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DavidIQ has now installed the attachment mod to enable people to upload pictures directly. They must be less than 150Kb and less than 800 pixels wide and 600 pixels high. ...

This Forum is here as a place for everyone to come and discuss all matters related to DIY and home improvement. Answers to Many questions can be found by looking on the main site itself but there is much that I have not had chance to cover yet, so please ask any questions in the relevent categories of the Forum. There is no such thing as a stupid question and all questions are easy if ...

Hi,

After nipping to the library yesterday and listening in on the IT guy telling people new to computers that "you must get a good antivirus software, I recommond P C cillin , for £20 at pc world", I realised that people are paying for what you can download for free (for personal use).

AVG antivirus is fantastic and is totally free for personal use and Zonealarm is also a great free firewall.

Both of ...

Please post any DIY/ tradesmen disaster stories in this forum. I will eventually make a DIY disaster area on the site where some of the best stories will be featured. Please send any pictures to



Thanks