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I've not heard of this one before so I thought it may help others. Received a text message from bank saying unusual transaction on my account for about £500 from major store. Said if I did not make it press N. At time I thought thank god they, the bank are on the ball. Thought no more about it...

Whilst vacuuming this fell out of the cleaner, I think. I can't see where it may have come from and the cleaner still seems to be working ok It's a Samsung hand held cleaner. Can anybody identify it and where it may have come from.

Can anybody identify this window locking handle. I have locked all over and cannot find a replacement.There is another part attached where the metal pin is protruding, that is still attached to the window but it broke off.

Trying to sell various items on behalf of my wife's sister, but I'm not sure if this is classed as racist and if it will be accepted on eBay. Personally I think it's a nice piece but! What do you think

On way home after a funeral with my good lady, sister and brother in law, we stopped at a pub /restaurant for something to eat. On parking car I noticed sign saying I had to enter car details inside the pub. Never seen this before but I entered car reg. Received a letter this morning saying...

A month ago HM Revenue and Customs wrote to my wife saying she may due to an increase in her state pension has she never claimed for the credits whilst she was caring for our late son who passed a way after a long illness in 2008. She never claimed for the allowance which she was due and that’s...

The cloakroom sink drain which is blocked goes round 4 corners and meets the kitchen sink drain half way along. Kitchen sink drain empties without any problem. I have tried everything, rodded, but can only get about 3 meters due to various bends, boiling water , high pressure jetting, all to no...

Is this for real, an icicle growing upwards or is it some Photoshop thingy

roped to fix light switch and on removing switch found only 1 cable and 2 wires going into switch. Checked everything else rose, bulb holder, etc all seem ok. Shouldnt there be to cables and 4 wires going into back of switch? This is the limit of my messing with electrics which is obvious so...

Just had a EICR carried out on MIL house. Was quoted £350 initially but final charge was £460. It's a 3 bed semi in very poor state and there were 2 of them and they were there just over 2 hours. Is this a reasonable charge or have we been ripped off

Circuit breaker keeps tripping when iron is switched on. Reset circuit breaker and iron works ok. What could it be and is it fixable. Checked plug and it is ok.

Just taken delivery of new integrated washer and started to fit door. On releasing screw on washer the plate behind simply fell inside the machine. The instructions say to connect the hinges to the upper hole of the top plate and the lower hole of the bottom plate. As there was a screw in the...

My wife is the executor of her late brothers estate. Everything including probate has been granted but she cannot get her late brothers bank to release his monies to her account so she can pay the beneficiaries. It should take around 10 days but despite numerous calls they keep pushing it back 5...

I have been informed by the solicitors handling the case that Volkswagen have now agreed to make a payment in the region of £150 million to the claimants who I am told total around 90 thousand. The amount that the solicitors tell me that I will receive is £350. Fair enough I didn’t expect much...

My sister in laws husband passed away a month ago. She currently gets a small state pension and thought she was entitled to part of her late husbands state pension. She submitted a form to the department DWP with the required details and has just been informed by telephone that she is not...

My sister in law just lost her husband and I am trying to help her with various things. I find she is currently paying £160 per month for electricity. It's only a 2 bed flat with 3 storage heaters, it seems hell of a lot to me. Is it reasonable, I have tried to contact supplier but so far no...

As a result of a minor leak from a ch pipe, water damaged a small section of my laminate flooring. The floor has been down about 15 years and I cannot locate any replacement to match the existing as it has been discontinued. I only need about 3 m2, the room is about 22 m2 so to replace the...

After eliminating all other possible causes, bearings etc, I traced the cause of the noise to what I thought was the problem ,a worn pulley wheel. However after removal of both I could see no signs of obvious wear. I preceded to replace the pulley wheel and noticed that it went on easily but had...

Thinking that the very loud noise was coming from a worn pulley wheel, after elimating all other possible causes, I removed the belt and pulley wheel. There was only a slight movement when the wheel was bolted on but after removing the bolts the wheel has a notably slightly more movement when...

Decided to change noisy and annoying motor on electric fire. On looking for replacement direct from dimplex, I find they cost in the region of £80. After a search I have found replacements on Amazon for around £12, they fit all the technical requirements. Has anybody had any experience of these...