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Bought my daughter a new laptop last year for her college work and with it came office 365. About 6 weeks ago it started telling her it was time to renew her subscription. I wasn't aware we had to pay out to renew every 12 months, is this correct ??

Thanks for that. Looks like the floor is biggest issue but that should be ok as garage was extended forward 8 years ago and the floor was dug out then and it comes out approx 2ft further than door. Just made the mistake of having a garage door refitted at the time.

My garage runs along the side of my house and can be accessed from my kitchen. We haven't used it as a garage for many years and I have partitioned it to make a room and utility. To create better use of it I would like to remove garage door from front and install a composite door and window but...

Floor is concrete, not sure about vapour barrier. I have built a stud frame on top and laid in 100mm rockwool at 600mm gaps and finished with chipboard flooring. Then covered with moisture sheet and the thin insulating boards and laid laminate flooring. This room is a fairly new build. Our...

Hi, thanks for quick reply. Should I treat walls the same ?? leaving a slight gap for air flow or do I pack them tight. I have two single brick walls which I intend to stud, insulate and board

I'm in the process of insulating a garage/play room and looking for the best way to insulate the flat roof. I was originally going to pack it full with rockwool and board over with plasterboard but I've read a few write ups regarding air flow and condensation. My joists are 150mm so i'm now...

Hello all, We have recently had a garage extension and I'm now doing the internal fit myself. Our current garage sits to the rear side of property and we have extended it forward to the front of house. My intension is to remove old garage door and build a false wall with door as we want to keep...

Did checks this morning. Engine cold - 12.4v Engine running - 14.3v Engine running with lights on - 14.2v Engine off with lights on - 11.8v

Ok, thanks for advice. I'll try that in the morning and see what happens.. Thanks again

Just checked my battery with a multi meter and it reads 12.4v, car has been sat unused for about 5 hours. I'm no mechanic so have been sat watching you tube videos and I think 12.4v means its okay so that rules out battery. Which makes me more curious as to why garage said it went flat ?? They...

I've no idea, i explained that my car was taken to them for mot, gave the make and model and his reply was "oh, the car with the flat battery" ??? Asked him to expand and he just said your battery went flat.. Pretty rude to be honest and so i'm stuck with problem... I will be paying them a...

Changed battery in remote fob today and still the same. Managed to speak to the MOT centre today where it was done and they claim that my car battery went flat during test ??? and was off for around 20 minutes or so but offered me no solution at all. So i'm still with remote that has to be...

Hi I have a Mazda 3 04 reg, it comes with a separate transmitter for locking and unlocking. Since yesterday I have to press both the lock/unlock buttons twice to get car to respond. Upon the first press of either lock/unlock the car makes a noise as if locking/unlocking but have to press...

Hi, I have a stand alone garage that sits back in my garden. It's approx 40 years old and built with a single brick wall. We have just had a freak rain storm lasting around 20 minutes leaving floods everywhere, when I went into garage there was an inch of water on the floor. I immediately looked...

A few years ago I had a window and brick work removed and a patio door fitted. It was a standard window with brick wall below it. When I tap the wall either side of patio door level with we're the old window was it's solid, but when I tap wall either side level with were bricks we're removed...

Hi, I'm currently considering fitting some secondary glazing to my bedroom windows to retain heat and control condensation. I've looked at the stormguard kit that simply uses double sided tape and plastic sheeting an sealed with a hairdryer. Can anyone recomennend this or even suggest a better...

The extractor from my cooker hood used to go straight through the wall and had a vent on outside wall. Last year I had a garage extension on that side of house meaning that garage came past where the vent was. My buider removed vent cover, joined a 45 bend to exsisting hose through wall and...

Forgot to mention, the cement bed was approx 40mm deep and laid on top of solid ground.

Hi, Iv'e just spent four days laying 16sqm of patio slabs. Iv'e laid them of a full bed of 1 part cement 5 part sand semi wet mix and jointed with Geo fix. The problem I have is that some of the slabs are showing very slight signs of movement. Should I stay off them longer or should they have...

Thanks for the reply. As I said, house was built in the 70's and I presume the slabs we're laid at a similar time. I have lived here 18 years and we don't have any damp issues but we do suffer from condensation on the windows during winter months. Not sure if that's related !! I have now been...