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We have some ivy growing up the back of the house. I must admit I quite like it. However I am concerned about damage it may do to brickwork/mortar. The house is appx 150 yrs old, some of the pointing is not in the best of shape. Thanks in advance

I am considering getting a tumble dryer. Space is tight and believe it is possible to get fixings to position the tumble dryer above the washing machine? Anyone got an idea of such a thing? Does it fix to the wall and/or sit on top of the Washing Machine? I live in an old Victorian house...

I live I a terrace of tall Victorian town houses. One of the houses is having some major re-roofing work done after internal ceiling collapsed due to weight of the tiles on the roof. About 5 other houses in the terrace have these tiles - including my house. The roofer working on the...

I have an old TV (maybe 12 years old) with one scart socket. Have bought a freeview box. When connected through scart socket get picture but it moves slowly across and down the screen and colour changes. Have tried my DVD player and get the same. Have also tried other scart leads. Both DVD and...

About 2½ years ago we had an internal support wall knocked through and had the local guy from the council building regulations check it out and OK it. About 4 years ago we had another wall knocked through (not supporting I think) and a velux window fitted. We did not seek clearance from...

Have had the above washing machine/dryer for about 2 years. Twice have had to call an engineer out when the tumble dry programme was not drying the clothes. Both times a filter inside the machine needed clearing out. The first engineer went as far as saying it was a common problem. Great bit...

The top coat of external paint on my concrete window sills is peeling. About 5 years ago we had it painted. The decorator applied what looks like white gloss over the previous coats (which looks like black gloss). Not sure what (or if!) he prepared the surface with. Over the years the white...