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We have a garage that's been converted (without building regs) to a bedroom and during the recent hot weather the wallpaper on the ceiling all fell off to reveal some sort of grey polystyrene. I imagine it has been used for insulation but as it's only around 4mm thick I can't imagine it's much...

Yes it does mate

Yes that's right, it's a combination fan and spotlight. The light works fine so just wanted to disconnect the fan element of it. By the sounds of it I should just replace the whole unit with a standard spotlight, is that right? Sadly I don't have access to the loft space.

Hi I've added a photo. After disconnecting the red cable there is 4 other red wires left but only 3 black wires. This switch feeds both the landing light and 2 spotlights in the bathroom, one of which houses the extractor. I want to remove it as the fan no longer works (but the motor still runs)...

Hi, this may sound simple but I aleays want to be extra safe with electrics. I want to disconnect my extractor fan from the power supply. The cable runs into the light switch and only had the red cable wired up. I've disconnected the red cable and the fan now doesn't start up - is this OK or am...