Not big renovations just little changes that improved your space (lighting, layout, etc.). Curious what actually made a noticeable difference?
Crack on the garage wall. How bad is this? Is there any inexpensive way to fix it?
First noticed it a couple of years back. Gaps increased a little but not much.
(Eastern Melbourne suburbs)
I want to match this timber, but not sure what it is.
Wondering if our roof is too far gone to be restored, or if I needs to be replaced with colourbond?
There is a leak into the eaves so something needs to be done, I was hoping for roof restoration/repointing/painting, but worried it's in too bad of a condition.
Hi, I’d like to know what the name of this yellow covering used on the drawer, please?
Has anyone gone from Dewalt to Flex recently or vice versa? I have been using Dewalt for the past few years and it’s amazing but want to get a new set of tools as I’ve been sharing tools with my brother. Flex has the lifetime warranty of their 24V range and a few battery redemption offers for 2.5Ah and 5.0Ah batteries.
My biggest issue with DeWalt is their cordless circular really lacks power and it’s hard to cut straight with it. I do have the lower tier one which may be contributing to that, but I’m just wondering if anyone knows the straight comparison between the two? Primarily their circular saws. People say FLEX cordless 24V range compete with corded.
Father has just moved into an early 1900s federation house. I personally love the kitchen, but it’s very rough around the edges. The previous owners rented the house out so there was no shortage of landlord specials, sticking cabinets, chips, loose handles, He seems pretty set on ripping the kitchen out.
His main issues being the fact that the cabinets don’t go the ceiling, it’s old fashioned (no idea why he bought a federation house if he didn’t like old things) and the mixed condition of the cabinets. Ironically, he has always been very complimentary of my own kitchen which is very similar to this, so I don’t really think its vintage is that much of a concern.
Would it be feasible to retain the original cabinetry/styling to some degree while modernising the kitchen? Any ideas? Anybody know what kind of wood they are and if they’re worth keeping? I’m open to suggestions and I’d hate to have a soulless plastic kitchen. Any idea how I’d even start to restore those cabinets?
I previously posted the ‘original’ floor plan draft in a separate post but have since gotten a few revised options!
Which one works the best, what else could we change, any other way we can make it work, anything we may have missed etc..
Please give me your honest opinions!
Our lovely old but great condition 3 bedroom weatherboard will eventually be too small for our family of 5. We thought eventually we could add another room up or out as it’s a large block but someone mentioned probably wouldn’t bother renovating a weatherboard, whereas lots of the old brick places will get extensions added… doesn’t need anything at all inside except another room as it’s been updated and well maintained.
What are your thoughts on this scenario?
Does anyone have any strategies retrofitting wall insulation in an internal wall? I'm looking to add insulation to a single wall which is shared between two bedrooms, primary reason is to reduce noise transmission between the two rooms. It's 10mm gyprock on each side with a 90mm gap inbetween.
I've looked at stripping out the plasterboard on one side and fitting thicker plasterboard with resilient clips, however I don't have the budget or enough space in the room to allow for this.
I'm thinking of just cutting some neat holes between the frame and slipping in the insulation. I would then patch up the holes. The idea would be not to touch the archs or cornices. There is no power running in this wall so no issues there.
Has anyone done anything similar? Is this worthwhile or more trouble then it's worth?
Plumbers / Roofers of Reddit - does this look acceptable to you? (Timber is not finished yet).
Any suggestions?
Just moved into an old established house and found rat droppings in roof. Heard some scratching around last night in the roof space. Not impressed lol. No pests found on b and p...
Is it really necessary to bring a pest control specialist in or is this something people can manage pretty well just buying poison and traps from bunnings? Im anxious about it and wanna deal with them asap before they chew threw electrical wiring. Never experienced this before.
