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We had a simlar building job done last year. We left the elec meter where it was as the old house wall has become part of a utility space. We had to get the gas meter moved as it was a meter box sunk in the floor. Contact Transco and they will send you a form to complete. The cost is based...

To organic gardeners, soapy water does count as a chemical! It's early in the greenfly season so rub them off with your fingers. Then go and round up some lady birds and put them on your herbs. In about 2 weeks you will have great biologcal greenfly control! (Worked a treat on my apple trees...

If you want to give the dinning room a nice airy feel you could try one of those double glazed 'jack lantern' style glazing stuctures. It would look fabulous!

I'd use a sharp sand mix for the concrete. Where would I get 'mould oil' from and would I be able to get just a few 8ft lengths of rebar? ( where from?)

I'd like to try to cast some concrete pillars ( round columns) for a garden pergola. They won't need to take much weight, just some wooden crossmembers. Can it be done? What could I use as a mould- ( length of soil pipe?) Would it need reinforcing? Would it work?

I used to live in a stone cottage ( built 1812 ) This side wall and back of the cottge were built in to a bank!. The building society suggested a damp proof course. but is was no the subject of a retention on the mortgage. The original damp proofers blaimed it on the render/plaster used. In the...

I have an indesit washing machine. It has both hot and cold suply. It only seens to be filling with cold at the moment, even though hot suply is available. What could the machine falt be?

We recently wanted to plant a hedge to screen a new build behind us. As we have a fairly small garden we whent for hornbeam. We have heavy clay soil and bought bare rooted hornbeam at about 8ft high. They will take a wile to fill out but should look good.

We have a long run of hotwater pipes in part of the house. The pipe run feeds a shower and sink in an ensuite bathroom and a washing machine in the garage below. We had no hot water from the taps, and guests arriving! Even though I had left the hot tap open for over 1 hr to try to get the air...

I've been doing a bit of research since my original post. I could use a new foil type insulation, attached to batterns and plasterboarded over. I have also seen a DIY type injected foam insulation pack. Anyone heard of this? Will it lead to condensation between the floor and ceiling?

I need to 'beef up' the insulation I have in my home. One of the bedroom is built over an unheated garage and has 3 external walls. I'd like to improve the insulation between the garage ceiling and the rooms floor. I'm looking for an insulation board that can eisily be fixed to the ceiling...

I know the is a 'plug in meter' that you can get to measure the power consumption of an appliance. I've seen them on the TV. It plugs into a 3 pin socket and then the appliance is plugged into it. I've seen them with a digiatl readout showing power consumption etc. Anyone know how much they...

We are changing our heating system from a conventional system (rads and room stat) to one fitted with TRV's. I know one rad needs to be left without a TRV control. The system will be controleed by a time clock. Is it usual to set the system up so that it continually runs ( through the bypass...