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    Help Choosing Plasteboard Fixings and Screws for Hanging Curtain Wire Fittings

    Hi, I want to secure some of these curtain wire fittings to the plasterboard ceiling above my windows so I can hang some curtains from them. The curtains weigh around 2kg in total which is well below the limit for those fittings (I'm also using extra supports across the stretch). The...
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    Leak from Radiator Valve

    Hey, I did wonder if there was meant to be some sort of O ring in that gap. The other valve has the same issue and has tape wrapped around it also. This is the whole valve.
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    Leak from Radiator Valve

    Hi, Water is dripping from the area pointed to by the arrow in the photo. I've looked around online and there is some advice to tighten the gland nut and pack the gap with PTFE tape. I've packed the gap with PTFE tape and it stops it leaking but as soon as you turn the valve to a different...
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    Replacing a piece of cable in the ceiling

    Hi, The 2nd one. There is a light switch on the wall which makes the light come on, and a separate switch on the cooker hood to make it come on. To check continuity I removed the wires from the FCU on the wall so I had, Live, Neutral and Earth just poking out from the wall. Then I...
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    Replacing a piece of cable in the ceiling

    Hi, I checked the fuse in the fused spur unit and it was fine. I can't find a switch for this socket, and it was working fine until one day it just stopped without anyone doing anything.
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    Replacing a piece of cable in the ceiling

    Hi, Yes I attached a plug to the wire and plugged it into a known good socket and the cooker hood works fine
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    Replacing a piece of cable in the ceiling

    Hi, I removed the entire light fitting so I just had the wires, then tested each one for continuity with the wires at the socket. A Neutral and Earth wire had continuity but the Live did not. So I'm as certain as I can be that this is the correct cable without physically being able to...
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    Replacing a piece of cable in the ceiling

    Hi, The plug socket Fused spur unit for my cooker hood stopped working and after doing troubleshooting I've discovered that there's no continuity between the positive wire at the socket and a light fixing where it is connected to a junction box Luster Terminal. (I know its the right wire as...
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