Our boiler was installed circa 1992. So I reckon a new one would more efficient. But which make? Worcester. Warmflow etc. Also which design? Condenser? Which I have been told don't last as long as a "...
hi my husband is driven mad to find after laying a new lawn last year that it now has mostly "silver birch" type fungi growing in various patches. As the new grass is actually in the driest part of...
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)...
Hi, Three times now I have turned a wall switch off and as I do so there is a flash of white light in the socket almost directly behind the actual switch. It is connected to a heating system. Is this...
We are thinking of having a burglar alarm installed following a couple of house break-ins in our road recently. Have no idea where to start so any advice is welcome regarding price range,...
I know what I am going to ask is hugely variable but...... If you have an energy monitor...What is you average kWh consumption when you house is at rest? Do you know what the temperature variance is...
Can anything be done with our upstairs toilet cistern - it takes approx. 15 mins. to fill. there is approx. a 6ft drop between it and the water tank in the loft and changing it to a mains fed cistern...
What are the safest locks to have on your doors? Plus we are looking to get an alarm system fitted in our house but dont want to spend a fortune. I know there are different levels you can have with...
Can anyone tell me why a electric plug on my r gets hot, I don't know why as the wire to the plug socket is heavy enough to take the current.
Thanks....
My son has a Mondeo,the mirror on the windscreen keeps coming off,he has stuck it back on numerous times but still keeps coming off...Can anyone suggest the best glue to use.
I know I'll need a masonry drill bit for this. Are rawlplugs required to get a good fixing? If so are standard rawlplugs suitable? I'm putting up a bit of guttering downpipe and this is for fixing the...
Hi, I have recently purchased a 2005 Astra but i keep getting a coolant level warning come up on the display. I have checked the water but that is not a problem as it is full and the car is not...
I had a mild heart attack 6 days ago was taken to hospital and had various blood tests 2 spaced ECGS and was discharged the same day and placed on the urgent waiting list for an Angiogram and placed...
Oh its all very exciting - I will be having a brand new wooden gate fitted across my drive - it will be wooden and I wondered what anyone would recommend to treat it with? I don't think I want it...
The light bulb on my touch activated table lamp has blown and I have replaced it but now the lamp doesn't work. I have just read the reviews on these lamps and it would seem to be a fault with all...
We bought a new gas cooker in Comet's closing-down sale, and we like it very much, it's very controllable, except for not being able to very slowly simmer soups and suchlike - even the smallest ring,...