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An electric shower?! Yikes. They are awful. Only good feature is that they work when the combination boiler is broken! :) You need to ask yourself: 1) if you would prefer instant/on-demand or stored/tank hot water. A combination boiler means no tanks, which saves space, but it is a single...

Sounds a reasonable set of rules. Yes, you might lose some slave-labour in the likes of care homes or farms or car washes. You know what? Those things just have to cost a bit more to attract non-slave wages. If you go to someone else's home, you obey their rules. Same for a country. If I...

Almost 20 years ago, I hired a whacker-plate to do my patio. Put it in the back of my '98 Micra, no bother. Was a tad tricky lifting it in/out, but both me and the car survived!

Unless you live in a castle, your heating requirements will probably be under 15kW - never mind 24! A combi is sized for hot water demand, as heating mains-temperature cold water instantly on-demand needs a lot of energy. Are you happy with the hot water flow from your hot taps now? Any idea...

I bought one of these (might not be exact same model) a few years ago, and it's pretty slick. https://manhattan-tv.com/freeview/manhattan-t4r-tv-recorder These days, I am trying out a Raspberry Pi with TV HAT and TVHeadEnd meaning I can record to a 'server' and then play it back on any client...

No bother for me. I have a certificate too. But they are pointless pieces of paper, aren't they? I've had them in previous properties I've bought, but they mean chuff-all. Doesn't tell you about the quality and remaining life expectancy of the installation, nor if they are the style/colour...

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.