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Unwanted Intruders

Hi All, To cut a long story short, we have youths jumping our fence as a short cut to gain access to the main road. The fence has been broken, which is a pain but can be repaired. However, we have...

smurfchops

Bosch Dishwasher - no hot water

My Bosch dishwasher is just three years old and the hot water isn't working. Are we allowed to recommend tradespeople on this site? If so does anyone know of a good repair person in the Surrey area?...

separation

Dampness

I have some dampness on my bedroom floor, which is slowly rotting my carpet.I have just called the managing agent for my building who instructed me that the building insurance I pay them only cover...

Corkem

Blocked spa bath jets.

Does anybody know of a cleaner which will unblock jets in the bottom of a spa bath. I think limescale is the problem as the water is very hard. I've asked at B & Q and Homebase and they both said...

JoeyB

Chimney Breast

My upstairs chimney breast was wet .The roofer sorted the flashing out .The breast is sticky with wallpaper glue. I dry it with hair dryer but after a while it goes sticky again . My cheap damp meter...

ukpuffy

Brass Tables

We have brass tables at our company that we rent out for parties, but when we get them back they are often covered in stains from spilt drinks which we can never seem to remove. Brasso helps but...

torin

Property

Looking for new house and co worker mentioned estates passed to 'the crown' but was unable to elaborate further. When someone dies without leaving a will and they have no relatives and their estate...

pimlico

Bonfire night

I am going completely demented with the fireworks this year. I live in the east end of London and fireworks start on Halloween, through Diwali and into Bonfire Night. It is everynight from when it...

lynneuk74

How easy and expensive is it to install bathroom?

I have moved into a terraced house which was built before bathrooms were 'invented'!!!!! Someone solved this by building an extension past the kitchen and creating a bathroom. I'm not enamoured by the...

farm

towel rails

do you leave them on all the time are they cheap to run would they provide enough heat to warm the room and keep damp at bay thanks

farm

calor gas

are these a viable way of heating a house how much does the gas cost how long would a cylinder last thanks

bluedog

central heating

How can I stop my boiler 'kettling'? It gets very noisy.

garryjs

Boiler does not turn off

My central heating bolier turns on by itself even when the programmer says it is off. We have to turn the room thermastat right down to turn the boiler off. We have had a new programmer fitted, but as...

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