I am currently with Virgin which is through the old NTL line to my home, there is better deals on the market for broadband and telephone packages but because my line is NTL I am struggling to find a provider, as most go through a British Telecom line, I cannot have the line replaced as I have block paving around my driveway, any info would be great, thanks.

Before I buy one, can someone please tell me (roughly) how long a set of blades last in a belle minipave block paving splitter. I know it depends how much it used and how big the jobs are, but I am looking for a rough idea......I don't want to buy one if I have to buy 3 sets of blades per driveway!! Any help will be gratefully appreciated!!

We are considering making our tandem garage (ie single width, double length) into a kitchen/diner/family room, and also putting a large double bedroom/ensuite on top. At the moment we don't really use the garage, just for general junk. My concern is whether losing the garage would put us in a worse position when we eventually sell the house. We would still have a private driveway, and potential for off-street parking for another 1 - 2 cars if the front garden was paved over. On street parking is also available, but like most UK streets becoming busier as the years go by. Your opinions please? The conversion would be for our benefit - we'd plan to stay here until our kids grow up and leave home. It wouldn't be a project intended to add value for selling the house.

My paved drive is starting to move and sink in parts. we are selling the house and I was thinking of putting stone chippings down in place of the slabs as a cheap way of sprucing the driveway up. Do I need to put a new sub base and do the chippings cause more problems.

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