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Straight answers on what things cost, what the standards actually require, and when the expensive option isn't worth it.
What a shower screen actually costs in Melbourne's south-east
Framed, semi-frameless or frameless — what drives the price, where the money actually goes, and when the expensive option is not worth it.
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- 18 August 2026
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- 6 min
Cracked window glass: why waiting makes it worse
A crack that looks stable is not stable. What actually causes window cracks, why they spread, and why the cheap fix is the early one.
Victorian pool fence rules: what actually fails an inspection
Registration, the four-yearly re-inspection, and the handful of things that actually fail a barrier. Most of them are not the fence itself.
Grade A safety glass: where the standard says it has to go
Doors, sidelights, low windows, bathrooms and stairs all have mandatory safety glass rules — and plenty of older homes quietly do not comply.
Double glazing, secondary glazing or new windows: which one you actually need
Three different products get sold as 'double glazing'. They cost very different amounts and solve different problems.
Glass splashback or tiles? An honest comparison
Grout is the whole argument. But there are situations where tiles are still the better call — here is where the line falls.
Why your sliding door is hard to open (and why to fix it now)
It is almost always the rollers. Left long enough it stops being a roller job and becomes a track job, which costs about twice as much.
Bushfire glazing in the Cardinia hills: what BAL means for your windows
In bushfire-prone areas the glass in your windows is specified by a standard, not by preference. What that means when a pane needs replacing.
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