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daniT
Growing in Experience
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daniT
Growing in Experience
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July 2023

Thanks again so much for your helpful advice, I’ll do my best! The only concern I have now is that I snapped many of the runners when I was trying to ...

daniT
Growing in Experience
3 replies
July 2023

Thanks so much Eric! I think I may have found the’centre’ of it for want of a better description. Everything I pulled was runners until I got to a big ...

daniT
Growing in Experience
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it is as good as impossible to remove, I broke 2 metal hoes yanking it out and was able to lift up a thick carpet of solid runners a good 60cm thick. ...

daniT
Growing in Experience
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June 2023

Thanks so much for your help! I did have a look into the hole with one of those little cameras on a flexible bending wire-I just kept getting pushed u ...

daniT
Growing in Experience
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June 2023

  this is a picture of the exterior of the area-and one of the cracks happening at almost ceiling level of the same corner as the hole

daniT
Growing in Experience
June 2023

The house was built in 2008 so although I know little to nothing about this I’m surprised as well. The other week the water corp was out front repairi ...

daniT
Growing in Experience
June 2023

It appears to be corroding in the affected area, everywhere else on the floor the concrete feels ok. That corner just flakes away with very little eff ...

daniT
Growing in Experience
2 replies
June 2023

I checked the outside and lifted some pavers, there was damp sand underneath and I wonder if it could possibly be a slow sewerage leak? In that area/ ...

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Noelle
Kind of a Big Deal
July 2023

On the money @EricL ! Persistence is the key - it may take a while to trace and remove every piece and every new shoot that appears, but eventually t ...

Bunnings Team Member EricL
Bunnings Team Member
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July 2023

Hi @daniT It sounds like you've found the main root. Please remember to track all the runners and don't be tempted to cut them, otherwise the runne ...

Bunnings Team Member EricL
Bunnings Team Member
5 replies
July 2023

Hello @daniT It looks like the runners of couch grass. Unfortunately, they are difficult to kill and remove, plus they borrow as deep as 150mm unde ...

Bunnings Team Member MitchellMc
Bunnings Team Member
1 reply
June 2023

Hi @daniT, Look for companies that specialise in foundation stabilisation and see if any will do a free quote for works. That will likely give you a ...

Dave-1
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June 2023

Good morning @daniT  to your concrete. It looks like the concrete is sandy even? I do agree with the other comments that the problem is probarly abov ...

Bunnings Team Member MitchellMc
Bunnings Team Member
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June 2023

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @daniT. It's brilliant to have you join us, and many thanks for your question about fixing a floor. I'd h ...

TedBear
Kind of a Big Deal
June 2023

Hi @daniT , I have to agree with @MitchellMc and @MrSober that this looks pretty serious and needs professional input, as it is putting your home at ...

MrSober
Building a Reputation
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June 2023

As mentioned I really think this would be something you wouldn't want to try and DIY, unfortunately appears to be one of those times you really need t ...

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daniT
Growing in Experience
3 replies
July 2023

Thanks so much Eric! I think I may have found the’centre’ of it for want of a better description. Everything I pulled was runners until I got to a big ...

daniT
Growing in Experience
1 reply
June 2023

Thanks so much for your help! I did have a look into the hole with one of those little cameras on a flexible bending wire-I just kept getting pushed u ...

daniT
Growing in Experience
June 2023

The house was built in 2008 so although I know little to nothing about this I’m surprised as well. The other week the water corp was out front repairi ...

daniT
Growing in Experience
2 replies
June 2023

I checked the outside and lifted some pavers, there was damp sand underneath and I wonder if it could possibly be a slow sewerage leak? In that area/ ...

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