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We have a concrete hard standing at the front of our house and have recently had the front garden wall removed in readiness for the kerb to be lowered by the council so that we can use it to park on. Anyway we've noticed that since having the wall removed a couple of new cracks have appeared...

My girlfriend has a problem with her central heating boiler banging. It's a Baxi boiler, I'm not sure of the exact model but its about 20 years old. Anyway shes got the system on hot water only at the moment and it starts to bang when it's been on for a while and the banging appears to be...

Have a look at this. It's a tale of a guy who followed his sat nav and landed himself in a spot of bother along with several other people.

I have the above head unit fitted in my 06 Combo, it drives 2 speakers, plus two tweeters in the front doors. My van has rear seats fitted and I was thinking of adding an extra pair of speakers in the rear, does anyone knows if the CD30 is capable of driving the extra rear speakers? I...

My girlfriend has the above shower and today when it was switched off, ie power off and dial turned to the stop position, water continued to flow. The only way I could stop it was to remove the head and hold my thumb over the end of the pipe, for some reason this eventually stopped the water...

Please sign this Even if you don't think it will do any good at least it will let Brown & Co know that we are fed up of having one of the highest taxes of fuel in the world.

Hi My girlfreind has just changed the connection from her PC to Livebox from Wireless to an ethernet cable. When you click the connection properties it says the speed is 100Mbps, however her son is convinced it is now taking longer to download files than it did with the wifi connection which...

I've just replaced replaced the front pads on my Escort van for the seccond time in 6 months, althought I would not consider that to be unusual due to the high mileage that I drive one thing that I did find strange was that the outboard pads were worn down almost to the metal whilst the inboard...

For a couple of weeks now my girlfreinds central heating has been making a banging noise. I've bled all the radiators but this does not seem to have cured the problem! The banging occurs even when the heating is off and it's just the hot water thats on. Any suggestions would be...

Just bought a couple of 11W energy saving bulbs from B&Q as they where on offer for 98p, as we've never used them before I thought we'd give them a try. One of them was going to go into a lamp thst is on a time switch to come on at night when the house is empty, however I noticed on the box...

Just a bit of a possible money saving tip for you, when buying a replacement battery for your vehicle is not to always go for the one recommended in the retailers guide. For example today I took my Dad to Motor World to get a new battery for his Escort Van, the battery listed in the shop book...

This might sound strange, but I noticed over the weekend that when I flush my girlfreinds toilet there is a slight banging sound and this cistern judders when the flush button it pressed. Does anyone have an idea what might be causing this, it's a flap valve flush rather than a syphon.

Can anyone tell me how I adjust the tension on the handbrake as I am having to pull the lever up about 7/8 clicks. I remeber when I adjusted one on a MkIII Escort car I had years ago that there was a threaded type adjuster (for want of a better way of describing it) under the car which you...

Just watched Tonight on ITV1 about uninsured drivers and it was a bit of an eye opener. One thing they highlighted was that the info on the number plate recognition system is not always up to date, the police pulled a woman in Manchester and where insistent that her car had no insurance...

Yesterday on Radio 2 I heard Chris Evans ranting on about a bloke who got fined £100 + £100 court costs for putting some junk mail in his recycling sack. IMO the councils fly tipping team would be better off catching people dumping matteresses, etc in country lanes than dealing with trivial...

I have just bought Win XP upgrade so that I can upgrade my laptop from Win 98. I installed the upgrade yesterday, however I have ended up now with both operating systems installed, when I boot up I get the option of running 98 or XP. What I want to know is, is there a simple way for me to...

Hi Posted about my van before!!! This time I have a question about the wipers, or to be precise the linkage mechanism that connects the two together. On two seperate occasions now (one being today, the other being 4 months ago) the linkage has come undone and the passenger wiper has...

Hi all I have aquired a PS2 that my girlfreinds son was going to bin, I have not tried to switch it on but he says the laser is knackered on it. Can anyone tell me: a) If it is likely that the laser is knackered & b) Can the lasor be replaced, and is it worth it? Just seems a...

Hi Hope someone can help me with this one. My girlfriend has a problem with a leaky bath. Basicly she had a new bathroom installed by a plumber who turned out to be a bit, no alot, of a cowboy, he came recommended but all that is another story. Anyway, the problems are this, firstly...

My girlfriend has a bottle of ammonia in her shed that she wants to get rid of. Does anyone know the safest way to dispose of it? I guess taking it down to the local tip or putting it in the bin is out of the question due to it's hazardous nature. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks