Recent content by Tsauru

Thanks Pete - appreciate you can't be more specific, although I'm not sure I'd want to fiddle with it anyway! Do you know how much roughly it would cost to put right if it's an easy fix? And is there anything I should mention to the engineer that will help them narrow it down or do you think...

Hi All, Our Potterton Promax has developed an annoying fault where it doesn't always light - usually first thing in the morning, so when we all want the shower and a warm house it doesn't happen. It has been known to happen in the evenings as well. When it doesn't light, it goes through the...

That was what I was leaning towards too. Paint - at least one coat of cream, white and a horrid shade of duck egg blue!

Hi all, Above shows our fireplace from 1902 that I've stripped back to the original tile which is a lovely two tone effect. Would it now benefit from a specialist cleaner (if so, what would you recommend?) Or am I as well using soapy water? Many thanks.

Sorry BAS, I bow to your greater knowledge in this area. This is the first two way I've ever replaced, it's also my first house; so I don't have the wealth of experience in the area that some do - hence why I came onto the forum for help! As it happens, thanks to the replies I do now have a...

Thanks for all your help everyone, but Riveralt wins the award! Have just wired it as per your post and now works perfectly. Thanks!

Thanks for all your replies. To answer them in turn - 1. There is just one lighting circuit for the whole house 2. Unfortunately I've got no kit to test for continuity, but the set up was working before. 3. The other two way switch upstairs is a single gang, which has 2 reds and 1 black. This...

Hi All, hope you can offer some advice! My fiance and I are decorating our first house and as part of that I'm replacing the somewhat dated white light switches with something more stylish. The only place in the house that I need a two way switch is the stairs/landing. This is how it looked -...