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Hello all, Help or advice please. My daughter is looking to extend to the rear of her property, with a public sewer/drain running across the rear. Please see the attached PDF. She would like a full width extension, with the existing manhole sealed permanently, and a new double sealed...

Hello, help or advice please. Beko fridge freezer door light not working. I checked the bulb in another appliance and works fine so I presume the problem is with the light fitting or possibly the fridge electrics.. The freezer is working okay, the fan still works and after 4 days everything...

Hello all, Help or advice please. Daughter`s Toshiba Satelite laptop crashed. The above error notification was shown, I rebooted and played with the F keys for a while. Managed to get it working but then crashed again. Now when I start up I cannot get into windows and get the start up...

Hello all, help or advice please. I have hung wall paper in the upstairs bedroom, like I have done many times before. I always allow for shrinkage in the vertical joints and butt up. For some reason the wallpaper has shrunk more than normal, and one or two of the vertical joints, there is a gap...

Hello all, help or advice AGAIN please. After my daughter`s laptop died a while back, I think mine has gone too. It was running okay, then the low battery light and beeping started, then the laptop went dead, I presume out of charge. The charger has a light on but it seems the power is...

Hello all, help or advice please. My daughter dropped her laptop down the stairs, although some of the plastic trim had cracked or fell off, it still worked apart from the DVD drive being stuck. This was 3 months ago. Last night it would not boot up, no screen or nothing. What did happen was...

Help or advice please. I hope I have the correct forum for this, if not I will repost. There are metering access panels on the outside of a building that is to have an extension. The outside wall will now become internal. Is there any regulation that says these access panels must be on the...

Hello All, help or advice please. I have a double glazing window unit and the handle has snapped off. I can still open and shut the window with a bit of manouvering, but the handle does need replacing. The handles are ESPAG type. As the units are 20 years old I doubt I will get same for same...

Hi there, help or advice please. When opening websites, certain icons or other displays are represented by the red cross logo. Especially if I try to read maps when locating addresses etc. Another thing and not sure if it is relevant, when opening up AOL, some of the buttons are not shown...

Hello all, I need help with a radio code please. Changed the battery on my dughters Ford Ka, she was sure she had the code (and is still looking). In the meantime, I will try on her behalf. It is a RDS 5000, serial no. M000222. Any help much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Hello all, help or advice please. I am purchasing a new flat screen to replace my old CRT. This may sound like a daft question to those in the know, how do I set it up please? I am a complete non technical person and know that the instruction manual will fill me with dread, so any help much...

Merry Xmas to all you guys and gals who have given me advice and help. Hope the New Year brings lots and lots of work.

Help or advice please. Have 5 MR11 downlights in the bathroom with a 12v transformer. They have worked fine for last 6 years, went to switch on this evening and all 5 popped. I know the bulbs still work and all wiring intact. Can the transformer go? and is it just a case of replacing the...

Help or advise please. May be a simple question for those in the know. I have a new laptop wit Mcaffee on a 30 day trial. My old laptop has Norton IS, but has a 3 user licence with 9 months to run, (download, not CD) so I can have Norten on a 2nd PC for another 9 months. I know a lot of...

Hi everone, I am upgrading my laptop. Could anyone tell me what the latest pentium processor is please, there seems to that many, I am confused. At present I have a Advent, pentium dual core, 3 gig of ram, 2800hz. Thanks in advance

Help please, I am about to purchase an LCD flat screen. We have Sky plus with an old CRT wide screen, which was set up a while back and the Sky volume control works fine. If I a buy a new flat screen, how can get the volume control to work on the existing Sky remote? Can I just plug the...

Help or advice please. I have an Advent laptop,Windows Vista, wireless connection to a Belkin with a BT landline, AOL are the ISP. When I try to connect to the i/net it takes an age then 'times out' with the usual message of no i/net connection. I have done the usual checks and the laptop...

Hi All, May sound like a daft question, but how does a wireless printer work, ie, connect to laptop etc. I have a laptop connected to a wireless modem. Thanks in advance

Help or advice please, I want to hang a 42 inch LCD off a strawboard wall, will it take the weight? approx 14kg. If not, is there a type of tubular support, ie, 2 tubes running vertical at each side. These would take the bulk of the vertical weight to the floor and hide the wires, with the...

Help or advice please. After a recent downpour I found a pool of water in the front passenger foot well. I have not noticed a leak before, even during rainfall. There is no sign of water coming from the door or the windscreen. The only place the water could have come from is the upper part...