Recent content by floorwoes47

Hi taylortwocities and 333rocky333 Many thanks for your helpful replies - much appreciated.

Hi Ban All Sheds I am really indebted to you for your crystal clear advice in the face of my confusion! The picture of the screws you have provided is just what I think will do the job perfectly - I didn't know such things existed. The screw in the wall at the moment is quite secure but...

Hi Yes, thank you the backing box is what I mean - the metal box thing that's plastered into the wall through which the cables from the mains come. There are two "lugs" (that's what I call them anyway). One is designed to be replaceable. The other one isn't. As my luck would have it, it...

Hi Many thanks for the replies. Ban All Sheds - you are right, sorry for my confusing terminology!! I mean switches of course - doh!! Chri5 has sussed me out in spite of my terminology! It is the sockets which have the earth terminal in them because they are metal whereas the...

Hi I am replacing old plastic plug and light sockets with chrome ones. The instructions for the chrome ones say they must be earthed, obviously as they are metal. I don't fully understand this though. In all of the wiring there are three wires, live, neutral and earth which I wire...

Hi Holmslaw Many thanks for your reply - yes earths are there I just didn't mention them to save confusing things further! I know that I need to identify the supply cable but I don't know how to do this. Is there any way I can? Obviously the lives are bare at the moment (not wired in)...

Hi Adam 151 Thanks for your reply. I don't have a multimeter and this sounds a bit complicated. Please are you able to tell me what would happen if I put the wires in the wrong place? Would it just trip a switch or could it do something more serious than this, like fry all the wiring or...

Hi Holmslaw Thanks for your reply - unfortunately I don't have a digital camera so can't take a picture. I'll try to explain a bit better. There is a fused socket above the worksurface. When this is switched off it isolates the extractor hood, oven and hob. The extractor hood has...

Hi I've been changing some old white sockets for chrome ones. All have been fine - just straightforward swapping over. But I'm having difficulty with one which is a fused/switched socket. It is above worksurface and it operates the oven, extractor and hob ignition. (So there are three...

Hi Steve, Many thanks, that's really helpful. Off to finish my last light now...!

Hi Sparkyspike, Many thanks for your helpful reply. Pls can I just check one bit? If I just have one long plastic terminal block and wire everything up like you said, is it okay to group the three earth wires together and just put them into one side of the block and then put the earth...

Hi, I am trying to put up a light fitting. In the ceiling at the moment is an ordinary plastic ceiling rose with the three blocks of terminals. My problem is the light fitting I have has only a small "cup" on the end which will not fit over the existing ceiling rose to hide it. I've...

Hello Hope someone can help - I'm at my wits end and beginning to hate my neighbours (though I know it's not their fault). I'm in a Victorian terraced house. The breakfast room on ground floor adjoins my neighbours breakfast room. There are wooden floorboards which for some reason...