Recent content by MattP124

But i put some wires together (including in the ceiling rose) and now have upstairs lights, but not the hallway light...

One of the reds coming in has been cut at the cable (bringing a blue and yellow in)

and now, by doing this I seem to have stopped all my upstairs lights working....

I have tried to follow forums and internet advice but I am stuck I am trying to face the music of my old wiring. Hall lights, I think I have sorted the downstairs switch and the ceiling rose. But the landing switch - which controls the 1st floor light, (and maybe? used to control the downstairs...

@SUNRAY it's 10cm of concrete, then it's a cavity. It's a lot of wall to get through) Looking at the first photo, I can now see where the cable exits the wall there is another hole to the right (stuffed with paper) as though they've dropped the cables from above and then had to re drill. With...

@AndyPRK - I could do that but then there is a cable running behind a radiator. I can't fathom how to move the socket without a lot of drilling I would like to connect the radiator back up, there is not room to move it sideways @EFLImpudence - fair question, my first answer is no. The boiler is...

Thank for replying, this is ground floor

Not in a cavity... the walls... appear to be concrete? Or brick but when measured are about 10cm thick. This is a few metres away, the other side of the chimney breast... same room, same wall

The neighbours! How is it Simple? I don't want to have cabling behind the very hot radiator? How can I recess it (drilling the entire length of cable down and round to the side of radiator?) Ah yes, it is also concrete flooring, and the cables are coming from above

I'm looking for advice I have an electric radiator, cabling now running out behind where the radiator is/was installed and a concrete wall (and floor) I removed an old bit plasterboard which had two sockets installed, this false wall had the cables runnning within in it to two sockets on the...