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Gazebo. Or as I like to call it the white elephant. Wife had too have it. Brand new, never been used, no joy riders low ballers or time wasters. DSC_0315.JPG.5f92282c373ab30fb15b9cd82cbc2e93.JPGDSC_0317.JPG.72825973a1ab5f50dd25fac81a0bf604.JPGDSC_0316.JPG.be990c31d3136a28471933744a36c515.JPGchews more oil than a ls1:-o

Dad reconds if there is a earthquake or cyclone head out to the gazebo or patio. Totally over engineered.
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Dad reconds if there is a earthquake or cyclone head out to the gazebo or patio. Totally over engineered.


The cubby I built for the kids at our last house could hold a herd of elephants [emoji208]
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Will how convenient. Wondered if i may ask a favour if anyone knows and could help. My front lounge is open living and we would like to put doors on the 2 entries/exits anyone know how i would go about doing this? Would it be a hard jod to do or be able 2 give me a hand to do it?



The cubby I built for the kids at our last house could hold a herd of elephants [emoji208]

A full herd of white elephant ridiculousness, the sheer irony is that the gazebo replaced the kids old cubby house. 90x90 timbers fully concreted and solid braced floor. Pine paneled door, windows, eaves out on to a small patio. Stud frame and full weather board inside and out. Full corrugated green roof to match the house. I slept in it a few times while drinking beers and listening to the radio in raging bad weather to sheerly justify the amount of work and expenses. Kids never used it! Fully funny to hear a similar experience. I lost my s##t. Again!
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The doors you get at bunnings/masters etc. Are generally only a generic size. You would need to put a architrave in (metal or wood) the metal architraves generally have the hinges built into the frame work. The first pic looks like a bigger width than normal. The second pic looks pretty standard. From memory doors are normally. 715mm small 815mm large. Could be 720, 820. Then once the architrave is in you just plane them down to suit because the doors have thicker wood on the outside the internal frame. You also have to fit the door handles and cut out the locking mechanism into the architrave.
16 minutes ago, Beyond Blue R33 said:


The doors you get at bunnings/masters etc. Are generally only a generic size. You would need to put a architrave in (metal or wood) the metal architraves generally have the hinges built into the frame work. The first pic looks like a bigger width than normal. The second pic looks pretty standard. From memory doors are normally. 715mm small 815mm large. Could be 720, 820. Then once the architrave is in you just plane them down to suit because the doors have thicker wood on the outside the internal frame. You also have to fit the door handles and cut out the locking mechanism into the architrave.

I prefer working with metals, fuxk it up and u can weld a bit on. Cant do that with wood lol

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These 2 doorways am wanting to put doors on


Buying generic pre hung doors is easiest. As you don't have to work out the hinges etc. You can probably get them with hardware pre installed too at a bit of an extra cost.

put the door and frame into the opening and then make a bit of frame work around them to join them solidly with the edges of the opening/roof/floor. Leave yourself a small margin around the door for spacers to align the door. cover the frame work in plaster board, go for gold with the joint compound and spread it reasonably wide (~10cm wide over the join and don't be afraid to do a bit of sanding, then go for the finer top coat at ~20cm wide and sand again, it makes it harder to see there is a bump. Going too narrow makes the bump more visually obvious).

you may need to take some plaster board off around the edges of the existing openings to remove any plastic/metal reinforcement pieces on the corners for a better finish.

The most important thing is to take your time getting the door in the correct spot before you screw it in properly (square/straight) so the door stays where you open it to instead of naturally wanting to swing open/closed.

If you want pocket doors then that's a whole world of hurt to retrofit, just pay a pro to do those.



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