Mr davy muir
What does sealing a drive way do?

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fbasile
My Amana oven will not reach temperature, but the broiler still functions on high and low settings, what could be wrong?

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Mrs tina BRIANT
I have a window looking into my garden from next door. I have my bins about a foot away from the window. It's not blocking their light which I thought the law was you are not entitled to a view but light, thanks.

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rojo
How do I get rid of moles in the lawn?

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cheryl
Our next door neighbour owns the field that runs the length of our house at the back. There is a retaining wall that all 7 residents have to pay to maintain even though it only runs at the back of mine and my neighbours house. The top of the wall is approx 3/4 metre wide (flat) and then the field begins. He has erected a post and wire fence approx 30cm from the edge of the wall. My question is this: as he has erected this fence, can we take this as the boundary and can we therefore plant shrubs and flowers on our side of the fence in that 30cm of soil? Has he in erecting the fence 30cm away from the wall in effect lost that tiny strip and can we claim it as ours, or does it still belong to him even though it is now on our side of the fence? I would only wish to plant flowers in it. Further along the fence, we have planted up many shrubs that have been there approx 14-15 years and I wish to know that he cannot make us dig them out or get someone else to as it would require him to come onto our property to do so. What if any are my legal rights if he cuts everything down?

many thanks

C Davies

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Miss JULIE ARNOLD
I am about to be made homeless as my tied accommodation is coming to an end. I am on the housing needs register with two local councils, and I have been told by one of the councils that does not automatically entitle me to move to urgent needs housing, when it clearly states that to be urgent housing, you are a council or housing association tenant who needs to move urgently, for example because your property is about to be demolished or redeveloped.

This is my situation as the local council are about to demolish the flats for new housing. Please help me as I have only eight weeks to look for something else. My e-mail address isjulie.arnold@asp.nhs.uk or alternatively you can call me on 01223 477721

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cwright
Is it necessary to coat/treat your building foundation with tar or some equivalent prior to back filling?

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My uncle made a few ironing boards with asbestos pads when he was at school in approximately the 1950's/1960's, several family members were given these including my mother when I was a child. Ours eventually began to wear, sloughing and developing a hole in the pad. Would this have been of any significant risk to health?

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Karen
I am looking for a bug repellent that works! It also has to be safe for my 2 dogs who spend time both inside the house and in the backyard. I live in Arizona, so this has to repel centipedes, scorpions, silverfish and all varieties of roaches and beetles. Does anyone have a suggestion for a repellent I can use?

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Karen
I live in a newly built house. The kitchen and bathroom plugs all have stickers on them that say GFI Protected but not all of them have reset buttons. In one of the bathrooms they have the stickers but there are no buttons on any of the outlets. How do the ones without buttons reset if there is a need?

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Glad
Why do wasps keep coming back and trying to get access inside our kitchen?

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annie
I have an older 1988? 11 horse Snapper riding lawnmower. The starter turns over. There is no spark at the spark plug and the wire coming from the interlock has no power. Any ideas?

Thanks, Pam

havermap@monashores.net

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Polly
I have a chrome gas fire with a class 1 chimney. Whenever it rains, snows or is windy I get old soot down on top of my fire & pebbles and it has stained the chrome. The chimney was cleaned before the fire was installed. How can I get the black stains off the chrome fire?

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loll
My neighbour has put up new guttering and down spout; he has put it flowing into our garden and when it rains it flood's our garden. We have approached him, he removed it for a couple of days but it is back now, what can we do?

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Mrs EILEEN TERRIS
We have a combi boiler and a shower compatible with this boiler. It has worked perfectly well for 3 years, so can anyone tell us why suddenly when the boiler kicks in it pushes the pipe from the back of the shower backwards and makes it leak? We got up to water coming through the ceiling because of it.

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Julie
In an attic room what are the most economical means of incorporating a fire escape? (e.g. by window chute)

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Mrs suzana robinson
How do I clean a newspaper stain on my settee?

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Mr charles p
Does anyone know what I can clean my patio flags with. I have tried using the power washer but it is a bit slow. I don't want to use chemicals because I have Partridge and other wild fowl that peck anything that drops on the floor. Regards.

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Mr george gill
How can I remove a blue stain caused by bleach being left on to long in the shower tray?

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JR
How to use carpet binding machine?

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karenzd1
On houseplants, schefflera trinette in particular, what is the resin secretion and is it normal? (It is water soluable)

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Mr Wayne Smith
My kitchen beaumark stove is approx 18-20 yrs old. I removed the stove door so the oven could get a proper cleaning; however, when it was time to place the door back onto the stove, I couldn't get it snapped in proper. The bottom latch kept falling down and I had to raise it again and try inserting the prongs back into the stove, to no avail. I misplaced the booklet that came with the stove, which does not help.

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Mr A Jordan
Have Mr Sheen Dustgrabber and Harpic brush with canister gone out of production. If not, where can I buy them?

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Mrs ANN MAZZA
I have a Kenmore wall mounted oven. Every time I use it once it hits to the proper temperature I set it for when it starts beeping and flashing F3 on the screen. Do you know what is wrong?

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scabby459
Is it still possible to buy a double bulb adaptor for a ceiling light?

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Mrs Susan Anne Smith
Where in the North of the UK can I buy Crisco Shortening sticks?

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Mrs Patricia Stone
What can be done if your neighbours trees are overhanging in your garden?

