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Not exactly! Why, is that dodgy?!

I came across the problem with the plastic lug as we were getting ready to decorate the room, so this is the first time I've opened this box up since our electricians rewired our whole house last year. They've connected the earth wire to the actual metal box in the wall. Its held in with a...

Thanks securespark and teachergeezer. Both very helpful answers - much appreciated. teachergeezer - I think I may have found a few 'top hats' inside some of the old wall boxes we're removing (we're renovating an old house) - I'll give them a go. Either way - at least I now know what I'm...

Hi there, I have a light switch wall box that doesn't have the usual metal screw holes as part of its construction. Instead it has a plastic insert that is wedged into position with two metal clamps - and the screws that hold the wall plate in position screw into these plastic bits. They look...

Thanks for the reply. The house was built around 1932 and there is existing felt on our roof. You can see the cut edges of the felt where the old square hole was originally cut away for the old exhaust pipe. The roofing guy said our felt was knackered though and wouldn't do its job any...

Hi there, I have a quick question about some roof work that I need a bit of advice on please. About a year ago we had an chimney stack removed from inside our house. It went up through the middle of the house and into the loft. Inside the loft the chimney stack stopped and joined up to a...

I wish I knew! I've had them in both my previous 2 flats - and both were new builds. As you said, they were mainly in the bathroom and on window sills. I also assumed they might be something to do with plasterboard as I can't imagine where else they could have came from when the buildings...

Hi Andrew, That worked a treat! Thanks very much for your help. If anyone else is interested, the timing device is a Select Electrical Ranger 1 Programmable Timer Module for light switches and sockets. http://www.beststuff.co.uk/ranger1.htm Cheers, Dave

Hi Andrew, Thanks very much for the reply. Just to clarify then... I connect one red wire the left COM and the other red wire to the left hand L1? As I only want the timing device to work with the left switch, I should completely ignore the right hand wiring, right? Cheers, Dave

Hi there, Hope you can help me out with a bit of advice please? I have an MK Logic 2 Gang light switch in my kitchen which I am trying to fit a specialist timing device to. Basically its a controller that sits alongside the MK switch panel and it turns the light on and off at specific...