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    Identifying shorted bulb in a series of 70

    So they've actually all got "hoods" - I don't really know the technical term - the light shines sideways, rather than directly upwards, hopefully diminishing some of that light pollution. You're right; sorry, it's an residual current circuit breaker. They're not a bulb but a single unit of...
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    Identifying shorted bulb in a series of 70

    Sadly all the wiring's buried under concrete and all I have access to are the tails. I have easy access to the ends of this circuit coming into the distribution board so I had the idea of disconnecting it and passing 12V down the line and using a multimeter to check which light's metal housing...
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    Identifying shorted bulb in a series of 70

    I have 35 stepping stones placed around my garden, each with two 1W uplighters embedded into them shining upwards. Occasionally these units will get wet and short out, requiring them to be replaced. How can I efficiently figure out which of the 70 bulbs is causing the short given the moment I...
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    Any suggestions for how to attach a replacement LED strip light on patio?

    I have an existing installation of about 20 meters of LED strip lighting on my patio steps which needs replacing, and I'd like to DIY it. My patio steps are designed as in the picture. In blue are thepatio tiles. There's a small horizontal overhang of about 15mm, and then a small riser (I hope...
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    Tado + Ecotec Plus 831 = Boiler firing non-stop

    I've had the same installation of Tado and Ecotec boiler for about two years and have had no issues in that time, but at some point last night my boiler decided to keep the central heating on despite Tado being shut off (at least according to what the app was reporting to me). I can turn the...
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    Scratching in cavity walls - who should I contact first?

    Good point. It could be. I've certainly seen some coming and going around the garden, but not many. Question is what should one do in this situation? If it's rats then I may have a potential fire/building hazard on my hands, but if it's squirrels perhaps less so.
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    Scratching in cavity walls - who should I contact first?

    We've recently heard a lot of scratching happening on our exterior walls which I thought at first might have been coming from outside, but I now think may be from inside the wall cavity. Assuming my hunch is correct and we have rats, should I be going to an exterminator, a builder, or perhaps a...
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    En-suite shower water seal getting sucked out by toilet

    Unfortunately I don't think it's been plumbed correctly. Here is a rudimentary drawing of my loft. The empty black box to the right is my neighbour (semi-detached property). As far as I can make out from looking in the eaves of the loft there's one rather fat (6" diameter?) pipe exiting the...
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    En-suite shower water seal getting sucked out by toilet

    Possible. The piping between the toilet and the shower drain can't be any longer than 60-70cm, so I would've thought it'd still have some suck at that distance - even with a vent pipe in place. I also don't meant to give the impression of "one flush and the shower seal is broken" - it takes a...
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    En-suite shower water seal getting sucked out by toilet

    The new house we've moved into has a couple of tiny en-suites fitted in two of the bedroom - a shower, toilet, and sink - but the showers rarely get used as they're not too spacious. Whilst the showers don't get any use the toilets do, and whoever fitted them has plumbed the shower drain to the...
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    Cutting 5mm squared/circular hole into wardrobe backboard

    Not a typo. 12V power. Thanks.
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    Cutting 5mm squared/circular hole into wardrobe backboard

    Didn't consider this to be strictly woodwork; can a moderator please move this to a different category if 'general' is inappropriate? I need to cut through some backboard in the back of my wardrobes to feed some power cables through. I can't remove the backboard, and unfortunately don't have...
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    Convert two gang wall socket to one gang

    I'm doing a bit of redecorating in my living room and need to make the right half of a two gang wall socket "disappear" - preferably flush to the wall. I'm thinking I can either pull out the existing pattress and reposition the entire two gang unit half-a-box-width to the left, pull out the...
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    Where to buy cornice in London/Essex?

    I've been looking around for materials to finish off an Ikea wardrobe and make it look more "fitted" - I have a 50mm gap between the top of the wardrobes and the ceiling which I need to fill. I've visited Lawsons, Jewsons, B&Q, Travis Perkins, Wickes, B&Q, Homebase, a local timber merchant, to...
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    Routing speaker cables through thermally insulated plasterboard

    That's really cool! Unfortunately I have to go horizontally sideways from my TV, rather than vertically :-/
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    Routing speaker cables through thermally insulated plasterboard

    Sorry, I'm not following. A hole to where? If I cut through the plasterboard I hit the thermal insulation; if I cut through that I hit breeze block; beyond that is the exterior of the house. All three layers have no gaps in between.
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    Routing speaker cables through thermally insulated plasterboard

    Sorry if this is in the wrong section. Please can an admin move this post if so. I'm having a dilemma on how to route some speaker cables through, or behind, the plasterboard in my living room. The plasterboard appears to be of the thermally insulated type - 14mm of plasterboard plus another...
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    Attaching a chandelier to the ceiling with no obvious attachment point

    I think you're right about the existing rose - I hadn't considered removing it outright; I guess it would be fairly trivial to switch it out for some connector blocks instead. I still have some concerns about fitting them all into the existing cup fitting as it's fairly tight in there already...
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    Attaching a chandelier to the ceiling with no obvious attachment point

    It's not particularly heavy, no. There appears to be a good 30cm of void space above the ceiling as far as I can make out from using a coat hanger. Unfortunately there's no access from above, so the only access I can get is from taking apart the ceiling in this room. What would the alternative...
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    Attaching a chandelier to the ceiling with no obvious attachment point

    Thanks. I did wonder whether this was an electrics or decorating question - seems I guessed wrong. Can this be moved? What you see in the pictures is what I have, so no hook plate. Can these be bought separately? I presume they need to attach to a joist either way? Regarding getting the...
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