Recent content by Freddy86

Thanks for the reply Ken. Yes you're absolutely correct with your age estimate. Do you have any advice on what to do with it? Or is it just a case of keeping an eye on it. Thanks again.

I've recently noticed a crack on the corner of my living room. I've only been in a few month and it's started to appear more I believe. It starts from one side of the wall, goes up to the ceiling I believe and down onto the wall beside it. The ceiling is wallpapered so it's hard to tell. There...

No I don't believe so foxhole

On the rendered one those nails line up with the damp patch in kitchen and also had small holes near and around them, I've filled them in already and I'll see if the patches get any better with heating on. The second photo is underneath this window sill in living room:

Here are the outside photos requested.

Thanks Ken. Would I be able to paint over this damp patch then? As I am in the middle of decorating and I have left this wall to do due to these 'damp spots'. I have left the heating on overnight. Thanks again

This is an upstairs bedroom and it looks to be coming from the loft or roof. The loft floor is covered in insulation so I'm going to move that and see if I can see anything. Under neath this room is the room with the damp patches underneath the window sill. Could this be connected?

Thanks for the replies. I'll get some photos of the house exterior, it's not in the best condition as the house is a 100yr old end terrace house. There some cracks in the pointing. There is insulation in the loft however I'm not sure about walls. The pictures are of multiple rooms but all the...

Hi all, not sure if this is posted in the right section however, I recently bought a house and wet patches are beginning to appear on some of the walls that weren't there when we viewed it. The walls have been painted by the last owners and since we viewed it we've had bad weather. I'm thinking...

Well if I wire a normal switch that way then it is obviously going to work only the switch will be in a different on/off position right? I'll wire the dimmer the way you said and see what happens thanks.

Dimmerable energy saving bulb*

I don't think it was a dimmable light switch no but I took the bulb out and the power was still tripping out. So could my wiring have been wrong? Should I have had the 2 red in COM and the black in L1? There was also a L2 terminal on the switch should I have maybe terminated a red wire in...

I wired it exactly the same as the old switch (except for the earth). The whole power to the house goes off.

I'm not an electrician but I know basics. I tried to wire a dimmer switch in one of my bedrooms and I had a problem. I turned off the power and removed the switch face and had 4 wires; 2 red, 1 black and the earth to the back box. I terminated the 2 red in L1 and the black into COM. I also...