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When we renovated our house, and every room was full of dust, we popped down to Wickes and picked up a hoover for around 30 quid- it was designed to suck up light building debris, and did the trick. One word of caution, make sure you have plenty of filters, as after a while you end up blowing...

Is it getting hot? Do the cooling fans kick in when it is started?

What are the symptoms that suggest the motherboard is broken?

as a temporary solution, you could try plugging a USB keyboard in. If that doesn't work, it would rule out the netbook keyboard as being a problem

If you want some good advice; learn how to spell, learn how to use grammar, and learn how to structure a sentence together.

Does your local council offer garden recycling? Ours does, so for projects such as yours, I'd shred it all, then make a few trips to the recycling centre.

Cheers Mountainwalker - my point was more about the effects of polystyrene burning (eg gives off cyanide).

disclaimer:I am not an expert :) but is there an increased fire risk when using polystyrene?

Hi all We've just had some plasterboard fitted in our loft, which I'm going give a couple of licks of paint (the sheets of board are facing correctly, so I can paint onto them). I am not going to have a skim applied to the sheets of plasterboard. What's the best solution for filling in...

Ok, so by accusing me of being PC, you're assuming that I'm either white, or a UK resident who has lived here all my life, or not of Pakistani descent. No need to reply, you're on the ignore list now.

please define "these people" - not sure what you mean or are implying

Go to your family and friends. It will be awkward, but that will soon blow over, as there is every chance that they will/do understand why you've moved away from them. The support and help that they can give you will completely overpower any awkwardness that there may be. Few people can...

[/url] stop being so cheap. CD's are not expensive.

nothing good can come of removing any traction on stairs. If the dog hairs are taking too long to hoover either a) get a better hoover (dyson + animal brush head) or b) stop the dog from using the stairs. you'll end up with an injured dog, and injured people if you laminate the stairs.

Or ignore the idiots who let the narrow minded Daily Mail get under their skin with stories such as these. It's 2010, and the UK is a very tolerant and multi-cultural, multi-faith nation. It amazes me that there are people out there who think that a story such as this warrants writing in...

Genuine question: why did they issue free lunches to those observing a fast?

If you Google 'DLSR basics', 'DLSR for beginners' or 'Introduction to DSLR' there are countless sites that will teach you the basics. Your other option is to buy yourself a decent entry level camera, get the relevant user guide (most of the popular DSLR's these days have 3rd party 'how to'...

That is really something to be proud of. Well done you.

People with very narrow throats :)

That's a very valid point, and I imagine the answer is something along the lines of "oh, it's very impolite to ask them for money" :)