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    Help - Cant Close Window

    Oh right , OK , see attached , the only resistance seems to be at the top , the window doesnt come near the bottom (anymore) https://vid.me/TLqZ Cheers
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    Help - Cant Close Window

    Thanks for your reply , can you expand on that at all ?
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    Help - Cant Close Window

    Hi Wondering if anyone can help ? Suddenly , we cant close our window , its hard to describe so i uploaded a video showing the problem , its only just started happening , and i cant see anywhere where the problem might be The hinges look the same as always , as in not slipped or something ...
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    Installing recess hung blind

    Hi I am putting up a vertical blind in the window recess in a bedroom , its top hung so i have drilled the 4 bracket spaces as instructed , using a 7mm masonary drill bit , the problem is , that the drill goes in normally for about half an inch , then punches through to a void , i am assuming...
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    Replacing a 3 way switch with a 1 way

    worst comes to worse , surely i can reinstall a 3 way switch even if i only use 1 ?
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    Replacing a 3 way switch with a 1 way

    what do you mean `check other switches` ?
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    Replacing a 3 way switch with a 1 way

    I think they are redundant , in any case , long story short , plasterer is coming monday and we have been waiting weeks for him , so if i want this tied up , i need a sparky to come and look today or tomorrow i guess because its getting beyond me
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    Replacing a 3 way switch with a 1 way

    If i do ask a sparky to fit a switch for me in the end , regardless of anything else , is an MK single gang single switch ok to use?
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    Replacing a 3 way switch with a 1 way

    It is the middle one...
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    Replacing a 3 way switch with a 1 way

    Just one location , by the door as in picture , they do work but all in storage at mo whilst plasterer does his thing
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    Replacing a 3 way switch with a 1 way

    I thought thats what DS meant at first but thought i was being dim , no , the switch we want to keep , is not controlled from anywhere else , just this position , as i say , one switch of the three seemed to turn nothing on and off , and the 3rd , worked the bedside lights
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    Replacing a 3 way switch with a 1 way

    Im not sure on the question , sorry, but we only need/want one switch to control both wall lights Not much help , i know I`ll admit defeat and stump up for a sparky if i have to , but was hoping to be able to do it myself if at all possible , if you guys have the patience
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    Replacing a 3 way switch with a 1 way

    Hi , yes , sorry , there was a switch on the wall the side of the bedside lights , this has been removed also , made safe etc
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    Replacing a 3 way switch with a 1 way

    wasnt sure if photos were showing http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=11_img_20150612_172203136.jpg http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=11_img_20150612_171908537.jpg
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    Replacing a 3 way switch with a 1 way

    Hi When our bedroom is finished , we will only need a 1 way switch , which controls two wall lights , there was a 3 way which controlled some bed side lights , which are now removed , not sure what the 3rd switch controlled as from moving in , in never turned anything on How do i make safe...
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    Has my power socket got an earth on back plate?

    i will be using a single MK plug socket chaps , o basically snip off the protruding core , then do it fresh 10mm of the 2 cores going into the socket ? there is more length than appears , its the angle of the picture
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    Has my power socket got an earth on back plate?

    Hello chaps See attached picture , at first my heart sank , but then i can see there is two cores in the green yellow sheathing , one is cut right back as you can see Should i do anything about that , or is the fact two are there , OK? Thanks in advance[/img]
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    Has my power socket got an earth on back plate?

    Thats what i thought John , if power points were at a premium then i would go with that advice , but we have a few in the room currently , one a double
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    Has my power socket got an earth on back plate?

    The room has plenty of power sockets already to be honest , i dont think the room needs two there
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    Has my power socket got an earth on back plate?

    Thanks John , i appreciate that
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