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Electrician coming out Tuesday, says he’ll be removing floorboards and replacing the cabling, which sounds reassuring. Cost me but I’ve only myself to blame! Thanks for the help.

Well there wasn’t enough slack so I turned everything back on. 5 mins later there was a loud bang and a faint smell of burning. Kapow! The switch tripped again. I’ll be calling an electrician.

Do you mean there might be enough slack in the cable to pull it down to the switch? That would solve all my problems. I'll turn off the trip switch and see what's what...

I was trying to mount a holy water holder. God sending me a message?? Not sure where cable goes next.

Now that I look at it, it doesn't seem like I've broke the cable, just tore through the insulation, is it possible that I've merely tripped the switch because the drill head touched the exposed wire? I suppose I could somehow remove the plastic trunking by exposing the plaster all the way down...

That’s the thing. I already know that. I’m an idiot! Yes, EFLImpudence I can solder.

I had to crop the photo because it was too large for the forum. The grey wood to the side is architrave for a doorway. The ceiling above should be below the landing just atop some stairs. Below is some wall tiles and the kitchen floor, laminate over floorboards. Not sure what more the wall...

Bang, switch tripped at consumer unit and have not turned it back on. The adjacent water heater switch is still working. Chipped away to reveal plastic conduit. Time to call an electrician? I’m ok with wago boxes and have a cable tester but that’s about my limit.

Like a dream, thanks! The push fit connections on the ones I bought were pretty fiddly. I messed one of them up, fingers crossed they are now secure. Onto the living room lights next - going from a multi spot to a single light and there's a whole lot of wires. :LOL:

I'll be long gone by the time these bad boys fail. The suspect light was indeed the only one working, great advice from all. Thanks!

There was only one transformer, on the light above the shower. I removed it. Ended up buying these: https://www.screwfix.com/p/luceco-ftype-fixed-fire-rated-led-led-downlight-white-6w-600lm/7046t

Oh good, that will hopefully save me some bother. Fingers crossed.

Well I managed to get them done. Only one is lighting up so I'd better rip them all back out tomorrow. Should have bought that connecter....

Very good info, thanks. I was wondering about the transformer on the shower light. I've had a dig around the loose insulation and it looks like it can be shifted away from the light units. Off to screwfix! Oh, will the aurora lights still require the connector block that you mentioned earlier?

Thanks, no there's just roof space above. There is some loose insulation present though, and I think some of the lights are pretty tightly packed in by it, which is a concern.

My lights are looking rusty so I thought I’d replace them. Only the light above the shower looks fire rated, the other 5 not. Could you look at the wiring and let me know if anything looks beyond a DiY install? Thanks. Shower: The others:

Cheers for all the advice lads but the only way I'm going up a ladder is if it's down a hole! I did manage to get the plastic pipe off today, had the drain rods down the stack, they reached near the bottom but no amount of prodding and twisting worked. Did another hour rodding from the other...

Well he came and advised removing the plastic pipe from the toilet end - then pulling the T joint end out. Then he buggered off. :? I ignored his advise and ****ted the thing with a big plank. Will. Not. Budge. I did manage to disturb another part of the asbestos pipe though, so now I...

Ok the electrician/plumber :? came today. (I got him in to look at some plumbing and grabbed him for a chat about the electrics, so no testing was done). He says there are two slots available on the consumer unit. I mentioned that the yellow box is not fused and he agreed. I turned...

I tried to dislodge the plastic pipe but no go, it won't budge! In fact it's leaking a bit from the old asbestos pipe now so I must have knackered that too. Great! Fella coming tomorrow to take a look and if he can't sort it he knows a builder, maybe he can replace the whole thing...