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I have just checked - there are buses that run from near me to my place of work that could get me there before 9.00 (nearer 14.00). If I was to catch the train I would have to drive 10 miles to the station to get a 6.20 train change twice and arrive at work 50 miles from my home at 8.40. I would...

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You can search the land registry online. I think you just need to type in the road name or post code and will bring up all likely areas. It is £3 to look at the title plan. be careful though it may not appear on the land registry site. This does not mean that it is not owned by anyone it just...

Wow quick reply! Thanks very much TicklyT

Hello all, I have a radial circuit with 4mm T&E that I wish to extend. Why can I not find any 4mm cable anywhere? Does any one know where I can get some? Thanks Andrew

Thanks for the advice roughcaster.

I have a wall with a few cracks and holes in the plaster and a ceiling that I have just removed some polystyrene tiles from which has left some glue marks. I want to quickly skim over the top with something. I have heard about the polycell smoothover and I think this will do the job. However in...

The new California Governor has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the state, rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, The Terminator's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement...

Hello all, I think I know the answers to these questions already but would like to confirm the answer. I have a radial circuit with 4mm cable and a 30A fuse. I have identified two double sockets that could be the end of the circuit (they both have one cable entering the box). Is it possible...

Thanks very much for the advice Bernard and Steve, I like the solution that Steve proposed as it will look very neat in the new kitchen

Hello all, I will soon be installing a new kitchen and currently my washing machine is installed by removing the plug and passing the cable through a hole drilled in the worktop. I don't want to do this for my new kitchen. Also I want to put a dishwasher in next to the washing machine and I...

Hello all, I have rehung an internal door but it won't close fully without some gentle pressure being applied. I chnaged the direction that the doore opened so I had to chisle out for the hinges on the frame. I have checked the hinges and they seem to be flush with the wood and the door. I...

Somebody must have an opinion on this one! I am putting in a new kitchen which means that I have to rearrange the plumbing a bit. I have alsways used compression fittings in the past but using pushfit connections appeals to me as they seem so easy to use. I know compression fittings are not...

Thanks for the reply Deluks, the kitchen was installed in the seventies I think. All the house in my road are the same so I assume that it was OK at the time. Some have changed them to glass over the years but it has not caused me any problems since I have been in the house. Any way I have...

hello all, I am thinking of changing the kitchen and one thing that I would like to add is an extractor fan. The current kitchen is built in an extension on the house with a sloping corrugated plastic roof. The construction of the roof is a double layer with a frosted flat plastic layer on...

Thanks for the advice as it is a plastic bath I will use sanitary sealent - I already have somem anyway so it will save a few pennies. Andrew

I have to replce the plug mechanism for my bath. it is one that you turn a handle on the outflow and the plug pops up. The instructions to do this seem fairly straight forward so my question is what do I use to seal around the edges to prevent leaks? Is the compression from the screwed plug hole...

Thanks for your replies. I can see the sense in going for a door knocker/ door bell that I could fit in the usual manner but this particular door knocker was purchased for my wife by her gran so she wants that one - nothing else will do. But I suspect that it will have to stay in its box for...

Thanks for the advice Glassman, I had a feeling that some glues would react and that is why I asked. kevash the knocker is a threaded bolt with a nut type thankfully. If I do drill the knocker on is it possible to go throught the side of the door around the glass? I was worried about getting...

Following my earlier post about drilling into my front door I have had no replies suggetsing that it is possible so I have come to the conclusion that I will have to glue the door knocker on. can somebody recommend an adhesive that will do the job? Obviously it needs to be water resistant as...