Recent content by Onefortheroad

No I'm all for your way and in fact that's what I actual had in my head of doing anyway. house, post, gate, post, panel, post, wall - with the latch on the last post at the house However, what throw me was my friend who will be helping me has the idea of attaching the post to the house...

Thanks, that's helpful. I'm guessing your against attaching the gate to the house? - Meaning drilling a post into the house siding then either attaching latch ?

Certainly. Pics: http://oi39.tinypic.com/24zc9xg.jpg http://oi42.tinypic.com/zvo4ro.jpg As you can see from the pictures now, I'm looking to enclose that opening with a fence, with the gate side of the fence to the left (house) side of the picture. As I mentioned in my original post...

Any ideas anyone? Thanks

At the bottom of my drive way I have knocked down and dug out an old small wall. I now have an open space between a 5ft wall (over it is another garden) and the corner of the house. I want to put a 6ft fence in there to secure the back-garden better to get a dog. However, what I'm not...

I have a problem. After applying my oil coats, I applied two light coats of "Ronseal Diamond Hard Varnish" Satin finish - I have allowed for plenty drying time and it's been a couple of days now and it seems that the surface looks dry but isn't perfectly dry. It's still slightly sticky. For...

Thanks for replies. Shame I posted too late though after applying pva. It seems that yes pva and oil don't go for the reason that it appears shiney like gloss. Luckily though I was very careful with the pva only onto the edges. Anyways, I have two coats of the danish oil applied now and...

Hi, I have a standing desk unit built with basic MDF, and I am looking to treat it to finish. The unit has a lot of exposed edges. What I have done so far from reading is sanded down the edges and used PVA lightly diluted with part Water over the edges and joints only. I have yet to sand...