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eBay auction starting at £100. State the faults (which don't sound too bad for a driveway bodger). Do it before MOT expires so the buyer can drive it home.

Jesus. Could have just routered a notch in the floorboards!

We have a hot fill dishwasher (Miele). Fed from a 10mm radial from an unvented cylinder. The issue for me at the moment is the detergent cost. It has an autodos system where it uses a sealed disc of powder. The cost is ridiculous (50p a go), but I like the system. I've cut a hole in the disc...

Sounds metal to me! Remove carpet, fit commercial vinyl flooring, replace cheap contract carpet at end of tenancy. Find time during tenancy to locate cheaper carpet fitter.

Do you sometimes get the feeling you're being spied on? I turned on my old windows laptop this morning to be met with this: Apparently a known glitch. I Google the Microsoft site and the advice is pretty much "what's your problem man?, just wait for 2 hours"

Might be worth a look.

I have no wish to come across as a luddite, but what happens when they get bored of sending you updates - presumably just throw it away like an old Windows laptop - and I expect this applies to all modern cars however they're powered. Some Russian hacker will brick your car for a ransom.

He's explained that the "corner" is round and it sounds like 2x 45's or that bend would still be too sharp to follow the profile of the corner. All I can think of is a company that makes custom stainless steel exhaust pipes who would be able to produce the correct curve and swage the ends to...

As a non plasterer I'd say that sc render in conjunction with screeds is a lot easier.

I think it's all (flooring grade t&g chipboard) water resistant these days.It should survive long enough to notice and rectify any leak. If it's ground floor have you considered solid or B&B?

The first day of my wife's new car - rolled it down the driveway into my own car (it has a seriously odd pedal offset which meant the clutch pedal was where I thought the brake pedal would be), all I found where the handbrake lever should be was half a packet of wine gums and a phone cable. A...

And so it begins! I said to my wife "hasn't your brother gone for the pizza yet?" "No" she said, "he's still sat in his fancy new car figuring out how to turn all the crap off before he can drive it"

Sprinkle a few bags of cement in your trench and hose it down before you do your footings - DIY ground stabilisation.

Just a board adhesive rather an expanding foam.

A few coats of the Thompson's stuff. Foamed PIR is an effective vapour barrier, the foam doesn't allow moisture to cross and you'll get a lot more insulation with the limited space you have available (current regs would demand around 100mm). You still have the potential issue I highlighted...

Ard you sure that's a half brick wall? The brick pattern suggests otherwise - or there'll be a load of rough snapped bricks on the other side. The waterproofing is a good idea, but you'd be better foaming PIR bonded plasterboard on rather than stud walls.

Stick 9.5mm foil backed plasterboard over, extend at least 100mm past the steel.

I have used a similar kit (Sealey) for my Astra caliper bolt. The 3 metal plates are drill guides. It all went really well.

I'd use 25mm PIR bonded plasterboard otherwise you'll have cold bridging through your studwork. You can hang the cabinets using rails.

It's worth looking at the common faults that may affect the cars in question - ecoboost, wet belt, seemingly lots of Stellantis stuff at the moment. Often it's particular engines, gear boxes (especially computerised automatics) and electrical items (fancy display screens). My car is 15 years...