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I used always to pick up hitchhikers, but rarely do nowadays; however I do try to help people who appear to be in genuine need. There's always a risk in helping people, ranging from being conned to putting yourself in real danger. But it's a sad state of affairs we're in if we can only think...

Recent research has disproved this: you can eat substantial quantities of eggs as part of a balanced diet and remain healthy.

You could build a stud wall, so that the plasterboard comes flush with the front of the chimney breast. It's not a complicated or difficult job. Personally, I find kitchen space far to valuable to block off a significant part of it (unless you have a large kitchen). I'd be looking for ways to...

Don't be idle: carpe diem.

I've a number of times had reason to feel very annoyed with the police because of their inaction, not to speak of their apparent lack of competence and intelligence. Living in a rural area one feels very unprotected against criminal activity, and the same time constantly anxious about hidden...

Sleeve anchors are of a different design; I believe they are for lower stress applications, but I don't know enough about the differences to say for sure. The masonry fixings on the site you reference named 'wedge anchors' look right for your need, if you can get one with a suitable eye on...

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There's some information to get you going on a site called DIY not.com.

TLC list the appropriate accessories, including glands, under the order code for the respective SWA cables. Hope this helps.

Generally, it's easier to do the painting before fixing (but after all the cutting's been done) as you avoid all the bending and the risk of picking up dust off the floor which you didn't quite manage to clean up. Obviously if you do this, you have to make sure the paint is hard enough to...

Any of the readily available polyurethane or acrylic varnishes should be suitable and easy to apply. Use several coats, denibbing between coats after leaving for the recommended time to dry. Coat the underside too, even if you can't see it, with the same number of coats. I like the Liberon...

The expanding foam provides an insulating gap filler, and fixes the frame in place; once it has gone off, fixing screws can be installed for additional fixing strength. The cured foam makes the frame resistant to distortion when the fixing screws are driven home. By 'plastic pieces', I'm not...

Rather a tall order: where can you buy screws that long?

Thank you. The centre of the screw has a dimple (a depression, concave); it doesn't prevent a normal flat blade seating in the slot. The problem is that the screw doesn't seem to be threaded, either left or right hand: turning it doesn't do anything. And yes, I've already tried the usual...

I too dislike lever handles, as I'm always snagging my clothing on them. However, sometimes they're a necessary evil. I suppose for you the choice is between bruising your knuckles quite frequently, until you acquire the conditioned reflex that positions your hand carefully every time you...

One way to do this is to fit a shield anchor, with a suitable eye on the end. You would need to drill a hole (use an SDS drill and the correct size bit: hire the drill if you don't have one). Make sure the hole is cleaned out before you put the anchor in.

I've just acquired a secondhand Elu mains drill (EMD403); I'd like to change the chuck for a better one if possible. Looking inside the chuck where I'd expect to find a retaining screw (the drill has reverse), I can see what looks like a screw. It has a very shallow slot, with a dimple in the...

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Also, try the effect of closing the ventilation system by switching to the recirculate setting when you park. This is in order to obviate changes in air pressure because of wind blowing into the car.

"Flammable" came into more widespread use in recent times because of fears that some people would misunderstand the word "inflammable" (able to be inflamed), thinking that it contains the Latin prefix "in" (= non). It irritates me slightly that we have to make concessions to ignorance, but...