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Hi all, This morning heard the dreaded dripping sound coming from my boiler cupboard, opened it up to take a look and sure enough there's water dripping from the pipes. The leak seems very small - maybe a drip every 20 seconds. Had a good look round with a torch and the leak seems to be at...

Thanks for putting me straight! I will try to be better with my terminology next time.... :D

Ah, I think I understand - the two cable holes in the casing are designed so that you can have a LNE cable going in AND coming out - Doh!

Hope you don't mind me jumping in with another question.... I got a couple of GU10 lampholders in the mail today and I'm trying to figure out whether I have to wire them to ground or not. They have a three-pole connector but the plastic casing looks like it's designed to have only two cables...

Now that's an interesting idea... I have a bunch of LED GU10 bulbs spare so I could use one of them. Thanks for the suggestion, I will order one now!

Well, the primary side of the transformer is fine, so it must be the transformer that's the problem. It's definitely too big to come out of the hole though - think I'm just going to cut it off and wire in a normal boring old pendant fixture.

Don't worry - I have a "all breakers off" policy when it comes to sticking my fingers into wires that I can't see! :o

Yes, it's a recessed downlight. I will have another root around - it felt like the transformer was too big to come down through the hole for the fitting, but maybe if I remove the bit that surround the bulb, it might fit. Thanks for the advice, M

Thanks for the quick reply! No, the outside fitting is 240V. My plan is to check the voltage to the supply side of the transformer as you say, but the transformer is in the ceiling and there's no obvious way to get at it without cutting a hole, which might be a bit of a job. I find myself...

Hi, I am trying to troubleshoot two lights that have recently stopped working. They both stopped working at the same time. One is a ceiling-mounted MR16 bulb, the other is the outside light where the cable emerges near the front door. These two lights are physically close so I suspect that...

Thanks for putting me out of my misery! :D Sand/cement and PVA glue on the shopping list, cheers.

dann09, Thanks for the reply. We have found lots of evidence of "creative" DIY from the previous owner of the house, so it doesn't surprise me that the render & paint are not up to scratch. I will give the sand/cement a go, and plan on repainting ASAP. Thanks, M

Either this is a joke that has gone way over my head, or this is a product that I can't find any mention of. Please put a novice DIYer out of his misery and tell me which one it is :)

Hi all, Just noticed that a chunk of wall a couple of inches across has come off the corner of the outside of my kitchen wall (see pics). What should I use to patch it up?

Hi all, I have an Alpha CB24X boiler that is losing pressure very slowly - I would estimate that it drops by about half a bar over the course of a week. As long as I keep topping up the pressure, it works perfectly. From reading around on this site and others, it seems like there could...

Just to give some closure here.... When I took a closer look at the slabs it became obvious that the mortar was in pretty bad condition so I lifted them out, dug some shallow drainage ditches and filled everything in with gravel. Thanks for all the replies, M

Sorry to resurrect an old thread; just a quick note to say that moving the dogs out of the room and running a dehumidifier occasionally has solved the problem. Many thanks for all the advice. M