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had this recently with a landrover. tried allsorts, belting with a hammer, pouring boiling water over the wheel (apparently this usually works), kicking, praying etc. In the end someone suggested that I slacken the wheel nuts SLIGHTLY, take it for a drive and do an emergencey stop at bout 20mph...

thanks for your replies guys. Sparkwright, I think you've missunderstood what I meant. Im not plastering,and then having the electrics done, I want the electrics doing first, and then redecorating (so im not doing it the wrong way round). the fact isn't that im worried about my new decoration...

Hi, thanks for your reply. Yeah, the door that seperate the stairs from the living room would be retained, just the wall + door upstairs would be removed. If the structural engineer confirms that it isn't a load bearing wall, do you know if the work will need the BCO out or not? Thanks for...

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Hi all After some more advice if possible. my spare bedroom has two doorways, one from the main landing in, and at the opposite side of the room another doorway that leads to a small landing and a staircase that goes downstairs (this is my properties second staircase, it goes from the spare...

Hi all The electrics in my house are very old, and am planning of getting some electricians around to quote me for a rewire soon. The thing is, I am redecorating the house at the minute (doing it room by room, replacing ceilings, replastering etc.). It seems a shame and a awaste of money for...

Thanks for your reply. I had come across lime ash floors when I was looking on the net, but I'd never really considered it could be that because the material we had looked so similar to concrete. Now I think about it, it does seem fairly obvious, as we live about 1/2 mile away from an old...

Hi, first time on this forum, and I wondered if anyone can offer me any advice/ information. Seems I have abit of an unusual situation: here goes! I live in a 1850s ish farm cottage built from limestone and brick. It has had a two storey extension in the past (bout 1980s). I recently noticed...