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I'll second Tony. If the house isn't a Listed Building or in a Conservation Area and is in England it is defo Permitted Development under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 and the 2017 Amendment to the Order. If it's in Wales or Scotland you might...

By the way to the original poster.... Well done on not buying a Citroen. They are nailed together. French Leylands in my experience.

Quite true Dave. Siphoning the oil generally leaves residue. A real pain getting under the car and removing the plastic belly panel to access the sump but I have it down to a fine art these days. The PSA 1.6 diesel engine oil filter arrangement is one of those nasty black plastic caps one has to...

All this talk of appealing.... Has the LPA actually said it is recommending refusal of the planning application? The standard period in which the LPA must determine this type of planning application is eight weeks. You are justified in getting a reason why this has not happened. It sounds like...

If you appeal against non-determination the planning application is no longer the responsibility of the local planning authority 9LPA). The Planning Inspectorate (a Central Govt. organisation), often called PINS, become the determining authority. I guarantee that your file will sit on a PINS...

Good choice on the Volvo. Bodywork made from virgin steel and not melted down scrap like a lot of other manufacturers (Sweden has lots of iron ore reserves). The engine is the 110 bhp Ford/ PSA Group 1.6 diesel unit used in various Peugeots, Citroens, Mazdas, Volvos and in the Ford Focus...

The more expensive EBAC washers (£500 - 530) come with a 10 year warranty. https://www.ebac.com/washing-machines/listings?ecarePlus

I've joined Athletics Anonymous. When you feel like exercising they send someone round with four gallons of strong cider who sits and gets hammered with you until the urge passes.

This has probably been discussed before on this site somewhere so I apologise in advance. I am being bombarded with emails, letters, texts and calls from my energy supplier encouraging me to have a smart meter. Every year I use U-Switch and go for the best deal out there, so generally I change...

Quite true Dave. Which is why I went for the LUK clutch kit and the Sachs Dual Mass Flywheel. Both German companies. LUK clutches are used in the VW vehicle factories on a lot of models. There was a cheaper option clutch kit but one never knows if it was made by a seven year old in a jungle...

I just bought a three part clutch kit from Eurocarparts (plate, cover and central slave cyclinder) and a dual mass flywheel. Good prices and all German made stuff. When you order online (you can click and collect or get it delivered) they generally have a discount code they either email to you...

There are givers and takers in life. The gentleman who owes the money is a taker. Not worth being a called a friend. Just someone your family is acquainted with by the sound of it. Not quite on the same level I had a similar issue with one of my step-daughters until recently. She was telling...

Quite true. Why does someone want to get elected as a Councillor in the first place? It's usually money, power or sex that motivate people. Perhaps all three in this case who knows? Next notch up.......stand stark naked outside BBC Television House in London with a placard and a megaphone and...

If you don't get anywhere with the Planning Dept. take it up a notch and speak to the elected Councillor for the area. This person has been democratically elected to represent the views of the electorate i.e. you. I can pretty much guarantee that when a Councillor gets this kind of query from a...

Sack them both I meant to add. Pair of wasters. There's stacks of unemployed tilers and plumbers out there who would be glad of a job.

Classic demarcation of labour dispute. This is what finished off the British shipyards. The platers and the rivetters couldn't stand each other and the act of bringing together two plates to be held together with rivets became a convoluted act because both sides were arguing whose job was whose...

My heart goes out to you. Years ago I was rather inebriated and decided to fix that pesky, creaky floorboard on the landing that had been annoying me for months. Drilling and screwing like a madman feeling very pleased with myself until I went through a water pipe. Water cascading through the...

That's what I thought Dave. I've used Eurocarparts for a while now and been happy with the level of service. They are the same firm as carparts4less.co.uk (a member of ECP told me). Identical website layout and part numbers just different coloured Web pages.

Not necessarily always Agile. I bought a set of Bosch spark plugs recently...Bosch...a leading brand with a good reputation....and one of them was a dud. The small print on each plug box said 'Made in the Ukraine'. Not so good now then. I took them back and bought Jap spark plugs instead. The...

Yes Kanker my owd I am saying that the NHS is badly run. What would the UN know about anything? UN troops stood by armed to the teeth and did nothing whilst watching Serbs massacring thousands of Bosnian women and children. This is my personal view as a free citizen in a democratic society. I...