Recent content by BDacre

Believe me it's on the to-do list, but as first-time buyers the pennies will only stretch so far and just buying the house and having a small damp problem cleared out all the savings we had. Having a rewiring before moving in would have been great but I don't think we could have afforded a...

Dingbat, thanks for the advice, sounds like an expensive job. How much does rewiring cost (any rough estimates?) and would it have to be the whole house? 3 bed house, so I'm guessing this isn't cheap. Do they have to dig wires out of walls etc? When we bought the house the surveyor did say...

Hi there, I've been through all the posts but can't seem to find one that matches my situation. We have tried to replace our kitchen light, and upon removing the very very old one, we've discovered two red wires. That's all - there is no earth. We want to put up mains halogens on a metal...