Recent content by StephenStephen

Yes of course you can lie to whoever you are doing the work for. That would be stupid and dishonest - why not be honest about your knees, and use it as an opportunity for an agreement about a bit of managed rewilding? But essentially - why are you asking us rather than the people you do the...

Just to answer one of your questions, if you use screws which are the right length to only screw into the floorboards, you'll not hit any underfloor pipes.

Not exactly, you don't need to burn the leaves, you're just heating it enough to damage the cells. Different plants respond differently to having their leaves killed - dandelion is exceptionally resilient. gemshan1 - can you identify what the weeds are? ...and which weedkiller did you use and...

If you are going to use weedkiller, it's important to read and follow the instructions carefully, in order for it to work. Something that does work is a flame weeder - it simply cooks the cells of the plant.

Why are you thinking of installing new radiators? In terms of efficiency, technically a radiator is always 100% efficient - all of the heat it loses goes into the room you want to heat. However, some of the heat will be lost in the pipework, which may be in places you don't want to heat. So...

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.. time to get a priest in!

If it gets cut back into non-green branches, it will not grow back.

I think you're right - there really isn't a simple way to have ventilation and noise reduction at the same time, so the simple solution really is to avoid trickle vents, and just open the window for a short period of time - this also gives you a chance to smugly appreciate the 'turning off' of...

What is the ventilation problem?

As an amateur, I would say go for it. You need to think about how the pipework will be long enough to get a fitting onto it in front of your new plasterboard. Maybe talk to the plumbers about that in advance. The current arrangement channels a lot of the heat behind the curtains, so I'd be...

No need for more soil. Stakes and twine won't help with levelling. Don't bury the seed. Scatter it by hand. I've had problems in the past with poor grass germination from seed from a DIY shed - it might be worth thinking about getting hold of seed that's not too old. Once you've sown, you'll...

Maybe it would have been good for the USA and the UK not to have overthrown democracy in Iran in the first place? Would you support the state of Iran overthrowing democracy in the UK, as a response if the UK government had nationalised Iranian company owned oilfields in the North Sea?