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Sealed Unit

We have a double-glazed sealed unit which has spontaneously cracked on the inside, for no apparent reason. This is the second sealed unit to do this, in almost exactly the same place. It happened the...

bantingm

Lease agreements & bitter ex girlfriends

Anyone help!?!? I have a real problem on my hands, my current boyfriend was living with another girl, who he rented a flat with, and she paid all the deposit when they signed the lease agreement as...

sjwright

Had bump, what next?

Hi I'm a 22 year old driver, 4 years no claims and I went into the back of a vauxhall (a old one, I think it was a M reg) at low speed (less than 5 mph) after having a sneazing fit. My car is an auto...

SurreyGuy

Letting a house - do it myself or use an agent?

I own (have a mortgage on) my own home and am considering letting it and then renting a smaller property for myself. Is it advisable to try and let my house myself by means of an advert/internet, etc...

alan30

Central Heating

I have recently moved into a house whith a combi boiler serving rads all with thermostatic valves apart from the towel rail in the bathroom. Apparently at least one rad should not have a thermostatic...

CAJ1

George Best Photo/Print

I want to get my boyfriend a photo or print of George Best either scoring a goal or celebrating one by himself. I've found plenty of him posing but none celebrating a goal! Where can I get a decent...

rempop

bramah hat

where can i buy a genuine bramah hat in the u.k. ? thanks in advance. rempop.

king_arthur

Fan assisted oven

Good afternoon, we recently purchased a second hand gas cooker with a fa assisted electric oven. There are no instructions as such with the oven, and everything we buy says to adjust the cooking time...

jaspercarrot

planning application 8 week time limit

please could anyone tell me if theres anything i can do if planning authority take longer than the 8 week time limit to decide my planning application. they have been 12 weeks so far and when i phoned...

mrs.chappie

Does anyone make their own sausages?

Do you stick to a recipe, and what casings do you use? TIA.x

scotty

diesel to gas

Hi all , I have a mercedes vito van, does anyone know of the cost to convert to gas from diesel and would i be better off financially if i did so ? many thanks

minesapint

Deleting IE7 History

I've got a new laptop with Vista and IE7 installed. Although I'm familiar with deleting the history list of web sites visited, I understand that a permanent record of such sites is kept in something...

gravygirl

dangerous height of tree next to house.

we have a eucalyptus tree 5m from our house, it is now taller than our house, 50ftapprox and our landlord say's that it is not dangerous, are there any laws or guidelines that might help us with this?

bayliss

slug and snails

My garden is infested with these nasty creatures they eat all my runner beans before they have time to flower I have tried egg shells as suggested by a friend also slug pellet organic Any suggestion...

richfinch

canon ultrasonic lense

whats thew difference between an unltrasonic lense and a normal lense?

ASuperGav

Expiry dates

What do I do if a shop sells me a food product i.e.cider nearly a year past its sell-by date and it makes me violently ill? I've never had problems before and it was only one can I drank. Only found...

hammerman

Dishwasher smell

We have a Bosch dishwasher which is well used. Up until last week, it's been excellent but now, every time we use it, the kitchen smells of fish midway through it's cycle. It's plumbed into the sink...

Johnboy63

Low plastic fences alongside motorways

Has anyone noticed these? About a foot high, clear plastic, with wooden posts every 6 feet or so. Often found near roadworks (eg M1 south of Dunstable at the moment) What on earth are they for? Also -...

thundercrack

sat nav holder

hi, I need to find a sat nav holder for my ford galaxy. it needs to have a good suction cup and a flexible arm of about 2ft. (60cm) and ideas where I could get one from please, or what is the...

yummum

privacy!

our neighbours garage is at the end of our garden, they have a window off the garage which looks directly into our garden, we errected a tresel over the window, so we had more privacy and also it...

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