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Hi I have what I call 'brambles' growing around the edge my garden. They may be blackberry plants, am not sure. I want rid of them but they are incredibly resistant. Ive doused them with weedkiller which didnt work. Ive tried digging them up but the roots are very long and very deep and...

hi i bought my son a 6v electric ride-on car (similar to the pic below). It was second-hand off ebay and he loves it. However, it is soooooo noisey. Im sure its noisier than is usual for these toys. The women selling even said she was getting rid of it becuase it was too noisey for her...

hi i have a security light at the back of my house and it flashes on and off all night long, its like a strobe! can someone explain to me what the settings for the pir mean/should be. it has 2 settings on it, one is a clock which has T and + and the other is a sun which has T and a moon...

hi im using wax remover to remove the wax coating from the wood throughout our new house and there is a LOT of it (doors, skirting boards etc) im using it with steel wool. problem is that the combination of very strong chemicals and fine steel wool is dissolving / wearing away any gloves i...

hi im using wax remover to remove the wax coating from the wood throughout our new house and there is a LOT of it (doors, skirting boards etc) im using it with steel wool. problem is that the combination of very strong chemicals and fine steel wool is dissolving / wearing away any gloves i...

Thanks, that sounds like it would work. I dont think our lawnmower will cut that close to the soil. Could you recommend a tool that would be suitable?

wont that just flatten the tufts of grass which will then tuft back up again over time? the ground underneath is flat.

hi we moved to this house last year and the lawn is very lumpy. visually it looks fine - evenly covered with good grass, but when you walk on it it feels like you are walking on stones/rocks under grass! ive had a good look and there are no stones, but close up the grass is patchy and in...

the silver cone screws down but only as far as the push disc, it all seems to be integral. the push disc part appears glued to the flush mechanism part (that sits behind the wall). ive tried brute force but it wont come apart and i dont want to break it as it cost me £40. the old one came...

hi i cant figure out how to fit this push button into the existing hole. the original one was broken when we moved in (the disc that you push was missing) so we have sourced a new one. Its called DUD Cone Push Button aka Rolo Push Button. It doesnt appear to come apart at all and the...

the weatherproof box just had some degraded mastic where the cables came in/out and water must have got in there. it says 'weatherproof' on the box. im guessing there should have been some device where the wires enter and exit to prevent water getting in? so is the end bit of the cable from...