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I have installed an old style interrupter doorbell (via transformer to mains) which buzzes rather than rings, although on the last note there is a ring sound. I'm not clear about where the clapper head should be in relation to the bell itself when at rest. Whether touching, close up or a...

I still haven't resolved the problem of a wall light not switching on! Recap: I have 2 wall lights controlled by one switch. Having replaced the old lights the light furthest away will now not switch on, unlike the first one. The first light has normal earth, neutral and live wires. The...

I have just replaced to old wall lights with better looking lamps. The old wall lights operated from a 2 gang switch ( one a 2-way for top and bottom of the stairs, the other 1- way for the wall lights of the downstairs room). Each of the wall lights also had its own independent push...

More ventilation is a thought if I can create vents at the top end of the roof. I will try that thank you.

My garage is, as ever, stuffed with useful things I don't want to chuck out. From time to time I have to get rid of stuff that has either rusted or gone soggy from the dripping underside of the corrugated metal roof, which slopes from the back down to the front. Air can get through into the...

I now totally understand how to install the doorbell (and yes, it is very simple once you know how, as was ever the case with most things!) I'd like to thank every one of you for your contributions, you have made my day. For the first time in about ten years, friends, delivery guys, the...

Hi - I didn't know that lights weren't on a circuit, thank you for that information. Where then would I connect the wiring for my bell, by breaking into any lighting wiring nearby and using a junction box perhaps? There is no information on the bell about voltage or current. It is the...

I have found an old electrical doorbell, the type that makes a big sound and I would like to install it Does it need a transformer and can I power it via creating a spur from an existing lighting spur, or do I have to hunt for the lighting ring?

I have a direct feed electric shower that has always, for a few years now, worked perfectly, until a short time back when a nearby farm had to start irrigating in the mornings. They have stopped doing this now. When they were irrigating this seemed to affect our water pressure (our house was...

Good thinking, Wreckedit! But wouldn't it be better to ludl the chakcer on the lutterbud bestwif? Nimfy futtie.

Thank you everyone for your replies, they have helped to clarify my mind as to what I may have to do about the problem. I was hoping there might have been a bitumen paint or something I could have coated on to warm up the surface. It is all about temperature differences, of course, and the air...

At this time of the year, winter, when the sun comes out the underside of my garage roof, exposed corrugated iron sheeting, attracts considerable condensation and the constant dripping saturates everything below. Does anyone know how I might line the underside of the roof (preferably without...

That sounds like good sense to me, Ianniann. Thank you for that advice. I'm not going to act on it until the ice on the inside of our windows has melted and I can see out. As a matter of interest, is the central heating water pumped upstairs first, utilising gravity to help it get around the...

I'll try switching off all the other rads - but not just yet, in case my wife beats me over the head with a saucepan for making the house cold. I'll try independent hardware shops to see if they sell clip-on thermometers.

I live in a stone cottage where much of the pipework is inaccessible (even the Water Board can't find where the water comes in!) and there's no internal mains stopcock. The bathroom radiator, which is on the ground floor, remains luke warm (evenly over its whole surface) while all other...