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Surely it's a case of personal preference? OJ.

A friend of mine has a flat, only 2 years old - all the walls are painted Magnolia Matt throughout - in one room, the walls are powdery/dusty - i.e. when you rub your hand across the wall, you end up with a hand covered in powder/dust....! Any ideas of a possible cause, and remedy, please?

I want to fit 2 outside PIR lights - the builders have left 2 sealed electrical points on the back wall of the property. Each contains a 4-point jointing block - the usual 3 core, plus a grey wire with a bit of brown sheath on it. Can anyone tell me what this 4th wire is for? There are 2...

Many thanks indeed, for your help, Softus. OJ.

So much conflicting advice......

What? and where?

No, it's motorised, but it's the valve I need to replace, not the motorised actuator.... Sounds too simple to be true? lol

Why am I interested in any wiring? I don't have sufficient knowledge to understand any of that. The Valve was all seized up - impossible to turn, without a spanner.

I was hoping that someone could give me a complete overview of the whole job, rather than throwing in the odd one-liner - sorry, but if I knew how to do this job, I wouldn't need to ask for help - my 10 steps have lots of uncertainties contained within them...... OJ.

Ummmmm, the valve is a TYPE MK, use with ACTUATOR TYPE DM, if that tells you anything...

Thanks, but I'm afriad I don't know how to do that - can you tell me more, please?

Thanks for that, leakydave. Why do I need to concern myself with any wiring? The Valve was all seized up - impossible to turn, without a spanner.

Hello everyone, from a complete newcomer to this Forum. This is my very first post, so I'd appreciate it if you could bear with me. I need to replace the 3-way valve, positioned below my hot water cylinder, which switches the flow between central heating and hot water. I have purchased a...