

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Gabion retaing wall and gabion steps

Garden
13 replies
Wednesday

I actually started prep work for this poject ages ago, several years in fact but it had a bunch of things that had to be done before I could start. I ...

Dave-1
Dave-1
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Patio refresh with new paint

Outdoor
2 replies
a month ago

After redoing the front door and the flyscreen the patio itself was looking pretty tired. I was going to post this last year but thought I would wait ...

Dave-1
Dave-1
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Levelling a timber floor

Living and Bedroom
7 replies
a month ago

When I had bought the house I found a dip in the loungeroom floor, over time it had became even more noticable and within the last 6 months it had bec ...

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February

Prolific Workshop contributor Dave Moore is an electrician by trade but has enjoyed a wide variety of different roles in his career. He uses his wi ...

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