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Thanks for your replies. DIYisfun - I would be interested to know how you get on with this David and Julie - In my area (West Lon) the council want £45 :shock: and Rentokil want £95 :shock: :shock: Despite being curious about what I get for this money (and what they are spending my...

Does anybody have any suggestions for destroying a wasps nest? The bu**ers appear to be going through a small hole and into a cavity wall so I cannot get access to physically remove the nest. Is there any spray or something that someone can recommend or am I best getting the professionals in...

Thank you very much - will give it a try this weekend.

I have inherited a monstera deliciosa (swiss cheese plant) which is quite old - probably 8 or 9 years. After years of neglect it is looking a bit the worse for wear and I would like to take a cutting from it and train the cutting up a moss pole. Can somebody please advise on the best way to...

Ahh my home town :) I am working in the Smoke at the moment and the engineer I used was in the Twickenham area. He diagnosed the fault as the tacho - apparently this controls the speed of the motor. Part cost around £30 + labour of course. Took him around 2 mins to replace!!! If you are...

What part of the country are you in? I am in SW London and had a similar problem with my Servis machine a couple of weeks ago. I picked an engineer out of Yellow Pages who diagnosed the problem over the phone and came the next day and fixed it. He charged £40 labour which I would imagine...

Took a little longer than expected but BBQ is now complete - thanks for your help guys. Off to Tesco for the sausages and burgers now - just hope the weather stays nice this weekend :D

It could also be due to low refrigerant. My Servis ("spits" - God I hate that brand) fridge was running for long periods of time a couple of years ago. Eventually it gave up the ghost. Called out engineer who said refrigerant had escaped and my 13 month old fridge was scrap. Servis didnt want...

Can anyone help me with this please? Our four year old Servis M3010 washing machine has started playing up this weekend. During the wash cycle the machine should turn slowly in one direction and then the other to agitate the clothes. However it has started turning at the spin speed - some...

Thanks for your help Masona. What is the best way to cut bricks then - hit them with a bolster chisel? I suspect there will be a lot of hard graft involved before we can get the steaks cooking :(

Hopefully someone can help me - I have been volunteered to build a brick BBQ next bank holiday weekend :( The BBQ required is 12 brick layers high and each layer consists of 9 bricks laid in a U-shape. The bricks and mortar have been purchased and all I have to do is build it!!! Can someone...

I know it is probably too late to do anything about it this year but... I have a number of pots outside my front door with daffodils in. This year I have had lots and lots of green leaves coming up but no flowers. What is causing this and what can I do about it? :? Any help would be...

Just as I thought - there is no technical argument against wiring a lighting ciruit in a ring, it is just not the "done thing". As an amature electrician, my opinion (for what it is worth) is that nobody should work on a circuit without ensuring that it is dead. Consider when driving - just...

Excuse my ignorance - and I should add that I do know that lighting is not generally wired as a ring. But.......Why not??? Surely returning the cable to the fuse board cannot make the circuit dangerous??? My understanding is that sockets are wired in ring mains as this effectively doubles the...

What are they stuck on with? I removed some tiles from my kitchen floor and I used a heat gun to soften the adhesive first. Worked a treat!

Thank you very much :D

Thanks for your help :D Just one more question - any idea where we could get a timer from or would we have to go to the manufacturer?

My friend has a BIASI Savio Prisma 24SE boiler and the switch that controls the central heating is broken. The switch is a black plastic switch on the front of the boiler that selects '"Off" "Timer Off" or "Timer On" and of course it has broken in the off position. :( It appears that the...

If I understand correctly then - what you are saying is that the current carrying capacity of a cable will vary depending on whether it is surface mounted, in an insulated wall, in trunking, etc? If we consider a ring circuit then where the cable may be surface mounted (eg in the loft) and...

Bizylizzie - Sorry for taking so long to respond. I had to take the door off my built in fridge last night to replace the handle and I now see exactly what you mean. Did you have any luck at the store?