Renovate Australia

A home improvement blog about renovating our Queenslander house in Townsville, Australia

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Entries from January 2007

What Do We Do?

January 16th, 2007 · No Comments

On our About Page on this site I have written a little bit about what we do as full-time volunteers in Youth With A Mission (YWAM), but I have never actually written all that much about it. Last weekend was my 30th birthday and we are looking at my 30th year to be a significant [...]

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Tags: General

Easy Install Instant Screen Door

January 15th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Because of the location of our back door is will be nearly impossible for install a normal screen or security door on it. The top of the door jam is right at the bottom of the ceiling. This works fine for the main door, which opens inwards, but it means that we can’t install an [...]

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Tags: Windows

The Results of the Late Night Painting

January 4th, 2007 · No Comments

Last week I did a bit of late night painting on the posts and banisters out the front of our house. Almost as soon as I was finished it started to rain, which had me really worried about the paint (it was an undercoat) running off. Thankfully the paint didn’t wash off, but seeing as [...]

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What to do with our Concrete Stumps when Building in Under?

January 1st, 2007 · 3 Comments

Tonight I got an e-mail from someone who is Renovating their Queenslander here in Townsville. They have enclosed underneath and are currently adding a bathroom, bedroom and rumpus room. They had a question though about what to do with the concrete stumps that are under the house holding it up. The concrete stumps used under [...]

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Tags: House Lifting