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Hi all! Welcome to the new gardening sticky for February. Chilly one here today - I certainly won't be venturing outside much. What are you looking forward to doing in your garden this spring? Here is...
Some time I washed a feather pillow and it never recovered. Was drying for a long time and I ended up throwing it out. I do have the above and it could be doing with a wash and there is a label on it...
i am having a water meter installed soon as its compulsory in my area. That's fine they can install it but I don't want it. They are welcome to dig up the road or pavement to install it. Am I within...
I need curtain pole brackets for a project, but they need to be pretty long - about six or eight inches.
Are there any suppliers of such things?
Ta.
BillB...
I live in a street where most of my neighbours have dropped kerbs. Unfortunately due to the angle of my house, I wouldnt get permission to have the kerb dropped outside my house as I only have 3.5m of...
Sold my house & have moved in with family whilst waiting for moving into another house in diffirent area of England. Expecting the chain to move swiftly I placed contents of my home into storage. Now...
Hi everyone Does anyone know if and how you can remove the shield shape clips at the top of the sides of Stelrad central heating radiators? I want to remove the horizontal grill on the top so that I...
We live in an old cottage and have a small entry way where our front door is. The area is around 1.5m by 1.5m. Then you step through a door frame and you’re in the living room. The door lets in a...
Hi all, I have my Nana's engagement ring and just wanting to find some info on it. It has 18ct and platinum marking on it but it also has A1085 on it....anyone know what this refers to,cant find on...
My mum has an oil boiler about 3 years old with a hot water tank in the airing cupboard. The dial on the tank is set on 60 degrees where it has always been OK. Suddenly the hot water has gone...
I was given an orchid in flower in November. A few weeks ago the flowers started to drop and now they have all gone, leaving a bare, dead looking, stem. Should I cut this stem/spike or leave it and...
they said a service would be £90.00 and what was wrong I then said it was not working which they said you do not need a service you need an engineer to look at it. So I booked an engineer for a...
I bought my BOSCH in 2002. It is a washer/dryer. It cost £500. It works but the temperature control breaks down. Once 2013 and once in 2015. it cost £100 each time to repair. The control has gone...
I'm after a plug-in fan - something around the same size as a plug-in air freshener, so a complete unit would be ideal, rather than something with a cable/lead. I basically want it, to plug in behind...
I have a Worcester-Bosch combi boiler.....six years old and serviced yearly. For about a year now whenever I have a winter weekend away or a summer holiday I return to the boiler having gone out...
I've always wanted a Bonsai tree and was thinking of getting one for either the Kitchen window cill , or a centre piece in the Dining room .Both areas are fairly warm and light .I'm only thinking...
I have recently moved - the property has a rear extension . So in effect it runs between me and neighbouring property . She has now told me that she intends to erect conservatory and use the out side...
One of the big tubs in my garden is full of plants which I had hoped would survive the winter. I think they are nemesia. They seem to be still alive, or would be, if it were not for birds who seem to...
I have a combi-boiler that supplies both central heating and hot water.The downstairs kitchen sink has a good supply of HOT water,but the basin in the upstairs bathroom gets only medium/hot water.Can...
I live in a listed large house, converted into several flats. The people above me have inconsiderately put wooden floorboards down throughout their flat, moved out and let it. This means that I feel...
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