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Thanks everyone, it looked blue to me for some reason... So all I need to do is reattach it to the earth connection?

Hi all Could anyone help me figure out what is going on in this switch? Should there not be a green and yellow earth wire as well as the red and black ones? And why is the blue wire disconnected (looks like it has been cut)? The switch has L1, L2 and L3 terminals. The red wire is going to L1...

I was worried that this might be what needs to happen. It just looks like the wall has been done really badly. As my Italian partner says, "They must have done it with their feet". There is actually a gutter, but it's not very evident from the picture. However there are certainly numerous...

Many thanks for your help Tony. Yes, there's damp internally. That's a good point - I hadn't thought of that. At the moment there are several possible culprits for the internal damp - the others are an area of brickwork which needs repointing, possible water ingress around a...

Going to give this stuff a try: http://www.wickes.co.uk/flexacryl-instant-roof-repair-black-1kg/invt/164205/ Recommended here: http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=162352

Many thanks for your replies ree. I have attached images below (the yellow house is my neighbour's property). The coping stones have been repointed and the capillary channels on both sides have been restored. However, because the wall slopes inwards, rainwater drips from the coping stones...

Hello all We have some damp issues in our house, and it's been suggested that one reason for this may be that the render / screed (sorry, I don't know which is the correct term) on an external wall is absorbing moisture. The wall is part of an extension built around 1990, and I believe is...

Not a daft question! There is a leak, but we don't know where it's coming from exactly - this is one of the possible culprits. Gareth

Hi all We had a flat roof recovered about a year ago, and it's now evident that there is a small gap between two of the pieces of felt (see picture). We've had no luck with getting the roofing company to come back and fix it. Is there any way I can seal the gap myself? Many thanks for any...

Thanks all for the helpful hints and tips. I'm going to try to have a more positive attitude from now on, and also be a bit more assertive and demanding! Gareth

I'm genuinely not trying to wind anyone up, I'm sorry if it appears that way. I'm hoping to get some insight into why I seem completely unable to get results in this area. If anyone can provide that insight it's surely tradespeople themselves. It would be great to get some suggestions about the...

I'm very sorry if this seems like an inappropriate post. It *is* a bit of a rant, but I'm at my wits' end. My partner and I own a 100-year old terraced house in East London. For nearly ten years, we have been trying to get various problems with our house sorted out. We have engaged numerous...

Just wondering if anyone has any views on thermal imaging as a way of detecting the source of leaks? Advertised by this company: http://www.leakbusters.net Many thanks in advance for any responses. Cheers Gareth

Thanks, brick bolster and hammer worked a treat! :D

Sorry, I'm being an idiot :( There is some plasterboard, but the bit I need to cut isn't plasterboard at all, it's some sort of soft render I think. That's what the pink colour is. Apologies for the confusion :oops:

The problem is that the plasterboard is already attached to the wall ... I don't know if you can see from the images, it's the pink sheet underneath the steel beam in the middle picture. Gareth

Cheers for that Tony, that's really helpful. Undoubtedly I've been stressing over nothing. Shows how much I know! Gareth

Hello all I need to trim the edge off a sheet of plasterboard which has cement caked onto the back of it, so that it forms a right angle with an adjoining wall - hopefully the pictures show what I mean. I've been thinking that an angle grinder might be the best tool to do this, but I'm not...

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That's a relief! So it's still structurally OK even if it seems crumbly?