Recent content by martybli

The screws would not hold if the above board was plasterboard. Why don't you use a screw driver and make a little hole in the above board to see what it is made of? If your house is old it may be an old lath ceiling which is made up from thin timber laths which are plastered over. You may get...

Would you recommend primer or undercoat on a new plywood internal door? Thanks Martin

Think I know what has been done! Both the two way light switches are connected directly to each other with a twin and earth cable. Both the live and neg going to L1 and L2 and the earth to the back boxes. I tested this by disconnecting everything and doing a continuity test with my meter...

Dot and Dab is where the plasterer puts small dabs of a type of bonding plaster (not the typical bonding plaster) and then places plasterboard on top. Usually this is done with tapered edge boards and all the plasterer does is then fill in the joints with a joint finishing plaster. This is...

Its been a long time since I was at school!!!! Just tried the live wire in the switch with the multimeter and got a reading of 244 whilst it was set to 600. I had the black lead in the earth of a wall socket. When I checked the back box I got a reading of 1 so I changed the setting to 200...

Just bought a new multimeter from B&Q and the instructions assume you are a spark! All I want to do at this stage is check that I am not going to get a shock from the screws on my light switch as the show live with my screw driver. I have put the black lead into the com and the red into the...

Thanks Adam. Do I take it the wander lead is something I make up myself with the 20m of Green/Yellow cable and the plug? Do you connect the cable to the earth point on the plug then plug it in? With the multimeter do I just touch all the earth wires in junction boxes, ceiling roses, switches...

Just about to go in my loft and open junction boxes etc to make sure all the earth connections are correct. Is it worth me going to B&Q to buy any sort of testing equipment that would help me? If so what would I need to get? Regards Martin

Ok thanks Adam. How do I test if it is live? I could do with my lights back on?

Just changed a 2 way light switch and screwed it on. Put my electric screw driver on the screws after and it lit up. I went upstairs and tried the other switch and that is the same. The only other thing I did was put a junction box in when I replaced the ceiling rose. Could I have made a...