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Cutting Venetian Blinds to Size – Ted ‘The Blind Man’

December 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

I have a few friends who have had a go at cutting their own venetian blinds. One cut down some privacy eco blinds (white PVC blinds) and managed to do a fairly decent job at it using a jigsaw. Another friend tried cutting back some timber venetian blinds down and ended up hacking up the [...]

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Replacing our "Door to No Where"

November 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Since we had the back stairs removed from the house we have had a "door to no where". It has looked pretty funny to tell you the truth (as you can see on the left). The door has been screwed into the frame so that no one could open it, but it has still looked [...]

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Magnetic Insect Screens in Townsville

April 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This week we replaced our Amplimesh Security Screen with a Magnetic Insect Screen. Here are some photos of the window. The first photo is with the Amplimesh Security Screen, and the second photo is our new MagicSeal Magnetic Insect Screen. The magnetic fly screen has made a huge difference in the dining room with greatly [...]

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Revisiting our Upstairs Security Screens

April 7th, 2008 · 4 Comments

One one of our upstairs windows we installed an Amplimesh Security Screen. There were reasons for installing a security screen on the top floor of our house, but they aren’t relevant any more, so I would get into it now. The security screen is extremely secure. The one that we got installed is a stamped [...]

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