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The words 'adjoining toilet' make me wonder if the pipework in there is leaking...

I had some old Everest aluminium (with hardwood surround) double glazing in my house. No issues with the glass, but the metal would spend over half the year freezing cold, with the result being that it would run with condensation, and gather at the bottom of the wooden frames and/or the wooden...

I think it's pretty well established that Presidents get to pardon. It's nothing out of the ordinary. You may disagree with the setup, but it's how it is (I'm sure if the feeling was high enough that it could be changed). What's a bit stinky about the Hunter Biden situation is that Biden (and...

Right, so Trump himself says it's not him, and that's not good enough for you? Then you show typical mass-media propaganda links full of speculation? Public services? They are funded from taxation (with the MANY present taxes, plus inflation) and future taxes (debt). You don't think it's...

Not sure what's being reacted to here? A commentator saying 'project 2025 is real'. Yes, we know. Some think-tank produced it. So what? As far as I know, the Trump admin have not endorsed it. As it happens, I think the mentioned tax cuts sound quite reasonable. Corporate, capital gains...

Your biggest problem is that you are self-installing, so cannot get the magic piece of paper from FENSA or CERTAS. So you either explain to a potential purchaser that they are self-fitted, or utter 'I do not know, it was like that when I moved in' to any questions.

I moved into a house with Everest 1980s aluminium (with hardwood surround) double glazing. It didn't look great, as the aluminium had gone from silver to patchy silver and white. But I saw no reason to replace at first. After a couple of winters, they were replaced. They were not draughty...

@neza, If a service company (BG?) is telling you that they can't get bits and so you might want to get a new boiler/system, just bear in mind that they are not handing out free advice. It's likely a sales pitch. Do you want any work performing by people like that? I'd agree that my current...

I grew up with a traditional system, but all my own houses have had combination boilers. If it was up to me, I would never replace a traditional stored water system with a combination boiler. They are a single point of failure, and cannot supply water to more than one point at once. The house...

Yes, 'the end is nigh'. It does sound like that. A scare tale as old as humanity itself. Like many things, the eco movement might contain some good things. I'm all for not wasting resources, for example. And generally, plastic is hideous stuff. Look at how over-packaged everything else...

I'm sure we are having an effect - like you say, 2 billion to 8 billion. But how much of an effect? Compared to all of the climate change between the Big Bang and today? How was the climate 2000, 5000, 10000, 100000, 1000000, 10000000 years ago? I struggle with the fascination since 1900ish...

I can think of two firmly good policy implementations since 2010: 1. the early step up to the personal tax allowance, which clearly helps those who work at the lower-end of the wage scale. 2. Michael Gove's education reforms, including the 'free schools' legislation. Unfortunately, number 1...

It's both extremes on here, isn't it! Landlords are evil millionaires, but they also struggle and scrape-along. People can buy houses, but people can't. Like this thread, the reality is mixed. The lovely graph on page 1 shows the Brown/Blair scam where they tripled house prices in no time at...

It could just be an area that catches running condensation, so goes mouldy over time. I'd start by bleaching it all off, then see what happens. Good way to remove mould is to apply neat thick bleach to the area and cover with toilet roll which will help hold the bleach onto the affected area...

Isn't the usual approach to add additional joists so you have a 'frame' in just the right place to attach the trapdoor to, then you can cut away the joist that's in the way. I was about to do similar in my roof, but realised that the roof was a 'modern' (1990!) engineered truss design, which I...

Similar to my childhood's cupboard-stairs... in 2021, I sold my own house. Earlier that year, I had the loft insulated and plasterboard-lined. The pull-down ladder was just left, as you would expect for a storage area. But the room was absolutely 'finished', and I used it as a home office...

In the late 80s, by dad built a loft staircase by utilising a built-in wardrobe in the box bredroom. Just cut a hole in the ceiling and made some stairs. Pretty unique - never seen anything like it since. It looked like normal wardrobe, but contained this magic mini staircase! Obviously...

For a bit of balance, I would typically be against any sort of 'big government' moves, be they NHS or HMRC or DWP expansions. I want it all slimmed down fairly significantly. As much as some benefit cheats might annoy me, it's a drop in the ocean compared to, say, corruption, or general public...

I'll have to try ammonia. I did buy some expensive BIN brush cleaner, but found it didn't work very well on the brushes (excellent on your hands, though). Funnily enough, I also used a foam roller - didn't have any issues with it deforming. For undercoat or top coats, yes, absolutely, you...

BIN is brilliant. I overpainted some previously stained 1960s doors and then applied white eggshell. You would never know they used to be dark. Used a 1.5" brush and a 6" foam roller. Problem with BIN is that it's evil to work with. The consistency of milk. Dries in about 20 minutes, so...