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My parents are having their whole house re-plastered ( :shock: rather them than me!!) and wanted to know if they needed to do anything to the walls before they are plastered. All the walls have been painted, no wallpaper for as long as I can remember. I would say mid 70's then in 80's it was...

We have just bought an advent monza t200 with windows 8. It is so slow that it is slower that computers I had 20 years ago. Half the time it won't connect to the Internet. I have tried connecting through the apps and the desktop. If it does connect it takes 5 mins to load a page! It loaded the...

I really feel The forum needs a like button. Sometimes i might like what someone say but not want to get into a big message, and thankyou isnt the right thing to say! Maybe its something worth considering adding!

I just read a great quote: 'The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves and wiser people so full of doubts'- Betram Russell so true! Wondered what are your favourite quotes?

Just wanted say say a Big thankyou to all that have been of support to me and my family on here over the years. Its a brill place to come for advice and to be cheered up a bit! I don't know what I would do without the wealth of knowledge and support I get from here. Big thumbs up to the website...

We have three fence panels on the side of our patio. The land slopes so fence panel at the end furthest from the house has two gravel boards that support the patio and the second panel has one, the one nearest needs none...if this makes sense! They have been in ten years. The neighbours are...

if there hasn't been boundary fences do i have to reinstate them? We have had plants as boundar, predating us, from 60's or 70's and was just wondering if we can be made to put up a boundary fence or is there a time period that has elapsed ,like if you put boundary fence in wrong place and it...

Is there any way to manually open the door of an indesit washer 6165 (apart from a brick!!) The washer has stopped working (all lights flashing) and the engineer cant come until tuesday but there is a load of washing in there!!! Thanks

My cousin has new neighbours who have just bought a BIG dog. The problem is it jumps the fence regularly and we wondered where do you stand legally on this issue. They go and knock the door to tell them but is there anything they can do to get them to secure their garden and/or put a fence up...

Our desktop computer is slowly dying and we are wondering whether to replace it with a laptop. (This is more for space saving than to move around and take out) are laptop as good as desktop in memory, robustness etc?. Any recommendation. We use the computer mainly for internet, word...

Sitting here trying to take my mind off things, listening to the wind howling...then a question came to me....What to do on a windy day? Fly a kite, bit obvious....As its DIY site, I thought fence panel gliding...off the raised patio weeeeee....... Any ideas whilst I go and take the tablets...

Our neighbours had planning permission passed using 'eccentric foundations' for their single storey extension. now we have received a party wall agreement form which says 'protruding footings'. I have found examples of eccentric foundations but am i right in thinking protruding footings are...

We have just been given, by our neighbour, a 'line of junction notice' and they have asked us to sign it and give it back to them. i'm not happy to just sign it without investigating further so came here to the trusty lot for help! We had plans sent to us in Jan. we voiced concerns for closeness...

Are there any tricks that work for removing paint fumes. We start painting the bedroom tomorrow and we have to sleep in there at night. I have read about putting onions, vanilla extract, orlemons in the room, and then there's air purifiers, dehumidifers, the list goes on! Do any of these work...

We have just received plans of the adjoining neighbours plans to put in single storey extension to rear of property. The issue we have is that they want to go up yo their boundary but we have a soak away drain system at the back. All other extension on our road ( including ours, done before we...

I want to find out more details about my house, boundary dispute again!! Has any one used this website: http://www.uklrs.co.uk/property-boundaries/?gclid=CNya8Ym-gKkCFQEY4QodwTwFSA Does it give more info than the stuff I have from when I bougt the house or is it a rip off!!?We would like...

We have moss in the gutter but I wont go up a ladder and neither will my husband! We have asked the window cleaner (who cleans gutters) but he doesnt want to do it either! (We have big windows with no wall, go upto soffit, so hard to get ladder to sit safely I suppose!) Do you know of any...

I went upstairs and found a bedroom light had come on all by itself! ( I had used the light in the morning but it wasnt on when I went in the room an hour earlier) When I turn it off and on it just dims slightly in the off position but stays on. I have checked the wires in the switch and the...

We live near two rivers, and since 1960's the flood defences have provide protection....however..... a few years ago the water did get uncomfortably high and this year the rivers authorities have done some dubious work so we now feel it is time to think about protecting ourselves from potential...

I have seen a few types of underlay when looking for a bargain on the internet. We normally just have the rubbery one and didn't know there were so many types! I have seen wool felt and felt with rubber. Are these any better than my normal underlay!!?? (they are both a really good price on ebay...