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Modern house built 15 yrs ago classic Cornwall style rendered outside with tiled roof Open fireplace in times of high winds causes strong updraft in chimney which in turn causes draughts in the house as the chimney pulls up air Is there any way I can diminish the chimney's excess efficiency...

This Worcester/Bosch Heat-slave combi is 14 years old and has been serviced every year without fail. In January it developed a smell of unburnt oil, not a strong smell but enough to make the Utility room smell. It was worse first thing in the morning and went away when used for an hour or so...

Got a bit silly last year and gloss-painted my metal double garage doors. Either I failed to rub the powder-coat down sufficiently or powder-coating doesn't like being painted. Net result is seriously bubbling/flaking paint that is going to have to come off. So far have thought of...

Had the misfortune of a glass globe on a wall light shattering. Dont think it was me being heavy-handed, suspect it had got tired over the years. Is it possible to buy spare glass "balls"? They seem to be a fairly standard size and I don't want to throw away 4 matching wall lights for the...

To my embarassment I have forgotten how to do this on 10-year old John Carr plastic-look-like-mahogany double-glazed doors. There are 2 sets of adjustments by alum key. I THINK the horizontal one adjusts the height; clockwise to lift? I also THINK the vertical one adjusts the snugness to the...

So it's official. The number of Gays in this country represent circa 1% of our population http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11398629 So why are they represented (sorry over-represented) on every TV play, dramas (like Dr Who spin-offs), house-hunting programmes, home improvements programmes etc...

Given BG's increase in profits and the current criticism, is now a good time to switch Energy Supplier do you think? Or will they all reduce prices in the next few months? Place your bets please

A 4 year old Ariston Primo unvented glass-lined cylinder with electric impressed current anode system has just failed in a friend's house with disastrous results. This in a very soft-water area in Cornwall. I am hearing that the anode system is no longer offered by Ariston as it was not...

Recently put new Duracell 9V batteries in with catastrophic results. The 3 interconected smoke alarms kept "bipping" at me every few minutes with the end result we now have no smoke alarms. I used Duracell Plus 6LR61 thinking they were fine However I now see on then inside of the AICO alarm...

I know I‘ve got a problem with very squeaky floors upstairs, but am just not sure how serious a problem it is. This is an 8 year old 4 bedroom Cornish house built in traditional block-work with painted rendering. The upstairs floors are unfortunately chipboard. The original builder screwed...

Son's partner had a "N" registered BMW 916 compact. She had owned it for the past 7 years and it has only 95K miles on it. The garage that sold it to her have serviced the car on time without fail and stamped the book over those 7 years. She was trading it in [at the same garage] for a 2 year...

Those aussies are a bunch of fun-loving fair-minded sportsmen, aren't they? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7571901.stm

Something very gratifying about the British Library's stance here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2569642/Gordon-Brown-snubbed-over-his-Britishness-exhibition-at-the-British-Library.html

Every other GB contestant I've seen at the Olympics has "Team GB" and their name on the back of their team shirt. What is it with Murray that he hasn't? Is he really that anti-English/anti-UK?

Just watched a dvd of Series 1 that daughter loaned us. Great TV at a budget price and that Joanna Lumley was something else! Anybody remember the series?

In trawling the relevant webpages I get the impression that most elements of an alarm system have a relatively short life (battery 5 years, ditto sensors). That's a worry as my system is nearly 8 years old and my neighbours identical system of similar age, has started playing up and going off in...

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Theres is a device mounted on my external wall in the middle of the oil feed line to my boiler. It is made by Teddington Controls and is marked OFS E101 -1996 0936 11-54-07 and has a single wire entering the top. It is dripping fuel from the small rubber-covered button in the bottom of it...

Seems fairly certain now that it's only a matter of time before a change at Westminster. Question is should we be warning them north of the border that we will shortly be returning their cast-offs? Or do you think they will have worked it out for themselves?

Been servicing my daughter's S-reg Peugot Partner van for a few years now (1.9 diesel engine). It now has 180,000 miles on it and still runs smoke-free. Got me wondering how much longer it may last and how many miles others have racked up on this engine?