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    Help with Rover 114 GSI leaking

    Ive just purchased a S/H rover 114 GSI and after its first journey noticed the temp gauge was rising and fan was still running for awhile after switching off the engine. When I got back from shops I noticed a puddle of cold water which was dripping from the car and when I opened the bonnet the...
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    update to my telephone connection problem, massive bill :(

    Hi all. Ive logged a complaint and not heard anything since apart from the standard "were looking into it" reply so now I just wait. The bar or soap type connection is the bit that he replaced but DIDNT move in the 15 minutes he was here, it wasnt unsociable hours as it was a weekday about...
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    update to my telephone connection problem, massive bill :(

    Thanks for your replies. Ok the connection was already there when we moved in so dont know if it was BT or original owner who done the stuff but assume it was bt as its a proper bt connection box. The porch as two doors one leading outside and then one leading into the house and hes right...
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    update to my telephone connection problem, massive bill :(

    Nope never asked for anything, just told them I have a fault with the line, they came back and said their tests are showing its a fault outside the house which in theory would be correct but theyve fitted the connection box in our porch. At no time EVER was I told I would get charged and never...
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    update to my telephone connection problem, massive bill :(

    Well the guy came out and fixed the socket connection your all talking about and was here about 15 minutes just doing a new connection, never changed wire back to telegraph pole or anything. Now ive just received my phone bill with a charge of £184!!!! I called BT and they said its our...
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    Any Telephone / BT Engineers here?

    thank you all for your very very quick replies./ as shown in the pic in my original thread I think it is the connection box before the master socket so hope bt will fix foc. Ive rang and reported the fault but they say theres a fault outside the property. Ive tried telling them the real...
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    Any Telephone / BT Engineers here?

    Hope this is the correct place but couldnt find an appropriate area so forgive me. Outside our back garden we have a telephone pole with several cables coming off it to all the different houses in our street. One cable comes from that pole to my house and comes through a sofit (SP?) in our...
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    how to put a fence on top of a wall.

    Looking at the wall yesterday its only about 4 inches wide so not very strong and we live at the top of portland in dorset so can be quite window and would need to be solid otherwise the first storm we get is going to rip off the fence. I will have a look, maybe the the wood post idea to the...
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    how to put a fence on top of a wall.

    thank you all for your help, I will give them a look. Nope cant build a higher wall, mainly because the brick is weird like stone not bricks and also I wouldnt want to attempt to build a wall myself but a fence should be easy....hopefully :) thanks again
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    how to put a fence on top of a wall.

    LOL its hard enough for the wife to try and get me out there doing ours let alone someone elses! Nah its got to be fenced off, we want some privacy in the garden so would like a fence regardless of his garden in the long run anyway, so anyone else? thanks so far
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    how to put a fence on top of a wall.

    Im pretty good with DIY and stuff but need some advice with this one. Our neighbour is hardly at home and his garden has been left for 3 years now, he has weeds growing about 6- 10 ft high and obviously completely over grown. In our garden we have a 3 ft wall around the property and I want to...
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    Need help with painting over plastered wall

    we've just decided to decorate the kitchen, so... We had wall paper in it with like a rubber or foam top layer so i've scraped all that off and left with the paper underneath. i've got alot of that off but on one wall alot of the paint has come with it leaving the bare wall underneath. i've...
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    Wall papering all gone wrong why???

    sorry for the delay in replying Zampa. Soaking? could be that as never heard of it. and yes they are vertical and thin and some have turned into creases. Is soaking where you leave the paper for awhile before hanging it? IF so I never, my wife pasted and then as soon as she finished pasting...
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    Wall papering all gone wrong why???

    Ive just started to wall paper over a painted wall. The wall paper is fairly good quality £10 per roll so not the real cheap stuff. Anyway ive hung the paper and smoothed out all the bubbles with this plastic scrapper thingy for taking out bubbles and ive done one wall then went out etc etc...
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    help please, locked inside!!!

    now sorted.
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    help please, locked inside!!!

    just fitted new kfv lock to our double glazed upvc back door and tried the key with the door open and the lock part slide in and out like its meant to but the 4 rollers never moved, I then closed the door to check that its all on properly and when I went to open the door I pulled the handle down...
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    widescreen or non widescreen recording question???

    I guess my source would be sky dish so my sky set top box but i k now you cant change the settings on the sky box to widescreen or non widescreen mode so what im trying to ask is how can i one minute record in widescreen mode and next time maybe record in normal mode?
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    widescreen or non widescreen recording question???

    Hi I have a normal television and have a dvd recorder so record from tv straight to dvd which is fine. I share my dvds ive recorded with my parents but i have since purchased a widescreen tv to replace my normal tv and what I want to know is when recording from my new widescreen tv straight...
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    Replaceing broken lock for double glazing

    found number inside lock but not sure of make or anything, so now what? thanks
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    Replaceing broken lock for double glazing

    Hi There doesnt seem to be any markings on it at all, no name and no number. Where is it likely to be ? Thanks
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