Thread: Bloody Whiteants

This place was built back in the days of the horse and cart so No steel framing here its all stone, tin and timber.
I think the original bathroom was built in the sixties so all things considered it did pretty well for a timber frame room.
All the Jarrah beams are in pristine condition as the termites ate most of the karri and left the jarrah alone thank the gods and I have replaced all the damaged timber with treated pine so hopefully it will last another 60 years
I have managed to fix all the timber framing and have fitted about 2/3 of the hardiflex sheeting so far, The new vanity is all plumbed and fitted as is the new fancy light, heater extractor fan on the ceiling.
I have plumbed in a new mixer and shower so all I have to do now is install the new dunny and finish the hardiflex panelling then get to work with the bog on the joins before painting and tiling the room.
My BIL is a "Whizz" with tiles and the Missus says she wants to do the painting So as soon as I have finished the construction work I am going to bugger off up to Sharks bay for a well earned week of fishing and 4 wheeling fun

Trout, they love treated pine, yum, yum, munch, munch. It does keep them at bay for a modest period of time.

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

Trout, they love treated pine, yum, yum, munch, munch. It does keep them at bay for a modest period of time.

That's what the guys that look after my place said too.

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

Trout, they love treated pine, yum, yum, munch, munch. It does keep them at bay for a modest period of time.

Are you saying to bait them with treated pine?

Cheers, Mick.

Originally Posted by mick88

Are you saying to bait them with treated pine?

Cheers, Mick.

Tasmanian oak is used as the bait...

Originally Posted by trout1105

What a great idea
The trench that the pest control bloke dug is still pretty soft so I think that I will go with this idea as it beats the hell out of destroying my yard an concrete every couple of years.

I do have a few other external traps and bait stations out side as well. The little guys are very active in the gum trees across the road and several neighbors houses are more than likely other nests for the pests. Three at least neighbors told me they have never had an inspection in houses older than mine. Red gum sleepers retaining walls all got chomped, Tassie oak- gum is my traps and has got several bites for me.

Cypress Pine. They don't eat that.

Hell! My little job of replacing 1x 30cm x 30cm Ceramic Bathroom floor tile makes your job look like a walk in the park.

Tile was rocking when walked upon because of faulty laying about a year ago & water got underneath.

First off, got the tile up easy & was next to the floor waste grid, then levelled the base after drying out the floor, add waterproof Membrane (2 coats) to the patch, wait forever for that to dry for 2 days following the instructions, lay tile using adhesive, another 2 day wait, grout with Dunlop pre-mixed grout, another 3 days wait. Just waiting for another two days to have a shower but a wash has to do.

I didn't want to do this job again so felt I needed to follow the instructions to do the best I could but the waiting times of about 8 days seems ridiculous. The Adhesive, Membrane & Grout are water based & not the old chemical brews so obviously would take longer to dry but 8 days to do one bloody tile!!!!! Sunday we can have a shower but not together.

I wonder if the waiting times are realistic/necessary or pure devilment on the part of the manufacturers?