Hi good AB'ers , Garage Corrugated roof with occasional drip leak somewhere. Bitumen Primer + Bitumen OR Bitumen Primer + Acrylic Waterproof Roof Coating - after cleaning ? which is the best...
I'm looking for a large rug (10'x11') for a room which gets a lot of use (it's an entrance hall/dining room which we have to walk through to get to the kitchen). Fancied a coir or jute rug but am...
I have an old Walkman and in the battery compartment on the contact there is green corrosion ?? If that is the correct term. How do I remove it. Would acetone help. I don't want to damage the contact....
In the autumn I collected loads of conkers and put them in bowls around the house as I had read that they deter spiders. So far only seen one or two so maybe they work! however they are now all dull...
Hello, does anyone know if, like i have bought a new build house should i have a carbon monoxide alarm fitted in my kitchen by the boiler as there is not one at present. Any replies would be...
I got a new sewing machine for Christmas, its only a cheap one (£40 from Hobbycraft) as i just wanted to get some sewing practice. But already its started squeaking while sewing, any ideas what could...
We've got an Ikea kitchen - been fine for years, still is, but one thing we've always wanted... Some of the cupboards are just TOO deep, and what we want is slidey things, baskets probably, that go on...
We have been inundated with nettles but they seem to have got worse over the past couple of years. Last year we tried the Resolva "Extra Strength" which worked initially but now they are back with a...
I've just moved into a property which has a security light on the outside wall complete with infra-red sensor. The lamp in the unit is a 60w Edison Screw (E27 Base), very slightly smaller than an old...
A friend of mines has Mice in her bedroom cupboard, i.e droppings etc are visible. They have put down Mousetraps and caught 4 mouse as well laying down quite a lot of light blue Mouse Pellets which...
Hi. I have several solar lights spread around my garden. Is it OK to leave this out during the winter or bring them in to protect against frost? Many thanks
Hi, my daughter has a Hoover DYN8144D machine. It was in mid cycle last night when all the sockets went off in the house. She said that the machine showed error 08 and now it will not spin. The...
I’m quite liking being able to pay for my gas as I use it by pre-payment. I’m stuck with this because Eon, in their useless method of changing me over from pre-payment to credit when I’m moved,...
hi all, the living room in our house was obviously two rooms with a passage between them many years ago, now it has two lights hanging in the centre of each controlled by one switch. can any of you...
I have a shower downstairs that we have never used as I couldn’t fit in it. Cleaned it today with a view of using it but after about 20 seconds it’s stopped running, it’s not electric there is a...