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I've been self-medicating a cold with hot toddies since mid afternoon, so it's entirely possible i'm reading it wrong instead.

Unless I'm misunderstanding him, none of the lives are testing as live.

I'm not, my fish comment was a highly amusing reference to another thread and nothing to do with yours, although I am now starting to suspect your take on the story is not quite the full picture. And I have no intention of putting up my full name on an internet forum, 'meerkat'. What an odd...

I hope there's access from above, if there's no live anywhere and all the old wires are there then one is probably damaged or pulled out of a connection somewhere behind your nice new plaster.

Fish, but don't worry she can shower at a friends house.

Yep, you need an electrician. I'm guessing there is an errant wire that has been misplaced above the ceiling and not pulled through again by the plasterer. That would make what you're seeing two ends of a switch line, without the feed I was previously guessing was away in a Junction box...

That's the usual practice if the circuit has the spare capacity. It's less than most light fittings.

The switch connects one t'other and doesn't care which way round they are. Stick them both in the same terminal and go see if the red wire on the fitting goes live. And don't follow any of my advice.

If you have the live in C and no power reaching L1 or L2 on the far side of the switch, you have a broken switch. Confirm by connecting the two switch wires together and seeing if the light comes on. Don't do it live and don't follow any of my advice in any case, for the aforementioned reasons.

Unfortunately he does have a leg to stand on, however wobbly. You are voiding a contract, in the case of legal challenge the burden is on you to show why. And if you sue him for his mistakes, the burden is again on you to make the case, which is a seperate case. From your description it...

I feel I should point out at this stage i'm not an electrician and probably know about as much as you. Just stopped by for advice myself. So with the proviso that you shouldn't follow my advice, the switch should have L1, L2 and C. C is where the live goes, it connects to L1 or L2 depending...

I have deduced the one in L should be in S. There must be a junction box somewhere doing the job of the L terminal, the wire coming out of the ceiling is a switched live and a neutral so the red goes in the switched live terminal. The trick my dear boy, is that when you have eliminated the...

Usually when ladies have a fishy smell a shower is the solution rather than the problem.

I often forget to pull mine, is that bad?

1) You really see no relevance to your objection in the parts you cut out? 2) I hope the relevant authorities attempt a prosecution, if successful it would support his case for withholding payment based on a violation of his statutory rights.

I think you may find you legally owe the man some money, even if it does eventually turn out he owes you more. Your grounds for withholding payment would be a breach of your statutory rights, namely the right to reasonable care and skill in the purchase of services from a tradesman. A breach...

Mine makes a dot unless you put an attachment in, and I've always found the dot adequate for playing with the cat. On reflection, I possibly didn't need to buy a laser level.

Would you mind sharing the hammer trick with a non tradesman tictic or jctiling, or is it one for the brotherhood of tilers? I have some tiling coming up in a bathroom that I thought I'd have a go at myself. I did my top floor shower enclosure a few years ago with aquaboards, tanking and all...

I use my laser level for playing with the cat. She loves chasing the red dot. Little tip there for anyone with a laser level and a cat.

This may be a little late, you said he was coming round shortly and that was yesterday. How did it go? With the agreement, I'd have written it as a letter rather than a new contract and been a little more succinct - the first paragraph covers most of what needs saying: the works undertaken...