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Help/advice please, We have two laurel bushes in the back garden - 10 feet high. They both get intermittent sunlight, are well watered and get trimmed regular. They have been in the garden for twenty years without problems. However the leaves on both have started to wilt from the ground...

Help / advice please. I have had a laptop connected to my new Belkin ADSL. A friend of mine set it up as I am not PC savy. He then downloaded the set up details for a future pc/laptop onto a usb stick. This set up was accidently opened when searching for files. Now I want to connect...

Thanks for the replies. I managed to sort it out. Don't know how, just luck I guess. Cheers

Hello, help or advice please. I have a new laptop, dual core with windows vista. I also have a new Belkin ADSL modem. My ISP is AOL with a BT connection. AOL have given me the login details to reconnect to AOL. I have configured the ADSL using the yellow ethernet cable and can connect to...

Thanks everyone for the replies. Found the screws okay. JohnD, can the timer be removed from the backplate temporarily and still function.ie do the slots along the top act like a sort of computer plug and carry the power and relays? I have no intention of doing any electrical work. The...

Firstly, thank you everyone who replied on my previous post. All electrics in and certified. I am loosening all the switches and sockets in the kitchen for the tiler to get on. However I have a boiler timer switch type Lifestyle LP522 which I need to loosen or prise from the wall. I cannot...

Help / advice please. My daughter has a Daewoo Kalos - 54 plate. Every now and again it cuts out. The revs drop and the car stalls. It feels like it is gasping for air. Any ideas. Thanks in advance.

Help and advice please. Just had kitchen installed. Gas fitter been and piped in okay. I have my hob ignitor and filter plugged in to sockets for now. I will have a qualified electrician chase the permanent wiring in before I do the tiling. Does he/she have to be part `p`? Reason I...

Thanks for the reply Pompey. I will let my missus plug it in and stand well back.

Help or advice please. Just had a new kitchen fitted. All in okay. I was supplied with a ``Candy'' overhead filter which will be wired in by a Part P spark. I have noticed that the filter only has live and neutral 2 core wire - no earth. Does it need earthing? Thanks in advance

Help / advice please. How close can one dig foundations next to mature trees? Foundation will be 600 wide x 1100 deep. Tree is an oak with a TPO. Thanks in advance.

Thanks everyone for the replies. Much appreciated. Woody, I have treated the approach with the contempt it deserves. I have had various trades people sending me offers of services. Most are from honest trades people. One nutjob reckons she cleanse my house of any bad spirits using an holistic...

Help and advice please. I have had planning permission for extension above an existing garage. I have been approached by an ``energy efficiency company'' saying that I must have a SAP test done on the new extension to prove that it is energy effeicient. The quote was for £200 and that I must...

Help AGAIN please. I have lost all sound on my PC. All cables plugged in okay. Switched on this afternoon and cannot hear a thing. Can the sound just go like that? Is there a sound card which can fail? or can the speakers just stop? Thanks in advance.

Thanks everyone for their advice and taking time to reply. PC going in for a long overdue service.

Thanks for geting back Softus. Yes, your description is correct. The modem is a BT Voyager 105 with broadband cable connected to AOL via a BT landline. The arrows appear now and again. The internet works fine, just wondering if anything to be concerened about. Thanks again.

Could someone help please? I have lost the little green arrows icon that shows the internet is connected (red when not connected) on the notification task bar. Internet still works okay but would like the icon back. I have tried using the notification customise tool but I cannot locate the...

Many thanks everyone for your replies and advice. For some unknown reason my PC has fixed itself and has now resorted back to saving it's settings when I log off. I left it on standby for a couple of days then switched off at the mains, I have no idea what happened. Perhaps it read this forum...

Thanks for the replies. I have been on the Marley website and got all the info.

Help or advice please. What is the minimum roof slope angle? The tiles are concrete interlocking, course finish. Supplier I spoke to says there is no set rule. Can I get away with 18 degrees? If not I have to rethink my layout. Thanks in advance.