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We have five acres of grazing land advertised for sale with a local agent. We have had several satisfactory offers, but now one of these has revealed to the agent that she has made enquiries about possible planning permission. The local council has asked the agent for a map showing the field's...

Does anyone here know what has happened to the gardenlaw forum? The website appears to be closed, and there is no message of explanation.

I've just fitted a new plastic box in a plasterboard lined wall, moving the socket from it's old nearby position in a rusted metal box on a solid wall. Ready to screw the new socket onto the box I have discovered that the thread sizes are different. Comparing the threads carefully with others...

I've just replaced the hot water cylinder because the old one was leaking. It's a vented indirect cylinder, heated by solid fuel in winter and immersion heater in summer. I think there is something wrong with the new thermostat, as even on the hottest setting it cuts off at 40 degrees...

At present I have a pair of lampposts at the bottom of the drive, fed from an ouside switch on the garage wall. I want to change this by adding a 2-way switch on the gatepost next to the lamps, so that they can be turned on or off at either end of the drive. I appreciate it will mean...

I have bought a pair of ornamental drive gates, spanning an opening of about 10 feet. Each gate is about 5 feet wide, and around 8 feet high, weighing 180 Kg. There are no gateposts at present, and I want to build, or have built, a pair of nice solid pillars in reclaimed brick. Each gate...

I completed and returned a registration form over a year ago, but have heard nothing since. The EA website says they are obliged to confirm or reject within 3 weeks - does this mean my registration has been accepted by default? I am reluctant to rock the boat, but naturally want to comply...

1996 306, 1.4 litre There are two presumably connected faults: 1) The coolant level slowly falls. There are no leaks I can find, I have replaced the cap, there is no water in the oil, and no steam in the exhaust. 2) Brown oily mayonaise collects round the radiator filler neck The...

Some friends of ours have lived in a barn they converted into a house, without planning permission, over 10 years ago. The local authority has now found out, and has demanded that they apply for a certificate of lawful development, submitting evidence of use as a house over the period...

I have always had a love for the old round-pin set up, especially the large ceramic 15 amp sockets, and the associated bizarre system of sizes, adaptors, quirky wooden plugs, etc. In fact I have an old cottage annexe entirely equipped with these in working order. I thought they were long...

After living without accident in my house for 26 years, I am now becoming slightly worried because it appears that none of the electrics are earthed. It is an isolated house supplied by overhead cables from a transformer in an adjoining field. The transformer is on a pole carrying...

We live in open countryside in a former farmhouse with a number of outbuildings. One is a very old detatched cottage, uninhabited but used as part of the house, eg for visitor overflow, storage, and a computer room. The cottage is in sound condition, but unmodernised, and has not been seriously...

My washing machine goes through all its cycles apparently normally, but never at any stage heats the water. I have tested: 1) Heater element OK. 2) Temperature sensor in the base of the drum varies resistance with temperature, and I have tried replacing with another. 3) Cleaned all contacts...