Recent content by txacoli

Thanks for all your help with this. At least I now know that it's something I shouldn't be doing and will let an electrician at it. Anyway, your time and patience is greatly appreciated - and if you live near East Sussex, come and quote me for the job!!!!! :D

You should probably turn off the power and have at that with a club hammer and cold chisel to see what you find.. Not if it's still live. Basically cables buried in walls should be where you'd expect them, which means (according to the Wiring Regulations) close to the ceiling, close to...

txacoli wrote: I never thought about the wording of my message - I'm the owner of the house and meant the previous occupant. I used that bedroom as a storeroom when I moved in and, as the light didn't work, I put a floor lamp by the door and used that for light until I eventually got all the...

Hi Guys First of all, I've uploaded an image to give more clarity to the situation. Secondly, I've given you wrong information - there are more wires in the light fitting than I have ever seen in one before (but then, I've never fitted a two-way before) and here is how they are...

I have just redecorated a bedroom in the house and discovered that the light switch - which has never worked since I moved in 6 weeks ago - used to be a two way switch. The previous tenant has (presumably, because I can't see it) cut the wire to the second switch, blocked it and cemented it into...

Someone drunkenly leaned over one of my kitchen base corner unit doors at a party recently while trying to get something out of the cupboard. Their weight ripped the fitting out of the base unit and a fair bit of the woodchip (or whatever it is) around it. What do people recommend I should...