- Bathroom reno before and after
Gave the old wet room a touch up. We did everything but plumbing and tiling ourselves. The original bathroom had a second toilet which we replaced with the bath. We spent about $17,000 all up.
1,460 points84 comments4 d ago
- Urgent advice needed - carport repair disaster
TL;DR: Hired a licensed builder to replace four rotten posts and two beams in my 60-year-old attached carport. Their workers carried out what appeared to be extremely poor workmanship, resulting...
218 points240 comments22 h ago
- Floors up to restump as no clearance.
Melbourne , very old house. I booked an accredited restumper and decided to do full testing as opposed to perimeter Had to take floors up as no space to crawl so this is the first look at what’s...
204 points222 comments3 d ago
- Has anyone had any success converting mirror robe doors into another material?
Bought a townhouse last year and not a fan of the mirror robes in small bedrooms - it makes the room feel cold and does anyone really wanna see themselves starkers head to toe first thing in the...
67 points72 comments2 d ago
- Ideas for this space
New/2nd owner of an early 80s double-brick build. Looking for ideas on what to do with this outdoor space in the backyard that will require minimum upkeep/maintenance. Under the stairs and in shadow.
64 points131 comments19 h ago
- Restore or trash and replace.
Hi all, Not sure what to do with this old front door? Currently renovating whole house and this is the existing front door. Thoughts? Thank you.
64 points59 comments5 d ago
- Advice on what to do with my deck
61 points66 comments17 h ago
- Shower Leak Investigation mess: plumber ripped me off($1200) , offered a destructive repair a leak source ($6000 -$8000) that's not actual the leak source. I feel robbed at my own home. How do I deal with it? First time home owner.
My shower had dripping leak into the ground floor bathroom that occurred only while taking shower but not all the time. Plumber A( Charged me $1200, ripped me off , quoted $6000+ destructive...
54 points77 comments4 d ago
- Retaining wall replacement
Gday guys, I have just bought a house with existing pine retaining walls throughout. Over the next while I will be looking at replacing. Is there any reason I cannot replace existing posts 1 by...
44 points39 comments7 d ago
- Weeds Behind Shed
This 500mm wide gap between my shed and fence contains a short retaining wall. I had figured it wouldn’t get much sun, but apparently it gets enough that in perhaps a month, it’s grown into a...
40 points129 comments21 h ago