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Planing Permission

my understading is that once you get PP you have five years to start then it lapse, bu if you do tart it doesnt lapse 1) is that true? 2) what ort of things could be classed as "starting" for an...

spathiphyllum

Fat Boy Slim X Greta

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtuvP8En0vU I support Greta but i do think her voice is a bit repulsive but then again.. whilst she was giving the speech she felt repulsed. So surely it should?...

DTCwordfan

There's a word bugging me as to the boo that I am writing. I have just finished a chapter on the various symptoms of dementia and how they can manifest themselves, quite a collection in what can come...

spathiphyllum

Ooft Do You Ever Just Really Fancy

A nandos? What do you ever get a craving for?...

DTCwordfan

Possibly News As Well - Caption Time

https://www.telegraphindia.com/unsafe/930x523/smart/static.telegraphindia.com/derivative/THE_TELEGRAPH/1704033/16X9/derivative16X91568145412374.jpg The Archbish after one too many in India The Church...

moggie 939

Ercol Furniture - Help With Drawer Closure Please - Any Furniture Expert/carpenter!

I have some nice Ercol Artisan furniture with soft close drawers which work brilliantly however.....one of my lamp tables with a drawer, the drawer snaps shut and nearly has my fingers off (like the...

Plebonian

Painting A Metal Front Door

Hi, I'm definitely not new to painting and decorating but this is the first time I've painted a front door. Not a big thing admittedly, but it's metal and up until now the only thing I've painted is...

patrickstar

Led Light Strip Connectors

I wish to connect LED light strips that show on the cable as B R G +12v. The question I have is do any LED light strip connectors work providing the colours are connected like for like? I have...

naomi24

Aspiring Caretaker, Jeremy, Going Fact-Finding In Ghana

//Jeremy Corbyn will jet off on four-day fact-finding trip to Ghana while he is supposed to be getting MPs behind his mission to become Prime Minister….. He plans to win a confidence vote in the...

237SJ

Tent Repair

What's the best thing to repair a tent groundsheet - Gorilla tape? The seam in the ground sheet has come unstuck and there are a couple of outdoor stores here who will sell repairs tape but I don`t...

sunny-dave

You Don't Get This In Aldi

https://tinyurl.com/y6d46jtc Is it just me, or is 'Locksbottom' inherently mucky too? [ loud chorus of "It's just you, Dave" ]...

teacake44

Well I'm Off

Had my little fill of AB for now, off to the supermarket to hunt down some yellow tickets :)

woodchopper

Upvc Drainage Caps

Have been trying to get replacement drainage caps for our window frames ( brown/mahogany coloured) - the new ones have two legs which push into the frame - ours have only one - anyone know where to...

hc4361

Solar Panels

A Lot of new houses have been built in my area over the last few years and none of them have solar panels. If they are so beneficial to the householder and the environment why aren't compulsory on all...

saintpeter48

Numark Mixer Question, For Someone Who Is Good With Technology.

https://www.gear4music.com/PA-DJ-and-Lighting/Numark-Mixdeck-Express-Black/1J1A I am looking to buy the Numark mixer above, what I need to know is how would I connect a laptop to it, what leads would...

woodchopper

Laquer Or Varnish ?

Sapele mahogany for cast iron bench ends - Lacquer them or use a varnish on the to keep the weather proof ?

Tilly2

Electricity Failure. Help Please.

Earlier this morning I put on my oven and set the pyrolytic cleaning mode. About an hour later the oven, the second oven, hob, and switches in the kitchen all lost power. I looked in the consumer unit...

RATTER15

Lime To Whiten Concrete

I have been looking at various youtube vids about lime being used to whiten concrete. Does anybody have any experience of using lime this way. Is hydraulic lime better that hydrated lime etc, what mix...

RATTER15

Real Silver Sand Is It No Longer Available?

Years ago I used to buy silver sand in many builders outlets around Devon without a problem. It was very attractive and real silver in colour. Now I am trying to buy some more, only now it is 3 times...

Bramleyboy

Airing Cupboard Running Water.

In our airing cupboard we appear to have an overflow connection which was a drip but is now a running flow. There are two 'taps' in the pipe line which are sort of sprung. When you turn them the flow...

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