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I give my electricity meter readings on line, but reading the meter is the most cussed, awkward job in my home. The meter is tucked away in the back of my airing cupboard behind other electrical...
Here's the scenario: 1930s house with modern but eccentric wiring; double plug supplying power to washing machine and condenser tumble dryer started to smoke, current cut out safely. British Gas /...
I have this plant which I would like identifying. Is it a flower/wild flower or weed?
Dark red blooms on long stems about 10" high.
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I have an awful feeling that there may be a swarm of bees in my roof, but I can't face opening the trap-door to find out. There seem to be lots of bees buzzing round a particular part of the edge of...
I have just started a job in an old school and the room we have has in 2 corners of the room an area of some kind of deposit on the wall .. possibly like it may be growing - its like rock salt,...
anyone know where to get it from need to make a window not so easy to see through...
Can somebody tell me the standard size for decking planks.
I need to cost out a small job, and need to work out my material prices
Thanks if you know....
I'm new to gardening (just retired) and I have some bell pepper plants growing in a large tub. They are only about 6 inches tall but have now started producing flowers. These flowers will turn into...
I have seen what I think is a clump of knotweed growing on a cycle track behind my house. We have been here many years and have never seen it before anywhere in this area. Does it have to be reported...
Can anybody give me a way 2 stop the neighbours many cats from using my veggie plots as their personal toilet without harming them any help most grateful for many thanks
Is there any way of cutting poppies to put in a vase without them falling apart?
I am reminded of Burn's words: 'Pleasures are like poppies spread, you seize the flower, it's bloom is shed.'...
How can I deter foxes from my garden, is there anything I can put down?
Can anyone recommend a smallish steam cleaner, - one just for the shower and kitchen tiles rather than big floor areas?? About £50.00.
Anyone used the Lakeland one?...
I leave out peanuts for the tits, niger seeds for the finches, and bird seeds for the two robins I see every day, but am fed up shooing away the pigeons. Sometimes there might be six of them at a...
Has anyone succeeded in getting bird poo stains off a printed concrete drive? Tried my old faithful fairy liquid but no joy.
If i have potatoes in the kitchen that have started to 'sprit' will they grow more potatoes if i plant them or do I need seed potaoes for this?
TIA...
I have bought some 60's dining room chairs which I would like to renovate. They are very dirty and I'm not sure what I could use to get the grime off. I have thought of sugar soap or white spirit but...
Can you mix orange extract and grape seed oil to make an oil for your oil burner?
I have a stair case that needs renovating. The spindles have been cut off at the tread level & replaced with 1970's style planks going horizontal & on the slant down the stairs (if that makes sense)....
Hi, currently we have a large family (including baby and animals) in a smallish space. As such, we have had a washer/dryer for the last few years (w/machine used approx 3x week dryer approx 1-2 times...
