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isPermaLink="false">http://jamesmcdonald.id.au/house-and-garden/renovations/renovations</guid> <description><![CDATA[A blog post from the Android Phone. We are nearing completion. Just have to install Stainless Steel Wire Balustrading from All Things Stainless (incidentally they use Joomla and VirtueMart so nice to see a bit of open source being used in a nuts and bolts style of business). And fitout the laundry and then paint&#8230; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://jamesmcdonald.id.au/house-and-garden/renovations/renovations/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Brick Piers, Antcaps and Termite Proof Silicone</title><link>http://jamesmcdonald.id.au/house-and-garden/renovations/brick-piers-antcaps-and-termite-proof-silicone</link> <comments>http://jamesmcdonald.id.au/house-and-garden/renovations/brick-piers-antcaps-and-termite-proof-silicone#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:03:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Renovations]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://jamesmcdonald.id.au/?p=2441</guid> <description><![CDATA[My Wife and I are putting an extension on our Weatherboard House. The extension is supported by 350x350mm brick piers with Gal Threaded rod running up through the centre of the piers to hold down the bearers. This setup requires a penetration through the Ant-cap (see image below). In the old days you would close [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://jamesmcdonald.id.au/house-and-garden/renovations/brick-piers-antcaps-and-termite-proof-silicone/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>New Guttering Installed</title><link>http://jamesmcdonald.id.au/house-and-garden/renovations/guttering-installed</link> <comments>http://jamesmcdonald.id.au/house-and-garden/renovations/guttering-installed#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:08:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[House]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Renovations]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://jamesmcdonald.id.au/?p=2285</guid> <description><![CDATA[After 3 days of struggling with scaffold my Wife and I have finished the scaffolding. [nggallery id=1] We sourced the Guttering from a sheetmetal product company in Newcastle Hancock Speedway When ordering the guttering I used my trusty QCAD, an Opensource 2D CAD Program to provide a drawing of what I wanted to purchase. Guttering [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://jamesmcdonald.id.au/house-and-garden/renovations/guttering-installed/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Insulation &#8211; DIY</title><link>http://jamesmcdonald.id.au/house-and-garden/renovations/insulation-diy</link> <comments>http://jamesmcdonald.id.au/house-and-garden/renovations/insulation-diy#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:29:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Renovations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[insulation]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://jamesmcdonald.id.au/?p=2153</guid> <description><![CDATA[Cold Floors We own an old timber cottage. It&#8217;s sitting on concrete peers on a sloping block, so wind can get under the house and chill the floor boards down. Insulating under the floors To try and take the chill off the boards, we have put insulation under the floor boards. It&#8217;s a fairly simple [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://jamesmcdonald.id.au/house-and-garden/renovations/insulation-diy/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Owner Builders License</title><link>http://jamesmcdonald.id.au/house-and-garden/renovations/owner-builders-license</link> <comments>http://jamesmcdonald.id.au/house-and-garden/renovations/owner-builders-license#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:32:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Renovations]]></category> <guid
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