Recent content by TNDU

yeah, when JohnW2 mentioned "metal", it makes sense :giggle:

i see. that makes sense. thanks.

why does a straightforward lamp holder for a basic incendescent bulb not need an earth?

Great. Thanks!

when i look at diagrams and videos for fitting a ceiling rose, there is always a connection to loop in and if there is another light after the one in question, there is a loop out so i wasn't sure if i could just skip this "loop" block connection as videos which show how to connect a fluorescent...

I have a fluorescent light in the kitchen that I want to convert into a standard candescent light. Looking at wiring diagram below, there is only a live and neutral cable that feed the fluorescent ballast and bulb. Can I disconnect the fluorescent fitting and wire up the new candescent bulb...

the problem has gone away already as i had mentioned in my original post, which appeared simply by me going upstairs and using the switch up there first. I am asking in case this problem comes back. I had a similar problem with this sort of set up from different locations in a room to control...

I opened the downstairs switch to look at the wires and nothing looked loose. I also opened the downstairs hall light and inspected the wires and again nothing looked loose. Yeah, I was wondering if the switch may be on their way out and so not passing current through every now and then. Just...

I found that the downstairs hall light would not turn on yesterday when I turn the switch in the downstairs hall on. However, when I went upstairs and turned the switch up there, which also control the light in the downastairs hallway, the light works. Then the switch downstairs started to...

We are looking to get a new roof next year and when we got roofers round to get a quote, one company said that it would be cheaper and more efficient to reduce the chimney stack and bring it below the tiles, that is knock off the chimney stack until it is only high enough to be in the loft...

I mean OTT for the modern day boiler that I have there now, which doesn't need ventilation.

thanks. then i should just get a new door fitted without a grill opening as the cupboard is big enough for air circulation anyway.

potterton promax combi boiler. it is quite old though so will probably need replacing in the next few years.

it's quite a big cupboard under the stairs. i will get a ventilation grill fitted at the bottom of the door as having one at the top and one at the bottom (which is the current arrangement on the old door) is a bit OTT I think.

Does a door to a combi boiler cupboard need to have vent slats? The current door have one at the top and one at the bottom but this was there when the old boiler was there, which was a conventional gas boiler with a hot water tank. The existing boiler is a combi boiler and I am looking to...