Garage & Garden
Antifreeze, screenwash and brake fluid in a family garage
Antifreeze tastes sweet, screenwash often holds methanol and fuel cans need closing properly. How to store car fluids in a garage shared with children and pets.
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Hamish Crowther
Hamish has spent decades in garages and garden sheds, his own and other people's. He writes about fuels, car-care fluids, paints, carbon monoxide alarms and the batteries hiding in everyday things.
Around the House
Carbon monoxide alarms: where to fit them, how to test them, when to replace them
Where carbon monoxide alarms belong, how often to test them, what the beeps mean, when the alarm itself needs replacing, and what to do the moment it sounds.
Around the House
Button batteries at home: where they hide and how to store spares
Coin and button batteries sit in remotes, car keys, scales and toys. A room-by-room check of where they hide, how to store spares and get rid of old ones.