Recent content by ellgee

Thanks for your advice, that's really helpful. Many thanks

We have an antique overhead toilet cistern which is a wooden box lined with lead. Arrived home yesterday to find a leak in one corner. We've emptied the cistern and have noticed that the lead in that corner is a lot paler than the rest. Does this mean it is becoming porous/coroded? Any...

Haha - I like the idea of the Great Dane, but I don't think our sofa is big enough! Thought about chicken wire but not sure there's a way of fixing it - the gates are solid wood, within a metal frame - you can just about see the gap underneath, that we need to fill in this pic: [/img]

We hope to get a dog soon and need to dogproof the garden so that it can't escape onto the road. The only place now that needs doing is below the gates. The gates are the full width of the drive and are remote controlled but there is a gap below them of about 8 inches which I'm sure a...

thanks for all the advice - well we finally got the job done - only a couple of years after first thinking of it! Here's a pic of the finished seating - just need to get some covers made for the sponge and some scatter cushions for along the back. Lovely! [/img]

thanks for all the info, I managed to get exactly what I needed from B&Q last night - a hexagonal nipple - and all for £1.10. all sorted now, cheers :D

Just bought a new brass shower head, and realised that both the new head and the existing shower water pipe (shower arm?) have female connectors. I'm not sure if each of the ends is the same size (the shower pipe may be slightly narrower). Is there anything available to buy that would join...

sorry to have to bounce this one, but I'd like to get cracking on this work, this weekend, so if anyone can offer advice it would be appreciated. thanks

I thought I'd ask on here for advice to see if my idea could become a reality, or whether I should just go out and buy a ready made one instead! I'm wanting to make an outdoor corner seating area in our sunken patio. I've seen these wicker style modular sofas that are all the fashion at...

Whats the best thing to use to seal internal brick walls? We're turning our garage into a (part time) games room so need to spruce it up a bit. Ideally looking for something that dries clear so we can still see the bricks - we won't be painting over it. Also, would the same thing work...

thinking about it, it may not be the amount of water, rather it could be that it's just rushing into the bowl too fast and gushing over the edges. is there any way of reducing the speed of the flow?

We've just had the downpipe replaced on our overhead toilet flush as the old brass one was starting to tarnish. Since the new one was fitted, when we now pull the chain, first of all the lever (attached to the chain) makes a hard knock (as if connecting with something metal on metal) which it...