Recent content by WilsonG

Recently moved house and stripped the wallpaper from a bedroom wall, looks to be some sort of cream vinyl paint (if I wash with sugar soap it reveals the lovely dark purple colour underneath) Would love a smooth, freshly painted look but not sure it can be achieved? I was planning to fill and...

That’s great thank you, any estimate of how much we would be looking at for a new board?

Wider picture - I have pushed the breaker down before trying the up position and it still doesn’t stay up. Everything I can think of testing has worked in terms of appliances/ lights sockets/boiler so still not sure if it’s still linked to something? unless it’s now redundant due to an old...

Thanks for your reply. No, it’s a bedroom socket, no airing cupboards upstairs. Nope, house was recently purchased! Should I be concerned about the breaker being down?

Apologies, I haven’t used the forum before and was looking for some support. I’ve attached a picture to be sure. I’m terms of the second paragraph - I have tried to determine what isn’t working but haven’t been able to pinpoint anything.

So, I changed a 1 gang wall socket to a 2 gang using converter socket. When turning the electric back on 1 fuse has tripped and won’t come back on. I’ve tried to isolate appliances and there seems to be power to all sockets including the changed one, so I changed the wall socket back to the...