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Hi, I will be fixing 4 x 2 inch battons to a masonry wall and plasterboarding it over. What size frame fixing would I need? Would these be ok? http://www.screwfix.com/p/frame-fixings-10-x-135mm-pack-of-10/15978 thanks

immigration: http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1485055_couple-kept-deaf-girl-in-servitude-in-the-cellar-of-their-eccles-home-court-told http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/crime/s/1484252_pictured-faces-of-suspects-most-wanted-by-greater-manchester-police...

Just finished watching the channel 4 documentary on rogue landlords. Three things struck me: 1) you need five witnesses to say they have known for you fourteen years and you get granted indefinite leave to remain. 2) the big mansion the Acorn Business gobshite owned bought with the...

Well I've been thinking recently on what is going to be the key factor, the lynch pin, the step too far that ultimately is going to bring the British public out onto the streets. Despite mass immigration, illegal wars, the ever encroaching police state and the dying economy, there is one safety...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/8527950/Romanian-families-use-Big-Issue-loophole.html I live in Manchester and noticed how many romanians are selling the big issue on Market Street, Piccadilyl Gardens and Cross Street.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8513989/Robber-spared-deportation-because-he-has-a-girlfriend.html So now every piece of exotic s....e who gets his leg over with a local will be able to avoid deportation.

hi sometimes the heating does not come on. The heating light is flashing on the boiler. i can hear the boiler running whilst this is going on. all i need to do is press reset and then it seems to fire up. But when it fires up i hear the tic tic tic sounds three or four times. Could it be an...

Hello, I have a warranty with one of the main manufacturers and it includes a service. Today an engineer came to carry out said service. The whole thing lasted 20 minutes including two phone calls with his colleagues. The thing is that he did not measure the water temperature from the...

Hi, The landlord next door is having a boiler put in by foreign oplumbers who are not corgi registered. Can I do anything to stop this or report it? I have a family and i live next door, hence very worried. Many thanks

Hi all, I have just purchased a honeywell cmt927 thermo to wire into my combi boiler (Worcester 28si). The diagram in the instructions show the live feed to the boiler mains linked from the receiver rather than the spur (unlike the neutral which feeds the boiler separately). Is this...

Hi, Can anyone tell me what paint colour this is? The pics attached on the paint cans in B&Q are not really clear. Many thanks

Hi, We have an electric shower that does not warm the water enough. But if I open the cold water tap in the bathroom sink then the water from the shower is warm. Could the problem be that the cold water pressure going to the electric shower is too high for the shower to warm it enough? any...

http://www.jewsonlandscaping.co.uk/ProductView.aspx Hi, I'm thinkinf of using these kerbs to sort the edge of where my tarmac drive meets a flower bed. The ground is incredibly soggy at the moment so i am worried these kerbs will sink eventually. What is the best way of securing these so...

are the crazy to go public or wise (probably no way you can hide that sort of lottery win)? I can already see the queue of financial advisers crawling from the woodwork.... Personally i would not have a clue on what to so with that sort of money, how much to donate to family members, which...

Hi, I was wondering how one can tell if an extractor fan model is sufficient. I have wired the existing one and it seems to take the steam out of the bathroom pretty quick but the mirrors and tiles still get steamed up. Do i need to install a higher capacity fan or is steam on the...

He is one of the dragon den dragon and his story off-screen is a classic of rags-to-riches entrepreneurship. I've not read his book but from brief reviews it appears that this guy made his 270 million pounds fortune from starting out with an ice cream van at thirty after having been to prison...

Hi, Wat would be the best product to use in order to insulate internal walls of my house without taking the radiators off? I have a space of around 3cm between the radiators and the wall. I was thinking of using ployesterene with lining paper over it if this can be done. Any advice...

Hi, I've been quoted 250 quid for the following: install a tile vent on main semidetached roof. replace two tiles on one storey garage clean gutters round the house install soffit vents round the house. I would be providing the materials. Does this sound reasonable? He would be...

Hi, If a tile vent is installed on the roof to provide an outlet for an extractor fan what happens to the felt? Does it just get cut or does it have to be made good around the new tile? many thanks

Erecting a closed timber fence (material costs only as i would attempt to do it myself) or buy a privet hedge? Height needed about 160 cm by 7 m long. Thanks