Home Improvement With Wooden Ceilings 2

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Friends of this blog site started commenting on the 6th of December 2022. Today, the 26th of December 2022 is the official day of the blog’s publishment. The sloping wooden ceiling had not been painted for some twenty years and was well overdue for embellishment. The wooden ceiling is in the rear of the house…

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Alucobond Removal & Replacement 2 of 3

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The NSW Government has introduced the Project Remediate Pattern Book which is the best-practice resource to help consultants replace combustible cladding such as alucobond. The book is a package containing a guidance document and technical drawings. The building in the picture is an apartment building – people’s homes. It was Project Remediate’s Global Façade Consultant [GFC],…

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Fix a Blocked Sewer 1 of 2

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After all that rain in early 2022, I noticed my sewer trap was overflowing. The next thing you know the waste in the bathroom was gurgling. Then I realised there must be a blockage of some sort in the sewer line, so I called the licensed plumber [my son], but he did not show up.…

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Mould

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Rain, rain, rain, La Niña > mould, mould, mould here in Sydney. La Niña is continuously ensuring large parts of eastern Australia are drenched with water over the summer, autumn and winter, according to the experts, the wet weather bomb is likely to continue into summer 22/23. Currently, as I write there is a big storm…

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Woodworking Skills 2

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Recently on 31/12/2021, I was commissioned by a family member to cut slots in the top of sample blocks of wood to enable a table number card with a menu to stand upright view for an upcoming wedding party. The slot had to be on the rounded edge of the block. On 1/1/2022 I made…

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