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Growing in Experience
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2 weeks ago

This Durascape one seems most practical - 3000 x 900mm #0710521 but seems to be out of stock. Weight 36kg - a 1200 wide sheet would be 48kg which incr ...

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Growing in Experience
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2 weeks ago

Thanks @Dave-1 and @JacobZ - you've pretty much confirmed what I was thinking! For a span of about nine metres, how far apart should the posts be? ...

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Growing in Experience
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This backyard's pool area has a 1.8m tall partition wall separating the pool area from the pump and pool equipment in the back corner and clotheslin ...

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Growing in Experience
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December 2022

yep... I was thinking that maybe the hinges are slightly out of alignment and that's giving enough resistance. I can't just lift the gate off the hing ...

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Growing in Experience
December 2022

Hi @Noyade , new spring is identical to the old. Your arrow is pointing to the holes on the gate that the spring attaches too (it's swinging in the wi ...

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Growing in Experience
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December 2022

@EricL @Noyade @JoeAzza @TedBear Thanks all for your responses - thought I was onto something with changing the spring to the other side! Alas, the g ...

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Growing in Experience
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Hi everyone, I have a garden gate with a gate spring on it - but it won't close completely. Photo shows a new gate spring but I can't get enough ten ...

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Growing in Experience
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Need to replace a low deck and trying to work out how, before pulling it up! Deck is 3150 x 3300 with one corner removed - two remaining edges each ab ...

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Bunnings Team Member JacobZ
Bunnings Team Member
2 replies
2 weeks ago

Hi @Offcut, It really depends on the cement sheet you're using. If you select a material, they will have an installation guide that we should do o ...

Dave-1
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2 weeks ago

Morning @Offcut 1.5m would be good but factor in how you will be mounting the concrete sheets. If they are 1.2m then depending on how you work it res ...

Dave-1
Community Megastar
5 replies
2 weeks ago

Good morning @Offcut I really like your idea for recovering that not so used space back I just had a look at what standard size cement sheets are, ...

Bunnings Team Member JacobZ
Bunnings Team Member
2 weeks ago

Hi @Offcut, Thank you for your question. Apologies for the delay in getting back to you. The rule of thumb with posts is that one third the height ...

Noyade
Kind of a Big Deal
5 replies
December 2022

Gday Eric! @EricL One of the many great things about this site is it triggers memories for me. "it comes with a tensioner bar and a holding pin." I h ...

JoeAzza
Kind of a Big Deal
December 2022

Hi @Offcut @my gate has a spring device like yours, my spring is installed on the inside of the gate , where the gate opens inwards same as @Noyade ...

Noyade
Kind of a Big Deal
December 2022

Hi @ Offcut. I'm not a smart man - but to my eyes and logic, you have the spring on the wrong side of the post. Those springs "push" not "pull" the ga ...

TedBear
Kind of a Big Deal
December 2022

Hi @Offcut, further to @EricL's thoughts... Is that spring in the same place as the original? It seems to be very angled. It may be just a blur of ...

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Growing in Experience
1 reply
2 weeks ago

This Durascape one seems most practical - 3000 x 900mm #0710521 but seems to be out of stock. Weight 36kg - a 1200 wide sheet would be 48kg which incr ...

Offcut
Growing in Experience
4 replies
2 weeks ago

Thanks @Dave-1 and @JacobZ - you've pretty much confirmed what I was thinking! For a span of about nine metres, how far apart should the posts be? ...

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Growing in Experience
8 replies

This backyard's pool area has a 1.8m tall partition wall separating the pool area from the pump and pool equipment in the back corner and clotheslin ...

Offcut
Growing in Experience
4 replies
December 2022

@EricL @Noyade @JoeAzza @TedBear Thanks all for your responses - thought I was onto something with changing the spring to the other side! Alas, the g ...

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