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Thanks for your reply, yes it is odd that chimney is on my property and not hers. My roof is about 2 ft higher than hers so chimney is completely on my house only. The houses are old and the deeds do not show the boundaries clearly. A surveyor I had last year regarding the damp caused by her...

I have quite a nasty woman who owns terraced hose next to mine, though she does not live there. Even though she caused extensive damp in my house caused by her extension (these are old terraced houses with no damp proof cause on main structure of house) I just found it easier to let her have...

I am in the process of choosing an opti-myst fire but after reading the bad reviews on here I am now a bit unsure. Does anyone know if they have improved many of the faults listed on this forum as I notice some of the posts are a few years old

Have done it, they were not screws after all even though they have screw heads. They are like a two pronged thing that springs out

Thanks footprint I will order one now, but will still have to get the top off this one to clean. Have had builders in and they never thought to just cover top of radiator or put it somewhere else. Its got dust, plaster, cement and heavens no what in it

I will try, but have just got a new phone and not sure how to work it yet

I am trying to clean inside of radiator as it is filled with dust and dirt. I have managed to loosen end panels and loosened the grill at each end but it is held in place in middle by what looks like little screws but they will not loosen. They seem to turn but will not allow grill to be...

Haha, thanks for all that advice, will definitely take that on board. Not sure when we will be laying it now with this awful weather we having, its pouring down today and looks like it will be for the next 6 days too. Fingers crosses that we have better weather coming next week.

Have just read your reply and am waiting for Wickes to open so that I can change order. Yes I am doing it myself, with help of course. We have dug it over then raked then repeated and repeated then used a roller and then raked again so it is quite even. Done a bit of an overkill really but...

Oh bugger! just read this but have already ordered 4 x 70 litre bags of general compost from Wickes and cus I also needed 2 radiators and some skirting boards got free delivery and they delivering before compost gets here on Tuesday. Shall I just not add it at all, get some sand from somewhere...

At last earth is clear and broken down quite fine, going to give it another few rakes and have ordered the turf for Tuesday. Only thing that bothers me is that it is slightly lower than the patio now after taking the allowance for the turf. No big deal as there is really good deep soil left...

Thanks for your reply laferret will def go with that idea. We all getting a bit fed up, so anything to make this easier is appreciated. The more we dig up the more we find, but most of big pieces up we think, mostly hard core left so rotavator should get stuck into that a lot quicker than we...

Thanks for your reply laferret, am definitely going to do that, we are all fed up with it now. We think we have got most of the larger slabs and concrete up but the smaller hard core underneath is neverending. Most definitely harder than I thought, although I did'nt realise how much...

We are still clearing garden of slabs, tiles and concrete. Admittedly only a few evenings and a weekend but it is never ending. Feel as if we have dug up a town. Seriously it looks as if gonna be impossible to clear it of everything, every time we dig up tiles there is a load of hardcore...

Am back again, my garden centre did not sell turf so Grenage have contacted the place you used (did not notice the link you had given until I came on this site again) and sounds great so going with them. Another problem I have come across is at very bottom of garden we have come across tiles...