Recent content by monkey73

AH! That makes so much more sense now. I was looking at it the other way round in my mind. See it's easy when you get a straightforward answer! A follow up question then. The 2 way switch in the picture above (the top one) has live and switched live cable going back to the light. In my switch I...

Except I don't, hence why I'm asking and haven't just gaily gone round rewiring things I don't know about. Why would the permanent live not come down one wire of the 2 core cable that is connected to that switch, like all the other rooms in the house?

Hi I'm looking at installing some more zwave network controlled switches which i've done many of in the past, but i've come to the latest light that I want to enable and come across some wiring that i'm not entirely sure how it works. I'll try any explain the best I can. The switch I am...

Ok, and that doesn't contravene any regulations or is not going to cause any problems with subsidence or anything like that? I see you're in the US so just want to make sure doing this meets anything necessary over here. I'm not clued up on regs so I might be asking a stupid question. Thanks...

I guess what i mean is that I will have to put a new downpipe on the brick wall once the conservatory is gone. So do you mean that at the bottom of this new downpipe, I should lean up a flagstone at the bottom of the wall at an angle and let the water drain onto it and away from the building or...

Are you saying just to lean up a flag against the wall and direct the downpipe onto it? You say allow the water to settle into the soil but the downpipe exit will be quite far away from where the soil begins once the conservatory is removed. When you say gulley grating, are you referring to...

Hi I have recently moved into a new house and it has an old 80s lean to conservatory that is basically falling apart anyway. I want to remove it this weekend and I think that should be fairly straightforward but my main concern is the guttering that will remain. Please see the picture of the...

No there is no middle bracket The blind only goes the width of the window, I'm trying to fit the left hand bracket to the top. I fixed the right hand bracket to the side, that was fine. As it is, I went and bought some self tapping screws, and a new HSS drill bit and drilled two holes in the...

Hi all I've bought a load of wooden venetian blinds to put up at home, all have gone up successfully, drilled mounting holes for the brackets into the brickwork around the windows, mounted brackets, and fitted blinds - easy. However when I came to do the window in my front hall, I hit a...