Basically had a tiler/grouting person come in yesterday to replace fading cement grout with epoxy. Looked beautiful and perfect upon completion, but when we woke up today and looked at the shower again, there’s these 2-3 small holes/gaps on the grout on different tile sections. Told tradie to come back to fix, but instead was told call out fee will be charged for them to attend repair. Tradie denied unlikely adhesion issues and asked if we had kids in the house and if we touched it during curing. We have no kids and sure as hell didn’t bloody touch it - why would we be causing any issues to begin with when we just wanna be able to use our shower recess again 😒
We know it’s not a big issue as we know it’s small holes but honestly wished it was a clean and smooth job.
Can someone explain why this could have occurred at all?
Hi all,
We are purchasing our first home and doing a small reno on it before we move in paint carpets etc.
We want to install fans in the rooms, they currently have 2-4 downlights in the bedrooms, but I think it's unnecessary and kinda ugly if you added a fan too. The house isn't anything to phone home about but I'd like to make it the nicest we can.
Should we add a fan leave the downlights or add a fan with a light built in and declutter the ceiling of downlights
I'll add this is only for bed rooms approx 3x3m
Long time DIYer and hobbyist, owned cheap branded table saws in the past. Now that I'm older and wiser I want to put some money into a good table saw. No need for portability, ideally under $1000, and at very least a proper fence that latches both sides. Would love to hear your recommendations!
Basically looking to improve the look and effectiveness of this area.
Im looking at digging out the dirt up against the house and either laying pavers or maybe adding mulch.
Im not sure what to do with the small rock wall and what to replace it with at this stage. Any ideas or suggestions welcome.
It’s a aolid house overall, just very stuck in another era. We weren’t even doing anything super extravagant either, mostly trying to modernize the layout a bit. The big change was knocking down the wall between the kitchen and living room, turning the old hallway space into a dining area, reworking the laundry a little, and renovating the bathroom and main bedroom. The other two bedrooms we planned to keep as offices since we both work remotely and need separate spaces before we drive each other insane
We spent I’d say years saving for this project. Found a builder and a crew that seemed decent, went through all the planning meetings, rented another place to stay during construction, even locked a few rooms with personal stuff so they’d have space to work freely everywhere else
Moreover we let them use the bathroom, kept the fridge stocked with drinks, bought coffee and snacks constantly when stopping by. We tried to be nice to them
But the whole thing started feeling off after a while because every other week it was the same story: not enough materials, delays, needing to reorder things, budgets suddenly stretching for no obvious reason. At first I thought maybe that’s just renovation life, especially with an older house where surprises pop up behind every wall and I don’t have much experience with major renovations like this
Then a friend of mine basically said, ‘Mate… none of this sounds right. Put cameras up.’
So I did. And now I genuinely feel sick about it…
A few evenings later I checked the footage and saw materials we had paid for being loaded into their truck near the end of the workday. Boxes of flooring, tools, supplies, everything. Then suddenly work would slow down again because apparently they were short on materials
When I brought it up, instead of explaining anything, they got defensive immediately and started accusing me of spying on them for having cameras on my own property during a renovation project
Since then communication was basically over…
At this point I don’t even know where I stand legally. I saw that Sterling Legal handles construction disputes, but I have no clue if this is an actual case for them? Or it can be solved the other way?
Hi folks, need to change this washer in a shower cubicle. Problem is the washer has a bigger diameter than the tap body. So old washer won't come out and new washer won't go in. Never seen this before and stumped on what to do. Any ideas greatly appreciated.
Hey All, We recently bought our first home in Victoria and are looking for some suggestions/inspiration on what to do in the area shown.
Couple of things to note:
- The entire area in red (first pic) is carpet (personally i think its rogue to have a carpet in the dining room and the multiple stains in the "dining room" area only support this lol)
- The second picture gives an idea on what we are currently using it for but we have found there is a bunch of "dead" area that our furniture either doesn't fit into or it blocks natural walkways (shown in red).
- The house roof is tiled and has rafters / LBWs. So haven't considered opening up walls etc yet.
Thanks in advance!