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using lining paper

I am decorating my first house and am having to remove the old wallpaper. one room has "horse glue" on the walls, this is very tough and i end up damaging the wall getting it off. A friend...

Hard@it

Winter frost caused the small reservoir at the top of our fountain to shear off leaving a reasonably clean face on each side. I am hoping to 'stick' these faces together and would like some advice re...

stanbesida

Parking on disabled boxes

Could anybody suggest a way to embarrass my neighbour in the hope that he will stop parking on the disabled box outside my bungalow? The council put a disabled box on the road outside my bungalow a...

yesterday

FSD Gas Cooker

I am having a new FSD gas cooker delivered tomorrow and I need it to be installed. I have been quoted some prices but they seem very expensive. Can anyone tell me what I should expect to pay The...

kawakiri

Snooker teaser

Whilst playing a game of snooker the other night I made a break of 8 (I'm good me!) although I did pot the yellow ball 4 times in ths break! How?

countrykid

Getting Parts for a Central Heating Boiler

I have a Glow Worm Swiftflow 100 combi boiler which is about 12 years old - poss older. It works fine and has always been on a maintenance contract. Due to routine annual service calls being cancelled...

theshedman

Ford Mondeo ignition

Hi all, my Mondeo has started being a bit jumpy until it has warmed up then it runs fine. The plugs have not been changed but when I looked at them they were a light brown colour which the book says...

crapmemory

Fitted wardrobes

The wardrobes in my house were put in in the 80's and are badly in need of sprucing up ( I can't afford to replace them :( ). Which is the quickest,easiest way to paint them. They are made from...

flobadob

How can you take a church seriously...?

The church of england is changing the rules to allow female bishops. I'm not saying that I'm for, or against this but what I am saying is how can you take a church seriously if they just keep changing...

midagetrolop

painting ceiling

I have a newly skimmed ceiling in the bathroom, how do I go about painting it with silk emulsion to stop if from soaking in. Please help.

maclarencat

Insurance for over 80s please help

Hi I am taking my Mum on holiday in september and we are trying to find travel insurance for her but it is all very expensive. She is 81 and has some health issues does anyone know of a reasonable...

cazza7897

another name for a shallow frying pan

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Learning Spanish

I really need to learn Spanish over the summer. I am doing it as (hopefully) a crash Higher or if not an Intermediate 2 and all I'm doing in class is learning the tenses which to be frank, I don't...

twinny-15

Water mark on ceiling

Hi does anyone know how to cover a water mark on the ceiling ..someone suggested under coat before emulsion paint?? Would that work?? Thanks twinny

taffinnorfol

Thinning Hammerite paint

I am going to paint the fibreglass lid of my old Suzuki Jeep with Hammerite. Years ago I was told that using Hammerite Thinners (to thin and clean brushes) was unnecessarily expensive and that I could...

abstibus

Pollenca (not Puerto Pollenca)

Has anyone been there? Can you recommend some sightseeing, good restaurants, markets, etc? We will have a car. I would be very grateful for any tips (I know about the mossies!). TIA...

arabbadot

karcher hp hose repair

Hello All, I have idiotically stripped the plastic screw which attaches the hp hose to the metal nozzle on my K5Karcher sprayer. I dont suppose it is possible to repair but it must be possible to...

madmondeo

landline phone number

i am living in a rented house and would like to take out a broadband/phone line package. I currenly access the internet with a dongle in the side of my laptop. i am looking for a good deal as im sure...

SusieWinwood

Stable door with cat flap

We've just got a stable door for the side door and need to put a cat flap in. This is the style http://www.wickes.co....ble-Door/invt/205785. With it not being a solid door would this cause problems?...

fruitsalad

which side

of the fence, if i was standing down by the back of my house looking up at my back garden which side of the fence belongs to me the left or right hand side?

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