exterior tag
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Exterior cladding? we have a room on the bottom floor of our house that needs attention. The particular part we want to work on was built in 1975, if that helps identify the types of materials that might have been used. The exterior cladding is some kind of high |
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Putting french doors in an exterior wall Is it possible to get a ballpark on what this would cost? The wall is blank at the moment. What kind of things would we have to consider before getting this done? |
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Best Exterior Paint Brand I'm painting the exterior of the house and have picked colours. What is better Dulux or Resene?. The colours I have chosen happen to be Dulux but I know Resene would match them. What do you recommend? |
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Mineral stains on exterior glass removal You know the horrible white calcium stains from hard water? It's almost etched into the glass. Iv'e tried CLR clear, oxalic acid, car polish. Does anyone have a magic solution? The internet shows a car polisher and american products. Perhaps you mig |
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Painting a Lockwood exterior - prep etc Ages ago I started a thread on this, one of the people who responded wanted any info I found out. I did write down there trader name but of course now cant find it. Anyhow. I phoned Lockwood in Rotorua (main office) and they emailed me out a very informat... |
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Advice needed re sanding a peeling exterior door I'm hoping someone can give me some advice because I am a total DIY beginner. We have wooden french doors, and on the exterior the 'stuff' is peeling off (it it thin layers of brownish stuff).leaving the raw wood underneath exposed. I *t |
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Exterior paints for plaster finish Really wanting something along the green lines. We have brown aluminum windows and doors and brown fascia and spouting. Any idea or pics please. |
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Exterior Paint Colours - greys? I have spent more in test pots over the last couple of weeks I probably could have painted the damn house. We have a large A frame style bungalow built 100 years ago.Currently it has Resene Parchment Walls, Brand new Iron Roof in Grey Friars and Dar |
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Badly cracked exterior window sill In 100 year old villa.It has a lot of cracks (depth about 3-5mm) not so much splits but cracks in the wood.Can I fill prior to priming and painting or should the whole wide window sill be replaced. |
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Advice please re painting exterior of house My son and girlfriend recently bought their first home which the exterior needs painting especially the wooden windows.They have chosen the paint and were told to get semi-gloss (dulux). The main boards are hardiplank.My ex and myself are going to give th... |
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Cost to install exterior doors? Hi, I just want to know a price bracket for installing either french or sliding doors into our 1920s wooden house! At present we have a single door and beside it a large window about thigh hight from floor, and around 2 metres wide by 1.5 high. Would need... |
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Patching up peeling exterior paint Our exterior paintwork is in poor condition. In parts it has peeled, exposing the wood underneath. We can't really paint the whole house right now, so I'd be keen to know if there is any way of patching up or protecting the exposed wood until we a... |
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Exterior Paint Colour We have a roughcast home with red brick feature band and a Grey Friars colour steel roof which is also going to be the colour on the window sills but having trouble deciding on a wall colour.any suggestions most welcome :-) |
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Washing down plaster house (exterior walls) we wash plastered houses all the time - because we paint em all the time -get a 1500 psi pressure washer (not a 5000psi blaster) from a hardware store for $150.00 - load the soap dispenser with resene house wash ( a slightly akali product) and it'll b... |
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Has anyone DIY stained thier exterior red brick? I'm wondering about changing the colour of my old 1970s red brick house. Painted brick requires regular maintenance, but staining last longer and leaves the bricks still breathable. Is this something that I can do DIY, or would I need professi |
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Wattyl exterior paint and resene exterior Have used resene up to now, resenes prices are high, anyone used Wattyl solagard and where you happy with result, thanks |
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Removing paint from exterior windows.help? removing paint from exterior windows. help? can i use paint stripper to do this? someone suggested to me that this was a bad idea as when i paint it will not 'stick properly" alternatively i have a hand sander unit. can i use this? |
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Exterior paint interior use? I just bought some paint but didnt notice it was exterior and want to use it inside, can I do that? and is it safe to do so? |
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Exterior concrete block wall. Want to decorate it with something. thinking large unusual pieces of driftwood as I have a beach theme going on. how would I fix it to the wall best ? Thanks |
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Help exterior house paint colours I am going to paint my house but the colour choices are doing my head in. Am wanting to go darkish but trying to keep a lrv or 30 and above so not to damage weather board in longterm. Please enlighten me on colours/schemes people have used would be much a... |
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Treating exterior wood with oil Hi I have some very large timber rails 220mm x 165mm that are h3.2. These are in a stone wall. I do not wish to stain as I want to leave natural looking but I do not want them to twist and blow out the stone pillars that they are mounted in. Any idea's. I... |
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Ceiling fitting for old exterior light shade Has anyone got a screw-in fitting for my old out-door glass shade . I think they are called nautical and look like a medium sized jar but with rounded bottom - I can send a photo |
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Split exterior sills On the windows we are not intending on upgrading (retro if we can, aluminium 2nd choice) we have some cracks, there are no soft spot on the wood. So advise please as i want to strip these windows back and re paint. My question is around these |
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Ants climbing up exterior walls I have ants entering the premises at several locations up the blockwork and under the barge boards - presumably, from there into the interior walls. I tried using No Ants gel bait by Kiwicare, as it sticks to walls, but now they just ignore it. Any |
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Trimming an exterior door I have a couple of old wood and glass exterior doors to replace with solid timber type. Hanging them is no problem but what is the best tool to trim them with. I need to take about 4 mm off a couple of sides then there is the undercut in the bottem for th... |
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Lock power bar / spindle for exterior door The power bar (square profile steel bar that joins inner and outer door handles) on my garage door has broken (weakened by a past attempted break in I think). Easy fix, just need a new one. It's ~105mm long and 7mm square. Bunnings / Mitre 10 |
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