I'll look them up after the weekend.
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Stokstert
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Use a pitchfork after wetting the soil, it's a bit more PT but on a small patch only a few hours work.
Bump cos I would like to know.... anyone?
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We had some work done a few years ago. Think 40 running meters of 1.8m high boundary wall cost around R40k incl clinkers and cement.
Hi all
Looking to repaint my precast wall and trying to figure out which paint is best.
Came across the Fired Earth 5 in 1 breakthrough paint. Has anyone used this? Is this a better option compared to a separate primer and Dulux weatherguard?
Looking to repaint my precast wall and trying to figure out which paint is best.
Came across the Fired Earth 5 in 1 breakthrough paint. Has anyone used this? Is this a better option compared to a separate primer and Dulux weatherguard?
Yeh, used Permobond - and then our normal what-ever-they-sold us house paint. Still looks light we just painted it, the house on the other hand looks crap.
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Rough guess on your supplies for a 20m long single poofta wall :
2,200 bricks
250kg cement
5m3 sand
DPC
foundation you will need around 2.5m3 of concrete.
You will then need to dig the foundation, and build the wall. This all excluded plastering and painting unless you are doing facebrick.
Then add in labour for a few days work.
Was this applied to the existing old paint on the precast? No primer undercoat required?
Hi all, we are interested in buying a house. But in front of the house there are storm drains like these 
We would like to break these down and install flat drains so that the driveway can be used fully. Are we allowed to do this? Any idea of what the cost will be?
We would like to break these down and install flat drains so that the driveway can be used fully. Are we allowed to do this? Any idea of what the cost will be?
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No you aren't, you would have to apply at the council for them to do it but good luck with that to be honest.
Mine was bare concrete. No primer.
If I recall, you can mix it into the paint as well.
Can't you build a ramp?
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No you're not allowed to break those, they are the municipalities
You also are not allowed to build a ramp. That is municipal property and you may not modify it at all without the relevant authorisation.
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Even a driveway entry needs to be done by the municipality, all these houses with a lump of concrete poured next to the curb to do a makeshift driveway entry looks so tacky and disrupts water flow smoothly down the road
Any idea what options I have? This is the driveway
Getting cars in and out of the garage is going to be a pain (it is a lot smaller than it looks). I would like to break down the wall and extend the driveway so you can just drive straight in.
Getting cars in and out of the garage is going to be a pain (it is a lot smaller than it looks). I would like to break down the wall and extend the driveway so you can just drive straight in.
Sjoe! the road is quite sloped too, so it looks as if you'll need all that drainage.
That picture is a bit misleading, but yeah it is quite sloped. This picture gives a bit more context
