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Overhanging trees

What is the law regarding overhanging branches? I have been told that if I chop them down, I should return them to their owner. Is this true? S

St Germain

Hi. I've been letting my house out for a number of years and I've recently moved back and intend to live there permanently. As I've had a number of different people living there I think it's best that...

saintpeter48

car insurance

my car has been in for repair for one month now for minor damage to body work, i thought they would need it for just a couple of days even though they quoted me 15 days. the other driver admitted...

MWB

Multi-fuel Fires.

What is the best thing to use to keep the glass on mulit-fuel fires clean of soot, etc? So you can see the flames.

dilligaf

Swans

Why do swans often tuck one of their legs up behind their wing when they are in water?

snail89

Marks and spencer advert

What is the song on the latest childrens marks and spencer advert? Goes sumthing like..."STOP MONKEYING AROUND"

GSD4ME

Home and neighbourhood searches and investigations

Many years ago I read about a company (ex-policemen? Servicemen?) that set up a company that produced a report about an area where you were thinking about buying a house. So, beyond the...

J'casta

Disturbed birds nest

Whilst pruning back a very high privet hedge, that I should have done ages ago, I inadvertantly disturbed a birds nest with a brood in it. I have very carefully replaced some of the cut privet in...

steveandroid

Sugar Puffs.

What happened to Uggy, the character from the Sugar Puffs Adverts and is there anywhere I can find out where I can find some pictures?

dot.hawkes

Publishing another aber's home address on this site

One of the members who has chosen to use the blank id, (not efc) is the same person that used the greenie id during the week to post my full home adddress on this site. can i suggest that anyone who...

DONNA1458

clio bonnet catch

i have just received a letter from Renault about my bonnet catch to bring it in to be corrected i know from the press that the problem is there but i am just wondering if anyone else has received one.

edu

towing automatic cars

Just wanted someone to tell me whether its posible to tow an automatic car for approximately 350 miles. I went to a friends place in Cheshire and the car broke down. I want to tow it using my friend's...

sezzy99

Air conditioning faliure on Vauxhall Zafira 1.6

Please help. Any ideas why the air conditioning doesn't kick in (get cold) when turned on. The button light comes on and the fan's working with heat on all settings. Many thanks!

Billi

Cleaning mattress

My husband sweats quite heavily in the night and as a result our mattress is heavily stained and smells musty. It is a non-turnable mattress so I can't just flip it over and forget about it. What is...

Kathyan

Removing silicone.

What's the easiest way of removing silicone sealant from around a bath please?

Closer

Scuff on Brown Leather Sofa

Any ideas how I can disguise it ? I had thought of using brown shoe polish...anyone got any better ideas ?

sam1974

Neighbours ugly eyesore shed !!!

I have come home today, opened my back door and my view out of my back door is the back of an ugly plastic shed that my neighbours have put up. We live in old town houses where our back doors are very...

jessiedog

Make your own fat balls for bird feeding

Ages ago I saw a kit for making your own fat balls. It was a mould and a hanging / perching bar that you moulded the fat mixture round. Has anyone any idea where I can get one of these from as I can't...

blah!

Fire Flue

I have just removed an old electric fire from my fire place and want to replace it with a wall mounted flueless electric fire. This however means i need to brick up my old fireplace and replaster over...