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My grandson is a part freeholder and part lease holder of a listed building. Within one month of taking occupancy he received a letter from the local Enforcement Officer stating it had just come to the Councils notice that UPVC windows have been installed and that he must make planning...

I have already posted this in the garden section but building might be more appropriate. My daughter lives in a flat area with a high water table level, on visiting her last September she had dug a rectangular hole in the garden 2ft deep, at first I thought she was excavating for a swimming...

My daughter lives in a flat area with a high water table level, on visiting her last September she had dug a rectangular hole in the garden 2ft deep, at first I thought she was excavating for a swimming pool only to learn it was for a sunken patio and she had given no thought of water from above...

Hi All, I seem to have had a run on replacing various elements in the cookers of family members. All different makes. One thing they all had in common was not surprisingly heated terminal connections some with crumbling heat resistant terminal covers and a sloppy fit on pushing back into...

hi can any one help please. My daughter had a new settee delivered and assembled in an upstairs room by Harveys, nedless to say she took no notice of how it was assembled. She is now on the move and the settee will not come down the stairs unless the settee is broken down. Can any one offer any...

I have taken the heating element out of a small commercial glass washer, it is shorting out, a replacement cost on average £50.00 plus vat etc. Googling for alternatives I have found very similar element heaters for Hotpoint Creda etc washing machines at around £10.00. but cannot find out if the...

Is there a light switching ceiling mounted gadget that will switch a light on when stepping into a circle of about a metre dia and switches off with little delay when stepping out of the circle. I know of ceiling mounted PIRs but the detection area they cover is too great for my purpose. Perhaps...

Hi All Two simple questions, tile floor first or instal pan first and tile around? Its in a wet room. I have fitted new pop up sink, with the pop up screw adjusted fully in and therefore not restricted on closure. water gets passed the seal, all is brand new, and there are no bits of...

I am installing a wet room and have become confused by the showertray manufacturers statement that 1,2 or 3 waste traps of 40mm can be fitted under the linear or oblong grid cover. each trap drains 26 litres of water per min. giving a flow of 26, 52, or 78 litres per min. Here is were the...