Hi folks, we've just had our aged (for boilers!) gas boiler serviced, and whilst it was all fine, with no issues detected, we are acutely aware that it is now coming to the end of its active life and...
For lighting to go over the kitchen island. I like these: https://www.elsteadlighting.com/products/feiss-livingston-1lt-pendant-light/ He likes this:...
Hi, this morning I found a horrible puddle of really gooey dark brown/black stuff under the hot water tank in the airing cupboard. It looks and feels like black treacle. We have a potterton gas boiler...
I have googled this, but what is the most effective natural weed killer (I’m not going to use chemicals even though the weeds are driving me barmy). Thank you :)...
Maxie for the first time has peed on my comfortable mattress. I have tried everything today but I cannot get the ring off. I rang Dreams re a new one and the mattress alone is £399. Don't want to pay...
My dual fuel was with Ebico and I was quite happy with them, but they have transferred me to British Gas. My gas tariff ends July 2021 and I think I have my electricity with them until 2022. I would...
I don't have a garden as it is paved, but I am thinking of buying some small/medium potted plants to add colour and liven up area. I totally am not green fingered so would welcome recommendations for...
We recently changed our hot water/heating to an unvented cylinder system. I noticed about a month ago that the radiators were getting warm when the hot water was on but hearing off. I called the...
Having a frustrating time with my rechargable batteries - try to charge them and the charger's alarm goes off.
Can anyone recommend a reliable battery tester?...
Can anyone recommend a hand mixer with a very low start speed. I recently bought a nice little Russell Hobbs mixer with 6 speeds! I thought I couldn't go wrong. But the lowest speed is so fast the...
Need one just for spare room ( for hubby watching football, that type of thing). Are there any makes to steer clear of? Don’t need Sky, just Freeview....
The house behind us has erected a huge garage which almost touches our fence. We live on the edge of a flood plain. The garage foundations seem to have disrupted an underground water course causing...
Our neighbour is having the cut right down, my question is, does anyone know what I could use to cover ‘hide’ it ? It looks very unsightly and I thought some kind of windbreak but most aren’t tall...
Rather than spend loadsamoney on tall trees or hedges to provide privacy from overlooking neighbours, which can be objected to by those neighbours, what about erecting screens (of dark mesh high on...
after taking advice from the planning officers, we resubmitted our application for pp. things have been at an all time low with our immediate neighbours since our contretemps earlier this year with...
There’s quite a big tree in my neighbours garden that overhangs in to our garden .it’s looking increasing diseased over the past couple of years and to my amateur eye it looks like it needs chopping...