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Thanks for all your replies, unfortunately the Pope cannot come out until next week. What are the main causes of a mcb tripping on a light circuit? Just realised why I got the Pope jokes? My locations was set as the Vatican City, I've now changed it to UK.

My tenanted house has just started to have a problem with the upstairs lights, last night the circuit breaker tripped so I went round turned off all upstairs the lights (wasn't sure about the pull cord in bathroom) tried to reset trip but it sparked, so went upstairs thinking must be the...

I removed some damp plaster in the corner of the room, both outside walls, the brick work was damp but it dried out a few days after plaster was taken off. Since replastering and wallpapering the corner is wet again. The room is unused at the moment and there is no heating on. Could be...

I have recently bought a house with a raised concrete yard which is above the DPC, if it has one, and also no air bricks to the rear. Could I fit an air brick above the ground level outside and just knock a brick out below the floor level inside. It has cavity walls.

Garage is in the rear yard and just gets its power from the house.

Cheers Dingbat, the power supply is already in the garage, it come from the main board and has its own fuse. I have used this to power the door. Will do another search, cheers for replies. ---------------------------------------------- Me Neither Andy, just motorbikes and DIY. It's funny...

Cheers for that Andy! As your quite close (I'm in Sunderland) and you just beat us today, you could pop over and show me how a ring main works! :lol: ---------------------------------------------- Just a thought, you could be a Sunderland fan...OOOOps

I have demolished a car-port and built a garage in its place with an electric roller shutter door. The car-port had two fluorescent lights and a double socket. I have taken all the electrics out and now need to reinstall them....HELP! Can anyone advise me or do a wiring diagram to wire the...

I'm building a fireplace/hearth using 30cm slate tiles. I have cemented them to the base no problem but now I want to put them on the walls on the inside of the chimney breast. Can I fix them to the wall using mortar of should I be using an adhesive?

I have recently plumbed in a new bathroom suite conecting the wastes of the sink, walk in shower and bath to the same pipe. Now when we pull the plug on the bath or sink water comes back up into the shower giving off a whiff if it hasn't been used for a couple of days. Have I done something wrong...

Backing plates I have looked at are made from urea formaldehyde, I want ABS plastic as this materiel is less brittle and I want to punch holes in it with a hole punching machine ...Help

I'm looking for a abs moulded 2 gang electrical blanking plate, anyone know of any suppliers???? Cheers ..

Reds are all joined, a blue and a yellow in both top and bottom, but where does the black go ?

I am wiring three switches, two existing and one new intermediate switch. Two work correctly, while the new intermediate has no effect.Help please...

I have tiled my batroom and shower cubicle with 10cm tiles and used a grey cement based grout, is this waterproof enough for the shower? I was thinking about sealing it.[/img]