Recent content by aargh

Thanks all for the suggestions! I've just been having another look at it and figuring out which options would work best. I am thinking that as there is a still pretty good concreted hole that fits the post, at the right angle, and as the post and gate themselves still seem fairly sound, it...

Thanks Notch, that sounds like it should work and would be easier than getting a full-length piece the right shape. I'll look into it! Tiger I have had a go at a picture, although actually I think the angle from the house is not nearly as big as it came out on my very bad drawing! But hope...

Hi, I'm after some advice on the best way to do this please. We have a short fence with a gate at the entrance to our side passage, however the gatepost (which was attached to the house wall) has come loose and is falling down. The issue is that the fence and gate are not at a 90 degree angle...

Thanks blup. I don't think it's damp though because it was quite a while between the plastering and first painting, and also, the bit which had the damp before (and in fact all the rest of the wall) is totally fine now and no flaking. It's literally only the boundary between the new plaster...

Background: Because of some water damage (long ago - it's fully dry now), we recently had part of a wall replastered - due to access issues etc. it was easier to get just the damaged part done rather than the whole wall. But of course this did leave a boundary between the freshly-plastered...

Thanks, I hadn't thought of Halfords but I suppose they might have something. Though I don't think there are many cars that colour! Or yes I suppose colour matching might be an option if I used rust converter first and then general metal paint. I think I could take off one of the bolt covers...

Thanks Bosswhite but I looked that up and it seems to say you still have to paint over it afterwards? So same issue really.

The reason I'm asking is because I have a (relatively new) painted metal garden bench with just a few very small rust spots. I'd like to deal with these obviously before it gets any worse - and also to make sure anyone sitting on it won't get rust in their clothes. However - the bench is...

Thanks Doggit! It looks to me like the end bars have 3 parts going down them on the inside - so there's the front layer, then a gap where the front parts of the trellis/weave go in, then a middle section and then another gap where the behind parts of the trellis and weave go in, and then the...

Thank you! Just checking, do you mean fix them on the side of the cut that we are keeping, not on the side we don't want? I have thought something like that would help, only thing is it's still a bit tricky as the different bits of the panel are at different "levels" if you see what I mean...

Hoping for some good advice! We are replacing an old fence and would like to use similar panels to the old ones, which are similar to this...

Sorry, that one's also 700m tall but only 594 wide! I've found all the ones that come up in searches as 70cm are talking about the height, not the width... The steel panels thing could work though I guess and might look quite smart, good idea! Who would be able to do those for us? (We...

But thanks for trying!

That's 70cm TALL not wide :( Height 703mm Width 595mm Depth 550mm

Ooh thanks I will check! Have googled a lot already without finding anything though. You're sure it wasn't a range cooker? - I know you can get those in 70cm, but that would mean chopping up the worktop and also getting rid of the nice new hob we only put in a year or two back, so it still...