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Right I am in bed now, and my laptop has a card reader so I am just uploading the pics to photobucket...

Well, I am just up to bed now, so I will take my camera with me! LHL

THANK YOU for explaining that. I never dreamed that this simple-sounding task would turn out to be so terribly complicated. Perhaps the remote control IS indeed the simplest option! Blimey! (PS I also bought the lights, the mattress, the bedding, the bedroom laptop, the reading light...

Getting to my nearest branch of Homebase would entail an 18-mile train ride each way, and a taxi from the station to the shop, and back. Cost of fares total about £17. Unfortunately, we no longer have any neighbourhood hardware shops. Even the nearest B&Q is 3 miles away by bus. I don't know...

Hmmm... so if I buy this switch from Selections hardware shop in Leighton Buzzard, it's safe, but if that same shop sells the same item to me via eBay then it's dodgy and will kill me? I am told to buy from Homebase, but Homebase also has an eBay shop at...

It's a bit pricy with the postage... will THIS do? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fairway-2amp-2-Core-Single-Pole-Through-Light-Switch-/370219404250?pt=UK_DIY_Material_Electrical_Fittings_MJ&hash=item5632cbcbda

Aww that is kind. When I click on that icon in the corner, there is no button called "Preferences", where you have that button I have something called "Options". I have cleared the cache but it made no difference to the problem, which is happening in Firefox, Chrome and IE9. I have...

Hi folks My rough, cheap, timber garden gate was previously painted with a mahogany coloured exterior wood stain. This is now washed off completely along the bottom 60cm of the gate, which is now bare wood, and is wearing off pretty much all over. For a change, I'd like to repaint it with...

Thank you for the replies. Oh dear, it is all sounding terribly complicated. I really do not want a remote control, as scrabbling around in the dark for the button will be as annoying as having to plug in the plug. There is no transformer, just a transparent cable from an ordinary...

Been using Firefox to access eBay for 12 years, for the last few with XP on my PC. Never had any problems whatever. Yesterday installed my new super duper i5 quad core PC, which has Windows 7. Since then, when viewing any list of items produced by a search on ebay, only the first 11 have a...

I have a string of fairy lights over my bed with no switch on it, making it awkward to switch on and off as it has to be plugged in and out etc. Is there any reason why I cannot just buy an in line switch on ebay, cut the cable half way along and wire it in? If it's OK for me to do it, are...

As you can see, the rot in the skirting is very localised. I bashed the bare plaster and the rotted skirting with the handle of my brush and a bit came off but not much. I tapped the brush handle all around the area and nothing else crumbled or was loose. It is all sound, apart from where you...

I have just removed the videos and the shelving unit from the bottom section, to investigate. Here are the photos of that bottom section.

John I am extremely grateful for your long and detailed reply. Thank you so much! You are saying, clean off the black spores, rub down the flaky paint, treat the plaster with something, replace the affected skirting, move things away from the wall and open the window plenty? That sounds...

The paint immediately above the black mould fronds is peeling off. Also, above the shelf there is also some peeling paint but no mould. Three feet beneath the mould, the skirting board is rotten and the wall crumbling, but no mould of any colour. None of it feels damp to me. I have no sense...

Sorry, when I said surveyor..incorrect, he is a wet/dry rot man from Yellow Pages. I hope i can trust him. As for how far I want to go... well I am the sole owner of my house, been here 15 years, paid off the mortgage, will probably live here till i am carried out in a wooden box... I...

Wow thanks for the replies. Ree you have certainly given me a lot of valuable advice, thank you so much. There were also a few questions within your points, which I will answer. 2. Neighbouring property has been empty for three years. 8. No. 11. The floor is a recently laid laminate...

Cheers Jeds. Yes it would be simplicity itself to pull the videos forward and leave a good 12 inches of air between them and the wall. Your solution sounds really simple. So, you think there is no need to deal with the larger area, rip up the floor etc? It certainly would be great not to...

You spelled Einstein wrongly!

I have discovered a little patch of what I just discovered is called wet rot coniophora puteana on a solid brick party wall in my Victorian house. It is ONLY in this specific place as photographed. Not on the wall above or below just between those two shelves. It is in a recess to the...