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    Blocked 7 metres long kitchen sink drain

    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...
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    Vertical Icicle, is this for real.

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

    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...
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    EICR Cost

    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
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    Breville steam iron

    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.
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    Zanussi integrated door hinge backplate

    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...
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    Bank and probate.

    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...
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    VW Emissions settlement

    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...
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    State pension

    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...
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    Electricity Charges

    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...
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    Quickstep perspective laminate UF896

    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...
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    Noisy washing machine

    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...
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    Washing machine noise

    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...
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    Dimplex electric fire motors

    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...
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    Is this normal Electrical hazard

    How about this, my wife just finished the ironing and pulled the plug from the socket. Instead of the plug coming out , just the front came off exposing all the wires in the plug. In the course of pulling the plug out she must have touched the live wires and received an electrical shock...
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    External floodlight

    Started to change old light for new and what should have been hours job as turned into a nightmare .Existing cable has what appears to be 2 earths and a live and a neutral which were connected to old fitting. I crimped the 2 earths and connected to new fitting and switched power back on and the...
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    Continuous beeping of Veritas8

    After not being used for many years (we had a big dog) I felt that it was time to awaken the alarm. On keying in the code numbers it started to beep and kept on beeping in sequences of 5 beeps. After waiting for it to stop I gave up and tried again. Same thing, I counted 25 sequences of 5 beeps...
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    Tree identity

    Anybody tell me what type of tree this is?
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    Its a mystery

    A friend of a friend was recently left some money in a will by a distant elderly relation, not a vast amount but something not to be sniffed at. His relation, who he did not see regularly lived on his own, in a terraced house and by all means lead a relatively simple life He wasn't a business...
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    Ceiling one way light fitting

    In my infinite wisdom I told my son that I would replace his new ceiling light fitting in replacement for the existing multi light 12v fitting. Piece of cake thought I until I removed the existing light and rose. There were 3 cables, 2 normal 3 ply, live neutral and earth, the third has 2 live...
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