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Volunteer Position

If you have a job spec and job discription for a position within a charity, can you appoint a volunteer using the spec and discription or are you supposed to have something different ? For instance we...

annieigma

Breeze Blocks Or Lightweight Aerated Cement Blocks

Any builder chaps out there know what weight a lightweight block building can take? its a single floor building, attached at one end of the house to another added brickbuilt extension. we removed the...

dieseldick

Solar Lights For Garden / Home ...do They Work

just bought 2 security lights for outside, they dont work. yet another stupid choice from ebay i have made. can anyone advise which are best wire free security lights to get. not too expensive. thanks...

kat-kin

Cost Of Repair.

My house is SSTC and the buyer had a survey done last week. Turns out there's cracks in the front and back elevation ( that's how it was put). My buyer has booked a firm to look at exactly what needs...

woodchopper

For Painters And Decorators.

For those painters among you - I have just finished caulking the gaps between the skirting board and the wall. What colour is the caulk normally painted , to match the skirting board (dark wood stain)...

Allimacca

What Legal Right Do I Have To Access My Garden Gate?

The gate at the bottom of my garden opens to a narrow residential road. Cars are invariably parked so close to the fence that it is impossible to get in or out through the gate unless we physically...

methyl

Two Pound Coin

Anybody had a two pound coin refused by a shop? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/10910618/2-coin-to-be-banned-from-self-checkouts-due-to-fakes.html...

Welshgang

Domestic Paraphernalia In Agricultural Storage

Hi, I own some land with a couple of buildings, all for agricultural use only. While I work on the land (growing, harvesting etc veg and fruit) I let my children play and when wet watch dvd's. I've...

F-CO

Compensation From My Web Developer

Hi, i run a sports retail business and i have recently directed my web developer to link all my Ebay products with my website products. in this process they have made a mistake which has ended all my...

newbie99

Bee Starvation

Hi I have some bee started to nest in the brick air vent. I have sealed the hole now. But wonder how long I should leave to ensure all the bee is starved?...

Elley

Licensee Rights

my friend is a licensee in a property the owners have issued her with a possession order which has been agreed by the court they have told her if she fails to move they will get a warrant from the...

becky070

Passport Application

i have previously held a passport which expired in January this year. i now hope to be going away in september and am sorting out a new one but do i apply as a renewal or new? and will i still need my...

coffeeman

Noise Levels In Gyns

Noise Levels In Gym IS there any guidelines for safe noise levels in a Gym ie spin classes and normal times....

askyourgran

Is There Any Law Which Prohibits Building Work (Drilling) After 6Pm

The house next door has been sold to a young woman whose parents are funding the refurbishment of the house and a builder is doing most of the work himself. The work started mid-March and is still...

allen

Small Quantities Of Aluminium Sheet

I'm looking for aluminium sheets, with holes in it, about 8 feet x 2 feet, 8 feet x 1 foot - sort of large 'planks'. It's for constructing a two-tier staging on our decking, so large plants can be put...

pudseyb

Tax Credits

Does anyone know if there is a time limit for recovering overpaid tax credits. Completely out of the blue a friend has just been asked to pay back nearly £2600 for tax years 2004/05 and 2005/06 and...

rsvp

Distilled Water/white Vinegar

I've just bought an all singing, all dancing steam cleaner which will do almost all of my cleaning and ironing without the need to buy cleaning products - it's good make (morphy richards) and I'd like...

shiznit

Combi Boiler Replacement

My Mum's boiler has packed in after 12 years good service. She has had a plumber in who has quoted her £1575 inc VAT for a Ferroli Combi. Her previous one was a Glowworm. We have both researched the...

buffymad

Invited To A Disciplinary Meeting - For The Wrong Thing!

My boyfriend was off work sick last week. He rang in every day. On the Monday of the next week he received a call to say he had to attend a training session at the head office which he did. On his...

tylerone

Boundary - Asap Answer Thanks

Please could someone advise me of my rights. I have taken down the fence that divides my neighbour and me (well the fence was very old and falling apart). I now want to build a brick wall on my side,...

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