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The house is probably worth about 80k tops area is pretty rough, just give me a rough idea please.

Evening I live in south yorkshire on a old pit estate _ AR LAD Semi detached 3 bedroomed house We've had a new roof and windows installed and now are looking for replacement of all the guttering etc. The roofer says that he can do it while the scaf is still up but i don't...

Wow i can't believe that someone else suffered from the same problem. I will certainly look into what you have said but i've very little knowledge on electrics, so it may be worth getting a pro to have a look. Will keep you informed :lol:

Here's another one for you switched on sparkies. :) Our house is a right nightmare, everything is bodged and i'm concerned about the electrics seen as the bulbs are always popping,but thats another issue - anyway Whenever either the oven, kettle, microwave are in use, it seems to have...

Sorry for the late response Pluggi :D been on holz From your great advice n help i finally managed to sort out the 2 light switches. I found the swiched live wires with the continuity tester from my Digi tester, used a bit of 2 core wire from gang 1 common to gang two common to make gang 2...

Calling captain plugwash :) I think i'm gonna need more help here if you don't mind. I found the main live feed cable, You were right, the odd ball red. I didn't have the equiptment to test the cables via continuity so i sort off did a bit of guess work (but failed) It seems i'm...

Cheers mate, you've been a star so far I'm sure i will sort it with good info from urself. will let you know when i get stuck. :lol:

Thanx for the help Plugwash Right i've got my digi multi meter (Mashtech) 32 position beast with temp gauge and i'm raving to go. I just spent two hours reading up on these things so i don't kill myself or damage any equiptment. I understand how to measure Volts AC /DC AMP AC /DC but not...

More info This is mad, i tried switch 2 (gang 2) the dickie booger and light 2 came on WoW i was just about to jump with joy then when i turned the same switch off light 1 came on as light 2 went off (What) This is messed up I have a diagram on how to wire a 2gang 2way switch but the...

Thanx for responding guys, I know how hard this can be without knowing what cable does what. I haven't got a test metre in the house, just a electrical driver. I have looked at the back of switch 1 and made a note of the wiring in(gang 2) (the gang that's not working) There is a live black...

The second light switch has never worked since we moved in. and yes i have changed the light fitting. I think wires are wrong in the secong gang but without any help its staying like it.

In our kitchen we have 2 two gang light switches to control 2 lights one at each end. Only one light is working properly with the left hand switch, this works fine at either end. The right hand switch however doesn't appear to do anything. light switch one has 3 reds 3 blacks and 3 earths...

HI can anyone advise In our kitchen we have two light switches, and two lights. both switches have two buttons on/off. you suppose to beable to control both lights with any switch but only one switch works. does anyone know how to wire this kind of setup. when i get home tonight i...

Thanks very much Dagger I'm now off to B&Q now to get the tackle you suggested. hope this works cause last night the stench was so bad it put me off my beer :-) Hope it works - i will let you know [/b]

I've examined the drain pipe outside, it has a small cover at the bottom that can be removed. whats the best way to clean out something like this. surely just pouring bleach down it wont work. ta

Can anyone advise? Periodically, we get a very bad smell in the kitchen. It used to be when ever it was raining but the problem does not appear to confined to this now. It is a drainage / gasy smell. Its quite hard to distinguish just where abouts the smell is coming from but seems to be...

______________________ The oven's element blew on its own acord, i didn't mess with it prior to that. All i have done is replaced the element. I know electric kills and i did take precautions. sometimes one must have ago himself specially if money is tight.

Thanks for the tip I took the oven apart and carefully examined the back, it was the live wire connected to the element that was just touching the back plate. I bent the clip slightly and that seemed to work. However its not over yet, at the moment i'm cooking a chicken and i've only got...

I need some help please (electricity is a weak spot) We have a Ef6400ss proline oven which has been working fine for over 2 years until last week, the Fan element blew leaving cold air flowing only. I went brave and replaced the element with a brand new one, seemed easy enough. whilst the...