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Thames Water says design is more likely to leak as Waterwise warns 400m litres are being lost from UK toilets a day Toilets specially designed to save water are wasting more than they conserve, the UKs largest water firm has warned. Campaigners have warned for years that dual-flush toilets, introduced as more efficient alternatives that were expected to use less than half the amount of water per flush, are more prone to leaks. Related: England could run short of water within 25 years ...

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All that was needed was a ballcock replaced and it wont even explain how it cost that much On my first post-lockdown visit to my 78-year-old mother who lives alone in Salisbury, I found her visibly upset. It soon emerged that she had asked a plumbing company called Rightio to replace a ballcock in her toilet and it later charged her �329. It also appeared to have signed her up to some kind of care plan costing �9.50 a month. Rightio is a national firm that appears to sub contract local ...

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With no letup from Covid in sight, we look at how you can get more work space at home For millions of us, homeworking is here to stay for a while longer at least and some anticipate that they will never return to the office. However, many have struggled to find a satisfactory spot in their home where they can get on with their work undisturbed. So its not surprising that lots of homeowners have been eyeing up their garden as a potential new working environment. �45 Ikeas Torkel swivel cha...

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After living in 20 rented units over 24 years, I was suddenly a homeowner - and I allowed my emotional detachment with where I live to finally fall away I owned my first house when I was 10 years old. My art teacher back then taught my class about different styles of houses, and let us design and make our own out of clay. Mine was a two-story Victorian with a steep roof and a fat gothic tower, with lacy white gingerbread trim that adorned the eaves. Looking back on all those years of keeping...

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What do you do if you are an artist confined mainly to your home Transform the place, of course I have spent lockdown with my partner, Luke Morgan, and my dog, Elvis, in our live-work building in London. We moved here in 2005: I had done so much work on my previous house, I couldnt face another project, so painted the walls white and lived with it. That changed in lockdown; most of my commissions were cancelled, and I was finally able to get going. We dont have children, my parents are no long...

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Trauma researchers have found that even months after falling from a ladder, patients still suffer, and plead that Australians be more cautious We see ladder climbing as quite a benign thing to do, says Dr Helen Ackland, a researcher at the National Trauma Research Institute. When someone dies in a car accident we hear about it on the news, when someone dies from a ladder, its not on the news. However, that perception does not match up to reality. In 2018, 22 people died in ladder-related fall...

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Deal safeguards existing orders and installations by British brand hit hard by coronavirus lockdown A rescue deal has been brokered for stricken double glazing firm Everest that will preserve around 1,000 jobs and mean existing orders for windows and conservatories are completed. The windows firm, based in Cuffley in Hertfordshire, was plunged into crisis in March when the lockdown made it impossible for staff to make sales and installation visits to customers homes. Continue reading... ...

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