fencing any ideas
Jun 24th 2007, 12:21 am
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fencing any ideas
jeez we had two quotes for a fence this week...
one of those colour bond ones...which aparently are the cheapest..
flippin hell its going to cost me $8000 bucks,jeez i had a bleedin heart attack...
any ideas.
aston ..
thank you
one of those colour bond ones...which aparently are the cheapest..
flippin hell its going to cost me $8000 bucks,jeez i had a bleedin heart attack...
any ideas.
aston ..
thank you
Jun 24th 2007, 1:07 am
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Re: fencing any ideas
Jun 24th 2007, 1:21 am
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Re: fencing any ideas
Do it yourself, dead easy, we did ours, its a piece of cake, being in the building trade, it should be even easier for you, dont do it with a dry mix though, that rarely works, do it the proper way with a cement mixer, and a proper mix. The fence panels are assembled beforehand, so its only a matter of digging the holes and getting it perpendicular.
Jun 24th 2007, 1:55 am
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Do it yourself, dead easy, we did ours, its a piece of cake, being in the building trade, it should be even easier for you, dont do it with a dry mix though, that rarely works, do it the proper way with a cement mixer, and a proper mix. The fence panels are assembled beforehand, so its only a matter of digging the holes and getting it perpendicular.
ast
Jun 24th 2007, 2:15 am
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Jun 24th 2007, 8:30 am
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Re: fencing any ideas
What was the other one?
Jun 24th 2007, 10:59 am
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I did......... and he did!
I was amazed as it was the first time I met him!
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Jun 24th 2007, 5:24 pm
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Re: fencing any ideas
Do it yourself, dead easy, we did ours, its a piece of cake, being in the building trade, it should be even easier for you, dont do it with a dry mix though, that rarely works, do it the proper way with a cement mixer, and a proper mix. The fence panels are assembled beforehand, so its only a matter of digging the holes and getting it perpendicular.
Jun 26th 2007, 10:10 am
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Re: fencing any ideas
Your neighbours should go halves. Tis the law.
Jun 26th 2007, 10:17 am
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Re: fencing any ideas
There is a dividing fences law....your neighbours must cough up for half of a 'normal' fence....if you want something flash then they only need to pay a contribution towards it(ie the cost of a timber fence)
Personally I dont like the colourbond fence panels, they let no breeze thro what so ever....our mates have one and you cant sit out in there yard in the height of summer
Personally I dont like the colourbond fence panels, they let no breeze thro what so ever....our mates have one and you cant sit out in there yard in the height of summer
Jun 26th 2007, 10:58 am
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Exactly, I didnt like pointing it out to him, but that is the 'proper' way to do it, the old dry mix, with gallons of water is the very wrong way to do it, but is favoured by many builders because it is easier.
Jun 26th 2007, 4:00 pm
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you cant pun up wet concrete tight, if the concrete isn't tight before it goes off it can allow for movement.
But hell what do I know, its only been my job for quite a few years now.
Jun 26th 2007, 4:34 pm
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Re: fencing any ideas
T'is the same with laying kerbstones. We use a lean (or dry mix), a wet mix just does NOT work! You end up with something resembling Coronation Street!