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Yes, my stupid cellar has flooded again, only this time my Dad brought round a vax to hoover up the water. My concern is that the bucket part of it fills up REALLY quickly, and there seems to be no...

Hammer1

Gas Fire Problem

Hi, I have a gas fire that lights up and works ok for a bit but then goes out. What causes this problem? (I have gas fired central heating and gas hob) Thanks

ianess

Multi-fuel heater in a conservatory

This may well be the silliest question I have posted ...but here goes anyway.......Has anyone considered one of these small multi-fuel woodburners or smokeless coal burners inside a large-ish...

s mckinley

hard water

I live in a very hard water area. there seem to be two options, 1, expensive water softner/filter cost appox. ?1000. fitted , large unit in cupboard under sink. 2, water wave electronicscale inhibitor...

123bernadett

barking dogs

my springer who is 10 m0nths is driving us mad with barking and scratching carpets/furniture.Any ideas of how to stop this behaviour? Weve tried ignoring/leaving room etc to no avail.HELP

Glossopswift

Big heads and brains

<XMP> </XMP> Do we (humans) walk upright because we have big brains/heavy heads and need to be able to balance, or did we walk upright first which enabled us to develop big brains/heavy...

jimisav

Combi boilers, which one ?

I am considering installing central heating and want to know a decent / reliable combi boiler make / model. I will be running 7 radiators off it and the house is terraced. I am limited for space in...

killasmile*

not signing a catalogues credit agreement

can you tell me were where i stand about not having signed a credit agreement with a catalogue and paying the bill? am i by law bound to pay it?if not how do i discarde te debt?

shonna

Starting a cleaning business

Does anybody have any suggestions on what to call a cleaning business???

lazy daisy

who has right of way??

If you are at crossroads by the give way lines waiting to turn right, and there is a car opposite also at the give way lines and they want to turn left. You both want to go the same way. Who should...

cherrybomb

Trading Standards and ebay ?

My husband sold a working but used CPU on ebay to a buyer who has been a ebay member for just a year (Dec '04) with a feedback of 24 and 1 negative for non-payment. Today he had an email (not through...

henny0406

economy 7

How does my night storage heater know when its time to start storing? I have economy 7, and my immersion has a timer switch, so it only comes on during the economy 7 period. I can't find any such...

snook

Shower heater/cylinder?

Anyone know where I can get a cylinder (i.e. heater) for a Gainsborough SV800 electric shower? Mine just quit on me, though it's only about 3 year old, so I'm not impressed. Even less so when I phoned...

Trojanfarce

Leak in my water supply - where do I stand?

At the weekend I received a rather scary bill for my water rates. ( Apparantly I've used just under 2 years supply in 6 months). I'm on a meter. I contacted the water board who immediately said "Aha,...

stanleyman

We have a squirrel hibernating under our bath!

A few days ago we noticed a hole appear in the plasterboard wall between my son's bedroom and the bathroom. Today he complained that his conkers had been eaten and his dirty socks were missing! The...

foolish01

Kids today

why do some people think this generation of kids are terrible? just because you get hundreds of rubbish programs like 'Supernanny' doesnt mean all kids are like that. im 14 and i dont smoke, takedrugs...

mitch711l

camel hair brush

why is a camel hair brush so called

CW1

Instructions how to work an Ideal Elan 2 boiler - please ?

Hi, Am renting my place out and need to provide some instructions on how to work the boiler. It's 15 yrs old so the Ideal website hasn't a .pdf I can use. The original instructions only really cover...

meeshe76

Shower hose problem

I've got a bath with taps that have a facility to attach a shower hose, which I use for washing my hair, but not to shower with due to the walls being too thin to bother with putting a shower in....

bibacux2001

LPG gas conversion

I have bulk gas delivered and I am trying to work out how to convert litres of liqid petrol gas ie LPG in its liquid form into meters cubed of gas. IE if I had one litre of LPG liquid and let it...

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