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Song Name In Home Alone

The song the choir is singing while Kevin is talking to the old man in the church near the end. Anyone know what's it called?...

overthetop

Bathroom tiling

I tend to be generous paying tradespeople. I'm having bathroom retiled. Told the area is 6 sq m (mostly around shower area), but it's small. Straightforward work, no restoration needed. How long...

shyjane

sky hd and i player

how do you view i player on our new hd tv that we have sky on?

Gavmacp

Wardrobe sliding door wheels

A long shot!!!! My friend is looking for a wheel for his sliding door. I have google imaged this without much luck. I think it may be described as offset but not sure. Thank you in advance!!!...

Mosaic

Double glazing - why do some windows look 'wobbly'?

I've noticed over the years and being a nosey sort that some double glazed windows look wobbly - the glass, that is, looks almost jelly-like. Reflections are distorted and, well, wobbly. Can anyone...

SuszyQ

Brick effect wall boards for painting

Where in the UK can I get hold of brick effect wall boards. B&Q have loads of them as display boards for all the different paint colours but they can't tell me who their shopfitters were. Anyone...

Black-Swan

Decorative concrete wall blocks

Unable to find any suppliers of decorative concrete wall blocks, (one of the designs is called "Florida", I think). There are a lot of different designs I've seen locally already built in...

sandyRoe

Patio door bolts sticking...

When I turn the handle to open the door a bolt, inside the door, to secure it at the top drops and one at the bottom of the door lifts. Sometimes the one at the top doesn't drop and the door won't...

curtis21

Stopcock

The mains stopcock is situated in a small cupboard. The tap is 3" from the wall and 5" up from the floor. My problem is that I am disabled and unable to bend down. Also the tap is too stiff...

filibuster

Monobloc paving

After power washing the Monobloc, what is recommended to fill in the spaces between the bricks? Thank you.

invisiblelady

"Tiling on Tiles"

How successful is this? I'm really not up to removing the tiles floor to ceiling in my bathroom. I'm not actually sure if I'm up to tiling the damn room! However, if the tiles that are on the wall are...

neddyw

NHBC standards for fencing

Does anyone know what the NHBC guide lines are for fence posts? We had a fence put up by the builders of our house almost 3 years ago and the fence posts have now moved because they were not concreted...

rosyposy

Cut cable on Qualcast hedgemaster

Mr Posy has unfortunately cut thro' the electric cable while cutting a neighbours very thick hedge. The problem is that he cut it about 3' from the trimmer itself so wants to take the short end off...

invisiblelady

Tiling...............

Ok...my project this holiday is tiling the bathroom. However, there is NO WAY I'm going to remove all the revolting 70's brown tiles that cover the walls at the moment. I want to tile on tile. I...

pinkjudy45

Slim Garden Shed

We have seen a slim garden shed attached to a larger shed, it would be handy to store our bikes in as it's only about 3 foot high, does anyone know where we can purchase this storage shed.

pinkcowprint

under floor heating

have priced this up for conservatory and doesn't seem as bad priced as we thought,are the mats all similar,as i have no experience in buying something like this..some companys have flat plasticy...

calda

Seeping door

I had a new internal pine kitchen door, and did not know you were supposed to seal it before painting. It had a coat of primer and two coats of paint, but now unsightly brown splodges are seeping...

AvaD

PLEASE help! :(

Before i went on holiday a week ago, i locked my car as usual and came in the house before proceeding to hide my keys somewhere so my brother couldn't get them. Now i'm back, i have no idea where i've...

sammmo

drilling out a lock

my daughters lost the only key she had to her back door..the door is a upvc door with the lift up handle that engages latches when lifted.. my question is... if i drilled straight through the lock...

numnum

Oil for wooden kitchen worktops - any reccomendations

I've ordered ikeas beech wooden worktops for my kitchen. I was wanting oak but it was out of stock and gone for the beech so we can get on with the kitchen They haven't arrived yet so I'm unsure what...

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