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If you really don't want trickle vents, just tell the supplier that you don't want them. If they don't want to play along, tell them you will go elsewhere. Someone will fit them without, regardless of nonsense eco red-tape.

I wasn't so much thinking of 'Spoons... more like the thousands of smaller establishments ran by a licensee.

Cigarettes? What about vaping? Not sure the advertising bans and plain packaging have had much effect. Banning smoking in pubs, maybe - but it's also screwed over the pub industry.

You might be confusing 'education' with 'Department of Education'.

Because it inevitably spills everywhere: including your clothes and carpets! Whatever brush you use will be destroyed, so needs to be thrown away. It works really well at covering over the dark stains/varnishes, and for that I love it. But it's just hateful to use! And the way it is so...

I've done similar in my house. About 14 doors. Modern-ish, but stained very dark. 2 coats of BIN, then I think I went for 2 coats of a water-based satinwood. A couple of the doors I have lightly sanded and re-done with an oil-based satinwood, which is much more durable. Maybe the...

You may be asked as part of the enquiries. Just say 'I do not know'. If a buyer is particularly concerned, their solicitor will sell them a silly indemnity policy. They might even ask you to pay for it. No obligation. I wouldn't worry about it.

The survey comments are entirely normal. If you can see broken tiles and damaged mortar, then get a roofer to quote to fix. There might even be some spare tiles lying about in the garage! But a good roofer will get you some to match. They will also repair any damaged mortar or lead work...

The words 'adjoining toilet' make me wonder if the pipework in there is leaking...

I had some old Everest aluminium (with hardwood surround) double glazing in my house. No issues with the glass, but the metal would spend over half the year freezing cold, with the result being that it would run with condensation, and gather at the bottom of the wooden frames and/or the wooden...

I think it's pretty well established that Presidents get to pardon. It's nothing out of the ordinary. You may disagree with the setup, but it's how it is (I'm sure if the feeling was high enough that it could be changed). What's a bit stinky about the Hunter Biden situation is that Biden (and...

Right, so Trump himself says it's not him, and that's not good enough for you? Then you show typical mass-media propaganda links full of speculation? Public services? They are funded from taxation (with the MANY present taxes, plus inflation) and future taxes (debt). You don't think it's...

Not sure what's being reacted to here? A commentator saying 'project 2025 is real'. Yes, we know. Some think-tank produced it. So what? As far as I know, the Trump admin have not endorsed it. As it happens, I think the mentioned tax cuts sound quite reasonable. Corporate, capital gains...

Your biggest problem is that you are self-installing, so cannot get the magic piece of paper from FENSA or CERTAS. So you either explain to a potential purchaser that they are self-fitted, or utter 'I do not know, it was like that when I moved in' to any questions.

I moved into a house with Everest 1980s aluminium (with hardwood surround) double glazing. It didn't look great, as the aluminium had gone from silver to patchy silver and white. But I saw no reason to replace at first. After a couple of winters, they were replaced. They were not draughty...

@neza, If a service company (BG?) is telling you that they can't get bits and so you might want to get a new boiler/system, just bear in mind that they are not handing out free advice. It's likely a sales pitch. Do you want any work performing by people like that? I'd agree that my current...

I grew up with a traditional system, but all my own houses have had combination boilers. If it was up to me, I would never replace a traditional stored water system with a combination boiler. They are a single point of failure, and cannot supply water to more than one point at once. The house...

Yes, 'the end is nigh'. It does sound like that. A scare tale as old as humanity itself. Like many things, the eco movement might contain some good things. I'm all for not wasting resources, for example. And generally, plastic is hideous stuff. Look at how over-packaged everything else...

I'm sure we are having an effect - like you say, 2 billion to 8 billion. But how much of an effect? Compared to all of the climate change between the Big Bang and today? How was the climate 2000, 5000, 10000, 100000, 1000000, 10000000 years ago? I struggle with the fascination since 1900ish...

I can think of two firmly good policy implementations since 2010: 1. the early step up to the personal tax allowance, which clearly helps those who work at the lower-end of the wage scale. 2. Michael Gove's education reforms, including the 'free schools' legislation. Unfortunately, number 1...