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Thank you to everyone for your helpful posts. Haven't managed to get my trowel stuck yet but cheers for future ref. Nice one roughcaster for your comment about making myself useful for once...I took it on the chin thats why i've not been on for a bit, the comment was hard to take and took me out...

Thank you noseall for you very quick reply. So when putting on my 1st coat for example and i have a good size of plaster on my trowel i should keep my trowel at the same angle for the whole arch movement? How far should i have trowel edge from the wall? the closest to the wall the more skill...

Hi all :D Was hoping for some good advise off all you plastering experts. I am a joiner and recently had a go at plastering a wall, which was pretty good. even shocked myself. But was wondering if you girls/guys could give me more help to make me better. The steps i did was as follows:-...

Hi all. I got one of my sparky mates in today to see the job. Its all sorted now. There was a permenant live feed for it, but it was a faulty cable. So the cables have been replaced and no problems now. Thank you everyone who tried to help me and sorry for the time i have taken up.

god this is hard work lol. Ok i also put a meter onto the cables in the ceiling rose and found they only give reading when the switch was on.

I would go for the glue method. personally i hate the self adhesive underlay. It a pain in the ar@e :D If they are using adhesive it would be recommended that they use a primer first like junkers. This will neutralize any chemicals in the asphalt to prevent it from reacting with the adhesive...

Cheers for trying to help. I will take some pictures tomorrow. Ill take 1 of the ceiling rose and one showing the wires entering the bedroom from the attic and 1 of wires entering the existing switch plate Will this be enough? There are no junction boxes in the loft space just 2 wires going from...

If the loft hatch going to be a means of accessing the loft space for maintenance or is it going to be used as a storage area as well? If its just to support plasterboards then 3"x2" is fine. Scant or cls. I would do the outer framework first then space them at 16" 400mm centres depending on the...

wires just go from rose to rose but none of the roses have permenant lives. So was thinking either there is a wire somwhere which i can't find or the switches have the permanent live, is it wired that way in any wiring circuits that your aware of?

That wire is in the attic space on an isolator block, all thats connected is a light and a switch. It doesn't have a live neutral or earth from the existing circuit connected to it in any way. How wrong could i have gone?all are removed at present due to plastering. But was gonna refit light and...

installing what cables? If I have installed them i wouldn't be posting on here. Shall i call a sparky and insist that he wears a hard hat, ear plugs, safety goggles, protetive gloves, steel toe capped boots, High Viz vest, dusk mask and strap an earth cable to him before he commences work? I...

Its not my house i have fitted stud wall and plastered it just need to wire up light now. I have advised the customer. Where can i get a feed from?

Hi can you please help me I am trying to install a new light in a walk in wardrobe i have done. I have wired the new light to my new switch and from my new switch to the attic space using 1.0 twin core and earth. The exsisting lighting is an old circuit type. 3 Live 1 neutral no earth and no...