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Because cars are quite costly to buy and maintain I subscribe to the theory that I will look after it, service it and clean it regularly in the hope of extending its life past the point where Ive finished paying off the finance 5 years later. I also add to this by parking right away from the...

We have just spent a sizeable amount of money on our sash windows. The guy that did it was superb, they look perfect and work again. He finished yesterday and 10mins ago, a bird flew into the window and cracked a pane of glass. The bird flew off and left me with a broken window. This is...

No its not a plumbing query. Im talking about Ebay. They have just banned me for the second time for doing nothing wrong. I was selling a few empty cigar boxes and they kept ending my listings saying that Im actually trying to sell tobacco. As if Id sell a full box for £1. This is rubbish but...

Absolutely, well said, ban the religion and deport anyone who actively encourages attacks on this country. Bin Ladens European right hand man has been arrested and now faces deportation. He says hes scared to go back because he will be tortured. I hope he is, b****y scum.

Speaking of alcohol, has anyone seen this ad for an aussie beer... http://www.bigad.com.au/

Well, actually, it would have been easier to pull my damn tooth out. We live in the Highlands and in my area there arnt any NHS dentists, in fact the 3 private ones have a 4 year waiting list. I banged my tooth at home and need root canal (nice eh?), but the NHS wouldnt do it. Private will...

This is what Wacko Jacko's been doing since the trial.....:lol: http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2004/favourite-things-p1.php

Phoned Hudson Reed and spoke to a lady on the technical support number. Now, Im not saying that women know nothing about plumbing but this one didnt. According to her the taps are held in by nothing except the copper pipework which "should be OK, at least it always had". It seems a bit...

I cant post a picture, but this is the item... http://uk.hudsonreed.com/buy_taps/wall_mounted_bath_spout_stop_taps/bc309/tt/t04.html The taps have a 22mm compression fitting but the spout has nothing and the thread is bigger than 22mm so Im not sure whats needed to supply water to the...

Hello, Im going to refit a new bathroom and we are short on space. As such, we have decided to go for a bath with no tap holes and have the taps and mixer coming from the wall. They turned up today and I expected there to be some kind of fixing bracket or something but all there is are 2...

Im with Orange now and got a good deal. I was with Orange 2 years ago and left them cos O2 were cheaper, but they were dreadful, kept losing signal, bad customer service and 50ppm helpline for online tarrifs. Then when I left after 12 months, I asked for a final bill, never got it but did get...

Yes you're right I mean inbetween the ceiling joists. Masona, already looked into a grant but the Highland council dont offer any, only a list of companies offering a subsidised service and the cheapest was charging £450 for loft insulation! At the rate I'll be the one subsidising them.

Hello, I have old cast iron guttering but rather than replace it with the dreadful plastic stuff, I want to renovate them. They are all in good condition, with small areas of rust that I can treat. I want to paint them. Having looked at the "How to" section on this site it recommends 2...

Hello, We live in an old railway station and the roof space is poorly insulated. Whilst there is some fibreglass insulation, its very thin and basically isnt working. My question is, as there are so many products available, whats the best one to use? Fibreglass would be cheapest I assume...

Having served in Northern Ireland for 2 years with the British Army I can confirm the the IRA was deemed to mean I Ran Away by the army in the 70's. In fact, that term was still being thrown around by squaddies when I was there in 1989. The dreaded news when you were in the army 12 or 13...

A few years ago, before he divorced my mother and moved to Australia!, my father used to own a bacon factory. The guys working there were the real animals. They loved to carve up a carcass and the guts went into these drums along with the brains, eyes, etc. Once, my dad came home and told me...

Thanks very much Chris, thats great advice.

Hello, I want to move a radiator but I dont want the hassle of draining the system, and actually Im not sure how to anyway. So Id like to use a pipe freezing kit. Can anyone tell me if these are easy to use and if they actually work, also what the essential procedures are, eg. turn off...

Hi, Im going to refit a bathroom. Im confident about fitting the bath loo etc but I will need to move a heated towel rail. My question is, will turning off the water supply stop the water to the towel railso I can cut the pipes and re-route them?. We have a combi boiler which stops pumping...

I have a Porter Cable random orbit sander. I swear by it, it leaves no swirl marks, the dust collection is good and it runs for hours a day without any problems. I think they now come as a Flex model but basically its exectly the same.