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Hello I have just had some tanalised wood delivered to make a gate, two of the lengths are good, the third has woodworm holes ++ I phone the provider and was told tanalised wood would have been treated for woodworm so the hole are not an issue, is this right? I do not want to make the gate...

Can anyone advise as to what may be wrong with my orbital jigsaw. I was using my jigsaw today and it just stopped working, the fuses are fine. Any advise welcome.

I would like to know if using the post hole clay soil and stones would be OK to secure a godfather / concrete spur instead of using concrete mix?

I have a mature LPG Baxi boiler, in good order normally and serviced annually. I am having problems with the pilot light being blown out, I think it may be due to wind coming down the chimney is this possible and if so what should I do about it?

Unfortunately my Humax TV with a speaker bar fitted below the TV has give up. I have purchased a Blaupunkt TV but the sound is tin like, I would like to know if it would be possible to take the sound bar off the old TV for use on the new ? if so can you advise? Alternatively I have looked...

Honda UMK435E brush cutter running so fast the cutting attachment is rotating constantly even in idle, idle screw adjusted with no effect, please can any one advise

Just discovered the pottery underground drains that should be taking rain water to the well are all blocked. The blockages have been caused by builders rubble ( following a roof job) soil and roots. From the well a drain rod can be forced to within four foot of the down pipe, however with a...

What is the best way to remove roof tile nibs? The tiles are low profile standard concrete, any advise welcome.

I have an old property which has developed damp walls 43 inches from the ground floor. On removing the blown plaster I have found that up to the 43 inch level the bricks appear to be covered with a half inch concrete layer then a thin plaster skim, Is the wall covering up to 43 inches a form...

I have a property built in1892, the brick walls are an English garden bond, on removing blown plaster I have found the stretcher brick layers to be OK but the header bricks lack mortar so much so that a tape can be inserted a good eight inches, I think the tape only stops as the external...