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My SDS Bosch drill is a professional (blue) one but doesn't have roto stop. I want to replace a fence post and want to drill the concrete around it. Last time I hired a breaker, but this time I've only got 2 posts to do, and it's not worth the money. With no roto stop, it's a case of...

This all sounds like the MMR thing all over again... Charlie Brooker covered it brilliantly in Newswipe. See 2mins 40secs in. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn8trMXe8ok 1) ITV/Sky News report scare story on a tiny minority who don't want it 2) This scares some people into not having it...

Garlic. I save the biggest cloves of shop-bought garlic. You could also try perpetual spinach, or salads. It would help if you have some cover, and you may need to start them indoors. Even putting the top half of a 2 litre plastic pop bottle over the young plant will protect it a bit...

Of course some would say they've charged me £105 for 3 years of service they haven't provided and it should be backdated. I don't want to push though it in case they start getting difficult.

Anglian Water have updated my account, the next day :shock: You can't argue with service like that!

It's Anglian water. I've applied using their web page. In theory they could send an inspector out. I'm assuming they won't as that'll cost them a lot more than just paying me the rebate.

Our drive slopes away from the road and has a small drain grill about 6 foot from the garage door. Are there any rules you can follow to work out if you've got a soakaway? The house was built in around 1990 I think.

There's not a covenant in your deeds saying "no commercial vehicles"? You're not allowed to park work vans down our road but people do. You don't want to let her catch you by surprise by this if that's the case.

The euro lock cylinder wasn't damaged and came off as normal once the handles had been taken off and the locks detached from the UPVC door. I think it was the way I fitted it and it was being pinched by the lock mechanism. When I put it back on I put the cylinder in before fixing the lock to...

Basically it was broken. This nice people at LSH sent me a new gearbox the next day and its all working perfectly.

I removed the euro lock cylinder from my back door in order to get the lock off. (See other post http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=190749 ) It came out easy enough like in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udgnrM11fX8 However, it was a bit of a struggle getting it back...

There could also be accessories stronger than a chain available from the company that made your door lock. Such as this one I came across from ours: http://www.lairdsecurity.co.uk/SGuard.pdf However, these don't look like an easy DIY job to install.

Our 3 year old UPVC doors have Saracen Secure (LSH UK Limited) multipoint locks. The back door handle started not raising fully from time to time meaning it couldn't be locked. Usually retrying about 100 times brought it back to life. It wouldn't lock the other night, so I stripped it off...

It was the dodgy socket. New socket and sky/freeview are cohabiting happily.

The nice people at Toolstation rang me up to tell me they had it in. What's confusing me is the 2 earth connections at the top. I wouldn't have thought you'd want it earthed. I've not seen a metal "cage" like that before either and am not sure whether the folded/twisted back mesh is...

That's interesting. I thought it took out the whole signal when I turned it on last, but maybe it was taking out the main mux and I didn't realise it. I take it it's the UHF numbers in the table that site returns I need to avoid. For PE4: Waltham 49 23 26 33 45 42 Sandy Heath 42 45...

Probably. That's what I thought it would be, but doesn't work with another new lead either. Taking it apart it seems the soldering was cracked at the TV terminal as a bit came away. It looks like it was a dodgy socket and I'll need to find a better one.