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Currently we have a company installing new gas supply pipes in our street. As I understand it, this involves inserting poly pipes inside the existing metallic pipes. This also includes the pipes to our homes, they are also replacing the gas on/off valve in the house. We have had no...

Hello all, I am looking to fit a new bathroom but can someone please give me a definitive explanation of high / low pressure taps. i.e. Can low pressure taps be used on either high or low pressure systems? Can high pressure taps only be used on high pressure systems? Heating and hot...

Hello all, I am looking to fit a new bathroom but can someone please give me a definitive explanation of high / low pressure taps. i.e. Can low pressure taps be used on either high or low pressure systems? Can high pressure taps only be used on high pressure systems? Heating and hot water...

Would reflected sunlight warm a greenhouse? i.e. Set up a mirror in the garden which reflects the sun to a greenhouse.

There is a house near to mine which is let. The tenants are extremely disruptive and have had the police and the envrionmental health officers (noise) in frequent attendance. Does anyone know what responsibility the landlord has in this situation? Iis (s)he liable to prosecution due to the...

One of the tenets of this is "the right to peaceful enjoyment of property". How much leverage would this have in trying to prevent unwanted development? We have several planning applications underway in close proximity for semi-detached houses to be converted to flats. There are already some...

Any ms excel experts on here? I want to create a dynamic vlookup by using a list of filenames from a range of cells i.e Doc1 range A1:A5 contains filenames for docs to be accessed. So e.g cell value will be =vlookup(B3,[Doc2]Worksheet1!A1:J20),1,false) I want to replace the [Doc2] value...

Just planning a new bathroom and one thing that that becomes obvious is the number of materials baths are constructed from. The plan is to fit a wide (800mm) bath and have an overhead shower (from the combi). What is a reasonable material in terms of wear, strength, stain-resistance, etc.. to...

How does a response time of 12ms for a 19" TFT monitor compare with current standards? Is this within an acceptable range? (I don't have any Mhz referesh rate for the monitor).

I need to get above a lean-to conservatory which is 12 ft wide X 8 ft deep. There is limited space and the job to do is small so I want to avoid the cost of scaffolding. What is the maximum length of scaffold plank available? Is there a suitable length plank to span this width?

The taxi driver thread reminded me that once (a long time ago) I did a runner from a taxi - the driver was a complete plank and took me the long way round (several diversions) to my destination - for some reason he seemed to think that I didn't know the area! I thought I would retaliate by not...

Does anyone know much about 'Highland Games' meets? Are they all pretty standard or are some better than others? It's likely I will be going to Scotland in the summer (probably August) so I thought I would go to a games as I have never been. Any info would be appreciated.

Isn't it about time this was treated as an offence and prosecutions undertaken!? This morning I was caught in a tailback from J2 to J5 on the M40 due to an accident on the opposite carriageway! There was no reason for our carriageway to have been delayed but the nobs just have to stop and...

I have been erecting a panel fence over the last few months alongside an established Leylandii hedge (doing a couple of panels a month to spread the cost). I have been using metposts to take the 3"x3" posts but now I am getting to the older trees and the roots are preventing the metposts from...

For Christmas my missus bought me a gift which meant the shop gave her a £5 voucher - who does the voucher belong to, me or her?

On Radio 2 today there was someone with the idea of all newborns to have a DNA sample taken and registered on a national database - the rationale for this was to aid crime solving in the future. Surely, there can be no greater invasion of privacy?

Something a woman said on TV this morning made me think. She said we, as human beings, are all born with an inbuilt sense of morality. Surely this is something we learn?

On the M40 today the matrix boards were displaying "Fog"; seemed rather ridiculous as the fog was extremely obvious.

I have removed a faux fire surround and tiles from the lounge wall which revealed damge to the plaster underneath. This has been repaired using plaster but less than 14 hours later my father-in-law has papered over it. The repair is approx. 1 metre wide by 70 cm high and is up to 50 mm thick...

I am fitting a 5 lever mortice lock to a rebated door (marries to another rebated door), I have seen rebate kits but none of these is the correct size and will mean making the job more complicated. I am considering chiselling the rebate back and glueing a piece of wood to the stile to bring this...