Recent content by JakeR

Thanks. I noticed that, too, and switched it round. Obviously wouldn't account for strange behavior, though.

Would a borrowed neutral give me just a few volts, though? When I replaced two other fittings, I just carefully replicated the original wiring, which looked reasonable to me. I also don't understand why there are three live and only two neutral wires at this suspect fitting.

I think it's both. Definitely green slime from the insulation of the wires, but the gritty bonding agent might also make sense, as the artex was evidently skimmed at some point.

Showing 5 or 6 volts with either just the main lighting circuit off, or the main and under-stairs lighting circuit off. I added earth sleeve and cleaned up the green goop when replacing the other fittings :)

This light is in the dining room. There is one main lighting circuit for upstairs and downstairs, and a separate circuit for the under-stairs light (which is next to the dining room, and contains the consumer unit, or whatever it's called these days).

Hi all, I have been changing a few light fittings recently, switching off the lighting circuit and checking each fitting is not live with a non-contact voltage tester and electrician's screw driver. Two fittings down, and all going well. Then on the third fitting after switching off the...

Assuming I find the Ts where the en suite water supply comes off some other pipework, would fitting isolation valves be an option? I would then be able to turn off the en suite supply where it comes off the other pipes, and also cap in the shower. This would allow me to easily reinstate the...

Ah, so just capping where the shower mixer valve comes out the wall is not advisable then... I have no idea where/if the ensuite shower comes off the family bathroom shower. Could it be under the bath? There must be accessible pipework there for the bath tub. Would this be a natural place for...

Thanks, that sounds doable! Are plumbing threads and diameters standardized such that those described in the link you shared will likely be the correct ones? Or is it worth taking a look before ordering?

Hi everyone, Just moved in to a house with a shower oddly in the master bedroom (just in the corner of the room. No separation). We're short of storage space, so I want to put up a clothes rail in it and use as a tempory-ish wardrobe (and put a curtain across the front to hide it). I don't...

It'd just be for storage. Much too small and low to live in.

Thanks for your reply, Johnny. The eaves beams are actually not above the outside walls, because of the chalet-style construction. Must be roughly where the red dashed line is on below photo. There is a wall running along the line of the centre beam, both upstairs and down stairs, which also...

Hi all, I have a 60's chalet-style house, the loft of which I want to board properly. There are some boards already down on the ceiling joists, right on top of the insulation. I went back and forth over loft legs, but now have the idea of adding some new joists over the ceiling joists (but not...