Recent content by jefro666

I'll try the airbrick just in case but from what you've said the blocked cavity sounds about right. There's no immediately obvious source of any condensation. Thanks for the advice.

I have a terraced house set back from my left hand neighbour by 8 feet so obviously my living room hangs out the back of their house by the same amount. From the back corner to my patio doors is another 8 feet. I am suffering from black markings on the walls although the they feel dry if I...

to reply to all, sorry for the delay I forgot to note my password and threw a tantrum. It's an age thing..... The three sockets are an addition to the ring and I changed the wiring to match the diagram. There's a lesson there somewhere I suppose. Thanks a lot to all for the responses. I now...

I just finished inserting 3 double sockets into a ring main in a kitchen. They were a slimline socket with 2 earth terminals. I wired them up with the back-box earth and incoming earth in one terminal and the outgoing earth in the second. (It seemed reasonable.) Is this OK as I've since seen the...