We have used 500 litres of oil in 3 weeks!! Heating is on 3 hours in morning, then 7 hours in evening. System is underfloor downstairs and rads upstairs. We have suspected that maybe oil had been...
I'd really like to hire a cleaner next year, 4hrs a week over two mornings. My question is, what would be a reasonable expectation of their role? For example, dusting and hoovering, and changing beds...
how can I get rid of the smell of soap powder from a plastic container so that I can use it to put food in ,I have tried bicarbonate of soda and bleach but the smell is still there .it seems such a...
I have a radiator upstairs in house which is cold on bottom and hot on top. I have turned all other rads off,then the suspect rad is warm all over. Have now literally cracked open all other rads,which...
Hi AB's/Gasman I have a Valliant EcoMAX boiler which has a 'warm start' facility which is supposed to give instantaneous delivery of hot water. Does this facility actually use more gas and therefore...
I have lots of towels from Primark, which have now gone rather rough and I want to buy some new ones. Is it false economy to buy cheaper towels, do they all go hard over a couple of years? I always...
Hello we are tenants in a property, were are being told to cut a hedge/line of trees by the letting agents as a result of a complaint by the neighbour. We do not know if the hedge/line of trees is...
Could anyone that owns one of these microwaves with grill and oven please let me know what you think of them .I need to replace microwave and was thinking on one of those which might be handy to cook...
When plasterboard is attached to blockwork do you use shallow pattresses for electrical points or do you drill out the blockwork to sink standard sized ones? How far does the finished plasterboard...
m thinking of getting one of these at xmas and was wondering if anyone could give me some advice. There is a radio station in Southern Ireland that I love listening to when Im over there (I currently...
With regards to my previous question regarding the cause of this, the unit began tripping every 2-3 mins. Turned out to be a faulty rcd.Cheaper to replace than a new fridge.
We have a double-glazed sealed unit which has spontaneously cracked on the inside, for no apparent reason. This is the second sealed unit to do this, in almost exactly the same place. It happened the...