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Miss Linda Thackray
I have a problem with unauthorised parking. Two houses converted to flats share communal parking area to rear of property. I live in one of these flats. This area has recently been cleared and renovated by the environment agency and now provides clear parking but other people have started parking there. I would like to get a sign made but am unsure if any legal requirements to wording or if I can threaten clamping or towing?

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sonbob
I have two trapezoid shaped windows above each of my regular windows in my living room. Can anyone give me some ideas for hanging window treatments on these windows as the top of the trapezoid windows are slanted at an angle?

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Mr Larry Kotwica
Can you please tell me how I can make my hard line telephone ring, by calling myself?

Thank You

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niessy
How can I turn my home into a bed and breakfast?

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Paul
I have a hillside that is quite steep. It's about 70' long by 12' deep at the ends and 22' deep in the middle. It slopes down in a CONVEX manner to a flat lawn. I tore out some overgrown euonymus and had red clay brought in to reduce the very steep slope. I probably should have had more fill brought in but was trying to keep the cost as low as possible. I have planted 30 small shrubs and 4 large flat rocks on the hillside and bought 50 bales of pine needles to mulch the hillside. We had moderately heavy rains last week and there was a fair amount of fine clay deposited at at the bottom of the hill. Now I'm wondering if I need to put down a landscaping fabric to help stop clay erosion and keep the pine needles from sliding down the slope (which I have not yet put down, by the way). I've priced jute fabric and excelsior blanket (about the same) and wonder which would be best. Also wondering if I chose the right mulch or would some other mulch be better? Have priced bagged mulch here, which would be easier getting up the slope to spread and find cypress mulch to be the cheapest. What do you think of it? How about putting down a thin layer of it and then putting down the pine needles, which I already have over the top of the cypress mulch? If it sounds like I've made a lot of decisions without doing my homework first, that's because I did. Now I'm stuck with the red clay hill and need to do something to keep it in place.

Another question: If I were to plant English ivy on the hill, my wife says this will choke out the shrubs I've planted. Is this true?

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Mr rory brown
My daughter put some soaking wet clothes on top of the dryer causing it to short circuit, therefor shutting down power in some rooms. Now if I turn the dryer off the light in those rooms shut off and if I turn the dryer on the lights come on?

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DragonFistLeo
I don't anything about sharpening blades. What is the quickest, easiest method to put a sharp edge on a hatchet blade?

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MickeyP
Hi

I was wondering if someone could help me.

For the past couple of months we have been experiencing a whistling noise through our water/heating system. It starts at a low pitch and then builds up before going away. It lasts for about 30 secs and usually comes in a batch of 3 cycles spaced at about 6/7 hours apart. We have had people out but typically it never happens whilst they are there. Does anyone have any ideas as to what this might be and how to resolve it? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Mr David Morland
How to remove stains from a stainless steel sink?

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Mrs J Wild
My neighbour parks his car on his half of a shared lawn. The vehicle is 8 ft from our bay window. We cannot erect a fence more that 3ft high. Is my neighbour within his rights to park on the lawn?

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Miss valerie lloyd
A neighbour has destroyed flowers and shrubs by accessing my property whilst I was at work and digging a new drainage system to take the flow of water away from their property. Where do I stand ?

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Ann
How to sew drapes or curtains?

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TMALLEN121
Is there a free website where I can find out what properties landlords own?

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cmannon
How can I rid my yard of moles?

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Mrs Dale M
Kenmore washer 70 series will not drain or spin?

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peterpan
What is the legal age to sign for a delivery from a retailer?

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Jolea
In 1997 I purchased from Wolohan American Wholesalers double hung and

double pane windows and the double pane has become cloudy inside of two of my windows. Wolohan American Wholesalers are not longer in business --what options do I have to get my windows fixed?

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stream
I am trying to "build" a backyard "vanishing stream" I asked before, got no response, It is approx. 50-75 ft in length, starting from an earthen berm approx. 5 ft in height, 8-10 ft across , with a waterfall for a starting point. the width of stream , about 3 ft. I don't know size/volume of pump, diameter of plastic piping to regenerate water. I plan on using a " holding tank " ( like a plastic tank ) buried in the earth at the " vanishing " end. There is not much of a slope in yard. I desire a trickling stream, ( babbeling brooke ) not a rushing stream. Any info on how to construct would be greatly appreciated. I have searched libraries, web sites, everywhere. To add to this I am looking to do this as cheaply as possible. Thank You-Goodday

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Mr Bradley Robinson
If a partner abandoned his girl friend and there children for her to bring them up by herself with no maintenance or help for 6 years, leaving a property which he made no monthly re-payments on in both his and her name.

Can she remove him from the property so that she can apply for secured loans and other finance facilities without the ex-boyfriends permission?

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edumecateme
What is the best thing to clean up diesel spills on tarmac?

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Dr Cathy Metcalf
I have a very old chalkware (plaster) lamp, and the socket is deeply embedded in the plaster. Should I just file away at the plaster until the socket comes out, or is this a lost cause? Thank you.

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Replique
If my crepe myrtle hasn't shown any signs of life yet (it's mid-April now), is it probably dead? I live in Maryland and planted it about 4 years ago. I did transplant it last season, but it seemed to thrive in new location, grew and blossomed beautifully.

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Mr Irving Lockhart
I have a Caswell Runyan piece that resembles an old record player but it's got hangers inside that slide. It's about 4 foot tall, and about 2 foot by 2 foot square. The top opens. Is this some sort of cedar chest?The old man that sold it to me said he bought it in the 1920'sand that it was to hang pants, shirts, etc. Any idea about this? Any idea on the value? Thanks. Irv

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