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Suggestions please where in NZ can I purchase really large round boulder for garden decoration, any ideas would be great |
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Going plant shopping for the new vege garden Can someone tell me whats the best to start with at this time of year. The soil has been prepared and the area is near a fence with full day sun. Mostly West facing. |
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Renovating bedroom need to add new powerpoint I'm renovating my girls bedroom, im stripped wallpaper and i have a plasterer coming on a couple weeks. I want to add another power point and replace the white covers on the remaining powerpoint and light switches. Just wondering i |
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Painting Inside a Shower Anyone successfully done or tried this? I see it can be done. I am freshening up the bathroom. It's looking fab with a coat of paint etc. I Don't want to spend any money with big cost's at the moment, but maybe in 5 years time looking at a completely new ... |
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New plum dead? Just started new home orchard. Planted two plums on 15 August. The Satsuma is in leaf. Nothing happening with the Reine Claude, De Bavay. Will it still come out? Or have I bought a dead stick? |
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Insulating detached garage/workshop Just wondering whether it is still worthwhile insulating and lining the walls of a detached garage/workshop if not doing the ceiling of the garage? Thinking of earthwool for the insulation and ply for the lining. |
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Sound proofing/insulation Hi all. I am in the process of giving our basement studio unit which is located under our lounge/kitchen an overhaul. The plan is to frame out the exterior block walls, insulate and line with ply and white wash. Have ripped the ceiling out so can ru |
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Navy blue cladding/roofing Can anyone suggest a product/supplier for a new build where I require the external cladding and roof to be in a matt finish navy blue? It appears the traditional aluminium cladding/coloursteel products do not do "bright" colours due to "fading" issu |
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Smal leak in roof I have a small leak in my roof, which causes an area on two boards in the sarked ceiling to get damp to the touch when there is heavy rain, and has damaged the varnish. Have sealed around nails in the vicinity, but no success in stopping it. I have even h... |
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Painting old weathered tin garden shed Just moved into house with old galv tin shed,which could be 50 years old. never been painted,do i have to seal,or can i use water based house paint. |
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Electric Hot Water or Gas ? Having renewed the shower in the bathroom there still remains the problem of low hotwater pressure. Which is the best way to go do you think ? Gas or Mains pressure Hot water Cylinder ? |
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Stand for big ceramic pot on deck. Wife has a lot of big pots, earthenware and ceramic. Full of colour, yuka’s etc. look nice but after moving a few I notice the pine decking is rotting beneath each one She stands them in plastic trays, even glass microwave plates but no circu |
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Spacing measurement please What is the maximum gap you can have between fence pailings when it is over 1.2m above the ground please? Wellington region - if there are different bylaws. We've added a rail but have to have pailings so no one slips through. I need to know t |
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Is it worth starting a company when doing renos? Is it worth starting a company when doing renos in order to claim back GST? Am looking at doing 40k renovation work and had heard running it thru a company means GST can be claimed back, sounds worth it when the bills will be sizeable. |
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Spot the issues. https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/856134967.jpg |
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Best place to buy drapes? the Wharehouse? Trademe services? Not having done this before Im not sure where I should be heading too. I think on the Shore here we have a dedicated shop for curtains / drapes etc. Are they worth visiting. Where would you start looking? |
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Carpet rose plants What month do these appear in garden centres? At present I have only seen the odd few. |
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No more little gardens from New World I'm a bit disappointed but I managed to save pumpkin, cucumber, tomato, and corn seeds so I'm all set to start again this season. The pumpkins made wonderful soup which I popped into the freezer and lasted all winter. |
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Bulb with a purple cone-shaped flower - what is it I've just seen a bulb in a neighbour's garden, with a cone-shaped flower bud just starting to come through the ground. A touch of blue/purple is showing on some of the lower flower buds. The leaves are long & narrow It is not muscari or hyacin |
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Leaf cutter bees I bought the cocoons in January and they all hatched, now there are none at all that have come back to the house, I think it was a one hit wonder. Are there any other places I can buy these cocoons from instead of BeeGap and does anyone have any spare the... |
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Concrete nails Does anyone know an easy way of extracting concrete nails hammered into Concrete blocks please? |
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Base for wall tiles I want to tile a small area of the walls in my kitchen, which are made of hardboard. As I understand it, hardboard is not suitable for tiling over. Can I fix cement board directly over the hardboard and then lay the tiles onto the cement board? |
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Had any success growing store potatoes as seed? seed potatoes way to expensive to be viable. |
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HRV Summer Kit Hi, we've bought a house with a HRV which has a heat transfer incorporated into it. I see that a "Summer Kit " can also be incorporated as well. I would be interested to hear from anyone who has one of these regarding how effective they are, thanks. |
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Strawberry patch decimaed by cows grhh, cattle broke into the garden this morning, chewed my plants down to ground zero. Is it worth re planting the roots? Or should just go buy new ones? |
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