Home & Garden

Welcome to Home & Garden. For help with those little jobs around the home try our DIY section. If you have green fingers why not help out those in Gardening, or ask your own garden design and landscaping questions?

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The Answerbank Has A New Sponsor Called Gardenlines

The AnswerBank has a new sponsor called Gardenlines, which is in fact a sister company of The AnswerBank. Gardenlines will be sponsoring the Home & Garden category. You may remember them from a...

Gardenlines

How Sustainable Is Your Garden?

You can make a real difference to the environment with these actionable tips from RHS as part of their Greening Great Britain campaign: http://ow.ly/f0D750Gq2J0 We specifically like the tips regarding...

PleasedToBe

Pull Out Larder Won’t Open

Kessebohmer dispensa pull out larder cupboard won’t open seems to be stuck at bottom and dropped at top fixing. Can anyone help with how to open and fix?...

mjulian

Dry Iron

Has anyone bought a dry iron recently? Mine has just packed up and I am unable to find a known make of dry iron only - I don't want steam. Some are named in reviews but disappear when I try to follow...

jennyjoan

Electric Stick Vacuum

Sister bought herself a hoover some time ago but like all of them finds it very heavy when she has to "squeeze" between furniture and so has to lift it. I have one and like it - bought off Wowcher. It...

postman44

Pedal Bin

Have got to get rid of a pedal bin. Can I put it in my black dust bin or should I take it to a refuse tip. To dispose of it.thank you.

bonnie&clyde

Is Fitting Wood Flooring Easy?

I bought some left over engineered wood click flooring which will be enough to fit in my small downstairs hallway. Is it easy enough to fit? Do I need to use glue or dpm underlay or both? The flooring...

smurfchops

Ideal Home, Olympia

Has anyone been this year, is it worth going, is it Covid safe would you say?

Atheist

Dripping Shower.

I have a thermostatic bar shower mixer supplied by hot (Vaillant Combi) and cold pipework. One end of the bar has the thermo temp control knob and the other has the flow control knob. The shower head...

pastafreak

What Size Bed Throw

230 x 230...described as queensize, or 168 x 230...double. This is for a double bed...I have both headboard and footboard if that makes a difference. I think as it's for winter, I prefer one that can...

Stargazer

Lavatory Cistern Problem

my very old cistern has a sticking lever which I have to force up in order to get it to flush. It is about 65 years old and has the word "standard" in pale blue on the rear of the bowl. Do I use some...

Vagus

White Vinegar As A Cleaner

I bought some distilled white vinegar today, to use as a cleaner, mainly for the inside car windscreen but also for inside house windows. I’ve diluted it 50/50 with cool boiled water as that’s...

Rockape808

Displaying A Set Of Playing Cards

I wish to display a full set of playing cards in a frame. They are WW2 Aircraft Spotting playing cards with each card displaying a different aircraft silhouette, and would like superb framed. Whilst I...

Mickhobo

Dream Valor Living Flame

Hi my living flame gas fire has just started giving me low flame, I have cleaned it all out and put the coals back, still the same which part do you think is at fault

tamborine

Property Inheritance

if a property is inherited by more than one executor, can it remain in the deceaseds name till disposed of.

col72

Worx Hydro Shot

does anyone have 1 of these what there like only really want it for cleaning car is it powerful enough to remove brake dust off the alloys Worx WORX HYDROSHOT 22BAR 20V 1.5AH LI-ION POWERSHARE...

jourdain2

Oil Tank Regulations

Very concerned about our oil tank. It is on a brick pedestal which has begun to subside and it is now leaning very obviously. Worse it is leaning against a fence - on the other side of which is a...

barry1010

Repair People

I fitted an extractor fan in my relative's home 15 years ago and now the motor has failed - it sounds as if it is grinding a bag of marbles. I can't get over to her house to fix it and have been...

Oleanda

Cleaning The Loo With Coca Cola

Does it need to be "full fat", or will zero coke work?...

zabado

Veg Patch.

I've noticed that some people have started covering their vegetable patches with black bin liners held down with a few bricks. Whats the advantages/disadvantages of doing this please.

David H

Planning Permission Mystery

I finally got planning permission for my extended kitchen which is already half built, but although the decision is permission granted the details say it is too long as it exceeds the 3m permitted...

Bazile

Put In Skips

Can you put a microwave in a skip ? I know you can't put fridge freezers / fridges...