Recent content by Roger465

So I live in a 30-year-old L-shaped bungalow with two valleys where the short bit joins the long bit. Some of the bits of tile and mortar have detached and were lying in the valleys. I got a man round, and he did what looks like a good job – took all the partial tiles out up the sides of the...

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One of the hinges of my mother's kitchen cabinet door has fallen apart, so I thought I'd replace it from a big box of spares I've accumulated over the years. Of course, all the ones I have are different to hers :mad: so I looked on SF, but it seems there are about 100 different types. Could...

These are 30-somethings, so everything is on the web - but TalkTalk will be another week to provide them with broadband, and the lad wants to watch something called a "football match" :sleep: Solved the problem while waiting by buying a portable aerial from Argos. Fortunately they're only a...

Thanks for the helpful replies guys (y)

Just moved the daughter in law into a new build, plugged the coax cable from the telly into the wall socket, and... no channels. Is it normal practice to build these sockets into new houses, but not connected to anything? There aren't any aerials on other houses in the development. Thanks...

Thank you kind Sir - don't know why my Googling didn't find it :rolleyes: Ah... spoke too soon

In common with most gardeners and farmers, I reckon, I've been using this for decades to kill perennial weeds like dandelions. I know there's been a cancer scare etc, but really - don't bathe in it or inhale it. Anyway, if you buy Roundup now, although the bottle and label are virtually...

I live in a 30-year-old bungalow, originally with mahogany-framed DG windows. The frames at the front of the house had started to rot, and several blown panels, so a few years ago I got them replaced. Unfortunately some of the work was very unsatisfactory, ending up in my having to threaten...

Well, just in case anybody's interested... heating guy came today to do the annual service, poked around a lot with his gas analyser, and found it wasn't leaking from that pipe at all, but from the seal where the flue connects to the boiler - so of course it's CO leaking out. Fortunately it's...

Thanks, that's really useful, and what I really wanted to know - that it's not something I can tackle myself. I'm not sure about claiming under warranty - thwn I originally had the problem, I spoke to Camden, and they were very unhelpful, saying to talk to the installer. Maybe I'll try them...

So a couple of years ago, I forgot my grandfather’s ancient advice about never doing business with friends or family, and got a firm owned by someone I thought of as a friend to put several new windows in for me. In fairness, the actual work seemed really good – invisibly plastered in etc. But...

Yeah, they say it's a common problem with these. Booked in for a service in a month's time - soonest I could get :rolleyes: and they'll replace the hose on the day. Thanks everybody (y)

Ah right, sorry about that. Guess I'll contact the guys who service it - will report back.