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Thanks all for the advice. Ending cutting either side of hole and using copper coupling, ptfe & jointing compound. Job done!

cheers. Are the speedfit jobbies any good for my purpose?

Just put a floorboard nail through a hot central heating water pipe. No big drama, just drained the system and no damage so all fine. In terms of fixing it, I assume its OK to cut the pipe either side of the nail hole and use a compression coupler to join the pipe back together?

I didnt install the outdoor supply, it was there when we moved in. Cable is running underground so I cant see where it enters the house. Its a fairly thick cable going into the outdoor supply, it has 600/1000v stamped on the cable going into the socket. Only really looking to run an xbox in...

I have a power supply already running from the house to an outdoor socket that I use for lawnmower power. Im in the process of building a log cabin in the garden and I'll want electricity in the cabin when its completed. Is it straight forward to extend the power supply from the outdoor...

I did wrap the terminals in tape, yes. Thanks again to all.

Reconnected it all back up as above and works perfectly. Many thanks to all for your helpful advice! Thanks button used

^^ cheers. Yes, only one light switch that switches this light on and off. Will re-wire as advised tomorrow night and let you know how I get on. thanks all

cheers. Will drop by their house tomorrow and try this and report back.

thanks. There is only one light in this room. The other 2 are in the hall and in the bedroom next door, all working fine.

I didnt make a note of how it was connected before :oops:

OK, took an actual photo and updated the wiring diagram. I've connected it to the new light unit and it connects without blowing the fuse but the light doesnt work.

Changing some light fittings at my folks new house today and came across this set up on a very very old light fitting. It has 4 cores going into the old fitting, so obviously part of a loop. I want to fit them to a single Live/Earth/Neutral fitting. Can anybody help?

The log cabin itself is circa 3.5m x 4.5m, I wanted a 5x4m base to have a little room around the bottom of the cabin. Still substantial weight though. I would have though concrete base was the way to go but the 4 quotes I've had for this work, 2 have said a raised timber frame would suffice...

Wanted to gauge opinions. I'm looking to erect a circa 5x4 metre log cabin in my garden. Its a 44mm interlocking cabin so it carries substantial weight. There is also a slight slope on the base area (approx 1ft from top to bottom) to slightly complicate matters. One option is raised...

I’m building some raised decking on my garden to host a summer house. My garden has a slope so the decking does need to be raised. The summer house is quite large (5m x 4.5m) and will be heavy so I want to ensure I build a suitably heavy duty base. For the decking “stilts”, I’ll use 4”x4”...

So I had this portable iPod speaker for about 90 minutes before one of the kids pushed in the delicate plastic bits in the middle of both cones with their finger, as pic below. Is there any way of getting it back to normal?

Great, thanks.

Anyone know what type of underlay this is? Appears to be a type of loose fabric as opposed to rubber or felt.

Have a problem with the blue coil on my garage door roller, the cable has snapped so I need to replace it. Does anybody know if it is even possible to replace these and where I could get a replacement from? Also, I cant see how to remove it, there is what looks like a cotter pin (circled in...