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...

Chipchopper

Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time

How are "tamper proof"screws removed ?...

rockyracoon

Petrol Smell

I filled the car up earlier and spilled some petrol on my hand and coat. I bought a bottle of water in the patrol station and rinsed my hand, but it didn’t do much. The smell in the car in the way...

thelewisgang

Street Lights...what Next?

Over 8 weeks ago 6 street lights in my road failed to come on & they haven't been on since. The county council were not interested and said the company who built the houses should be contacted. After...

jennyjoan

Batter Operated Candles

I am looking for the above to add to pressies for sister. I have looked at quite a few on Amazon and I actually did order a set. However on reading the reviews - they mentioned there was a "clicking"...

Barsel

Frost Free Fridge Full Of Frost.

Even though I have turned the setting to No1 which is the warmest setting, everything in my fridge is freezing up and there is a thick layer of frost on the inside at the back. Any idea why this is...

Rodge2

Is It Okay To Put Kingspan Insulation Behind An Electrical Socket?

We have a small porch with a dwarf wall. The cavity had no insulation inside it. I have been cutting Kingspan board and slipping it into the cavity. All going well, but I have fitted a piece into the...

Barsel

What Do I Need To Look For?

I would like to buy an outside security light for the front of my home, but I want something different , something a bit decorative, but I want it to be bright enough to come on when someone walks up...

shivvy

Corner Sofa Cover

I would like to buy a stretch sofa cover for my corner sofa which has battered upholstery but a goo well-build frame and padding etc. It is really just to tidy it up a bit for visitors calling over...

jdodge84

Do I Need A Home Inspection

do i need a home inspection

tiggerblue10

Sofology - Still Waiting For My Sofa

I ordered my sofa on 14th June and was given a delivery date for Sept. Due to the problems with shipping etc in the summer this was pushed back to Oct and then there was a further push back to 29th...

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...