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My Bose wave has stopped working, it has power and the clock is on but isn’t picking up signal from remote, I’ve checked the remote and it is emitting a signal so I’m assuming it’s the infrared receiver module that needs replacing(common problem apparently). The trouble is I’m having real...

Yeah imagine all the things you could do with 250 mm of prime building land maybe build yourself a country retreat and a lake or a small castle with a moat. Until one day you find your dreams have been shattered because now you only have a 150 mm of prime building land instead. Some people are...

We had a boundary dispute where it turned out the fence which the architect had used as the boundary for the size of the extension was nowhere near the actual boundary. the simple solution was to just give the neighbour the same amount of land back down the garden problem solved obviously there...

Ive seen something similar in a Peter cartwright bricklaying book a long time ago and recall him talking about using re bar and squares of steel with a hole drilled in and then a nut tightened on to sandwich each course between two squares anyway hats off to who ever built

my mate threw a can fairly hard because it would nt stop coming out it hit an old radiator in the garden and exploded like snow i fell on the floor laughing and he had to shave his head cos he got covered in it we use gun application cans now and as for buying plastic nozzles for tight spaces if...

my crazy mum bought me a shady jigsaw years ago from aldi and having spent ££££££s on all my tools for work i pxxsed my self when i saw it threw it in the shady tools bucket and forgot about it until my bosch one died on me half way through cutting out a worktop shot home grabbed it and had a...

jesus just let the landscaper do the blxxdy drain before i go mental

flashband is rubbish, ubiflex is good but pricewise isnt much different to lead, but you wont get the pikies on your roof at 3am trying to rip it off we use alot of ubiflex now on larger jobs especially churches and commercial properties there are a few other lead replacement products available...

i was really passionate about hating the bricky tool when i first saw it i thought they were making a mockery of my skill and time spent learning the trade. then my neighbour bought one and tried to build a bbq with it hahahahaha after his 3rd weekend he gave up and its still unfinished after 2...

i had the same problem but i argued that building regulations state the soak away must be 5 metres away from the dwelling but also 5 metres away from a road which i dont have the space to do so after a little more discussion they allowed me to go straight into the drains. i would nt have minded...

you could try some metal stretcher plates on the under side spanning the joint if that would help

saniflows are fantastic for this kind of problem if its not possible to run svp, the only downside is the cost of the unit,the fact it looks quite ugly behind the toilet,the whirring noise it makes when running,plus extra cost of fitting plus electrics.but on the upside you can put them...

you cant use galvanised nails with slate only copper or aluminium,this is because unlike concrete roof tiles,the nail is the only thing holding the slate to the roof and if the nail corodes the slate slips down the roof and chops your head off infact i dont think galvanised nails should be used...

its a gas boiler ha ha thats so funny i love stupid people thats the reason i go to work.i got called back to a window fitting job by a very angry woman screaming at me that the crap window id fitted was leeking and there was a large puddle of water on the window cill every morning even when it...

hi im wondering if anyone can help with my ferroli f30 boiler it will run the central heating for about half an hour then it blows the fuse on the board.the hot water works fine though, had an engineer look at it with no joy. any help would be appreciated thanks