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If a gate will swing and hit the outdoor gas pipe supplying the boiler, would this be classed as unsafe and a failure of regs? Thinking about when sell on the house.

Is the simple connection of a power shower to the circuit notifiable? There seems some debate if its just installing the circuit, or actually connecting the shower as well. I want to keep the cost down and thought I could get an electrician to add the spur with the 3A fuse ready to connect to...

The downstairs toilet has: the back external wall facing the prevailing wind the left wall to the integrated garage the right wall external to the front door where there is no porch. The room is cold and condensation occurs on the cold pipes. The pipes are white and the wall is white...

Coming home late last night at 9:30pm all the Christmas lights were on. There seems to be more and more houses each year. The thing I don’t understand is why you wouldn’t put the decorations up in your living room instead? Who are they supposed to be for? :? They’re not for the kids who...

If your wheelie bin lids no longer stay open on their own, it may be simply a case of just carefully hammering the pegs back in a bit. It's a pain when the lids don't stay open. There's even been stupid pedal bin devices for wheelie bins on dragons den when this would achieve the same...

Will measures behind the Satellite dish interfere with the reception? Does it make a difference if they're made of metal like those metal spikes? We have two fat doves that have their heart set on nesting on our minidish, although the stupid birds spend all day making the nest for half of...

Just a tip that you may be able to get replacement fence panels from your local builders merchants far cheaper. I was facing the usual £20 DIY shed delivery charge for my 1 panel and post. A phone call to the merchants and I’ve halved the cost. £20 is a joke. Yes general delivery costs...

I have an ugly old patio area which I want to half cover with an 8 by 6 greenhouse. The slabs are a little uneven and are laid on, and pointed with, sand only. The biggest problem is ants. There are so many ants that I do wonder if it's one giant colony under that patio. I’m thinking of...

I wonder if anyone has any bright ideas in stopping problem weeds from spreading from neighbours under the fence. In our instance it's ground elder which sends horizontal rhizomes a few inches under the surface and is everywhere within a week or two of clearing every last scrap. I'm...

How stiff should a upvc door handle get before you're risking damaging the mechanism? There's lots of topics here on draughts but isn't it a toss up? You can adjust the cams and keeps on your door so that the door is pulled tight against the seal when the lock is engaged. However, there's...

For those of us who have upvc doors with no escutcheon, is there any self-adhesive ones you can buy to cover the keyhole and stop the draught? I can't seem to find one... Presumably I could glue one on that's normally screwed into wood?

It's the time of year a lot of people have renewed their car insurance. Check no error has been made (for free) at: http://ownvehicle.askmid.com/ Mistakes do happen. If the vehicle details are different then you're in big trouble :)

David Mitchell talks about the Mouse in his house Reminded me of advice posted on here once to deal with mice by getting a cat. :)

Our Panasonic LCD tv recently went faulty after 3 years. Having bought it from John Lewis, it came under the 5 year guarantee. It was looked at by the repair men, but deemed not worth fixing as needed most of it replacing. We were offered a new TV with much better technology in than the...

Is there an accepted definition of what fair "wear and tear" is when a new car warranty excludes this on tyres, brake discs/pads etc? If your brake discs and tyres wear and you've not done many miles can you claim under your normal consumer rights of "quality" and "fit for purpose"? e.g...

We started getting cloudy cold water a lot of the time about 4/5 weeks ago. It seemed to go away for a few days, but them it came back. It's not all the time, but quite often. Running the cold tap in the kitchen mixer seems to run cold then warm then cold again. I have to run it for 20/30...

To avoid heat loss between the upvc window frames and the walls, is it just a case of totally filling the gap? Is there any significant difference in terms of heat loss in what you use? Or is just stopping the air infiltration good enough? We had dodgy window installers who hid everything...

So another British institution has gone and jobs will go. However, the big issue is that Cadbury have been bought by Kraft; a front for Philip Morris Tobacco. Would people be happy to buy food products from a tobacco company if they knew? Will they slowly sneak in unecessary addictive...

My SDS Bosch drill is a professional (blue) one but doesn't have roto stop. I want to replace a fence post and want to drill the concrete around it. Last time I hired a breaker, but this time I've only got 2 posts to do, and it's not worth the money. With no roto stop, it's a case of...

Our drive slopes away from the road and has a small drain grill about 6 foot from the garage door. Are there any rules you can follow to work out if you've got a soakaway? The house was built in around 1990 I think.