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It always seems to happen after Kevin pays a visit....

Yes, the arched stairs. Many teenagers (and even myself a few years ago) leap down the stairs two at a time with great thuds. I hope the inflexible arch stands up to it. As for the big arch, after the collaspse of part of it during construction I would feel a little nervous pouring tons of...

Ok, I like the arch, and I hope I'm not too resitant to new ideas. I would prefer something less experimental, but... how on earth did he arrive at the figure of selling £1800 a year excess energy back to the grid? That's heat and light the house, and have the equivalent of £1800 to spare? I'm...

No it doesn't, it forms a closed cell structure.

There's quite a bit of info missing, but if the inner face of the door wall is flat then you can fit the roller doors on the back of the wall, giving max width. You can also fit them as high as you have space available, giving more headroom. Rollers are made to measure, so no probs (as long as...

I've lost, then.

Opinions wanted, facts if you must. We have an en-suite with wc, washbowl and shower cab. There is a bath in the main bathroom but I hardly ever use it (haven't had a bath for years) and the spouse uses it occasionally. The en-suite is being refurbed. I'd be happy to just have a shower unit...

Some sort of cutting device, reaping a crop of some sort? Or maybe some cutting/baling tool?

[/url] No, it's this one. http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/rover/streetwise-2003.aspx

Yes, they do, as I can testify. But you can get warranties for around £90 a year, or less if you are a member of the RAC/AA, or put aside £500 to cover the cost when and if it happens. Later gasket designs are apparently more robust. Yes, It's an excellent model, a little dated and small...

Thanks, I've bought a couple of 256 mb cards from a local shop, standard issue, fitted and powered up a treat. I still don't understand why you can go to most of these sites and they have the identical spec for £10, but when you query on the specific model you are directed to an apparently...

I want to buy two new 256 mb memory cards for my spouse's old Toshiba Satellite S3000-X4 laptop (it only has one 128 mb card and it groans). The spec is SDRAM SODIMM PC100/133 144 pin CL2 Non-parity Non-ECC 3.3v. There are hundreds of cards with this spec going reasonably cheaply (£10 ish)...

Just how far away from the wall is the skirting, at its worst point? Is this gap fillable without looking silly? If so you don't want to drill and plug the skirting, the adhesive will do, won't it? Have you used a reutable adhesive and are you trying to stick the skirting to a reasonable sound...

I agree, spend £85 or so to get the boiler set up burning cleanly and efficiently, as far as it can. The serviceman may also be able to tell you whether the boiler is burning oil for the sake of it. We have a three-bed fairly large old house, the type which is lovely and cool in summer and...

Not quite. The first figure (10W) specifies that the oil will behave as a straight SAE 10 oil would at low temperatures, I can't remember the exact temp, somewhere just above (water) freezing I think. The second figure (40) specifies that the oil will behave as a straight SAE 40 oil would at 100...

Going back to the original post, what does 'drinking' mean? All of us (statistically) will be washing, showering, bathing, teeth-cleaning and undertaking other intimate activities with water from the hot tap, which has even more opportunity to be contaminated than water from the cold tank. We...

All of our upstairs cold water taps, cisterns etc are fed from the h/w header tank, as the pressure and flow from the mains is so poor. There may well be other reasons for this setup that apply to the OP's customer. I can't say that we drink from the upstairs taps, but we do brush our teeth...

Do you mean a pukka ion-exchange salt-fed softener, or an electronic scale reducer, or some other product under the name water softener?

The 'Best Step' or fatigue or exercise flooring are lightweight foam stuff and unsuitable. You want pvc interlocking such as Heuga or similar, solid PVC around 7 mm. I can only find item no 170269988767 on ebay, these appear to be similar to what I have (but not the TVR). Unfortunately they...

I had a dusty 30 sq mtr garage floor (concrete doesn't have to be dusty, why is it?) and I thought I would eventually brush it away. I looked at the plastic interlocking tiles and was quoted £750. In the end I bought a new lot off ebay for half that price, interlocking 'dotted' type about 7mm...