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Thats not the question The question is the bill of 1K for installing lights which I did in a day

No cables there. I made holes and installed all myself Not fire rated and no need to be as in a house When they burn out will replace with led bulbs from toolstation. Electrician was going to fit non leds anyway Live in london And no need for job to be done on sunday What...

We want to convert our garage into a room and install windows. It should be straightforward but the only thing giving us a bit of problems is the existing lintel needs to be moved up about 10 cm. Can I just use strong boys and move the lintel up? Are lintels reusable? The width of...

We had three quotes by the way Two were for about 1000 and one was for 500. So can anyone explain why electricians think charging £25 a point is sensible?

We wanted to install 20 downlights in our reception room. It is big We had an electrican come round and they quoted £1100 which is staggering I bought two packs of ten lights from wickes (at £20 each) and did this all myself on Sunday. It was extremely straightforward How on earth...

Does every point in the house need to be earthed? I am taking the power supply from a socket which is earthed but on the light switch cable I cut the earth cable too short and it is in the wall so cannot be replaced. Would the earthing point in the socket (providing the power supply) be...

Hi ON a previous thread I was told that I need to put a 3A fuse between the power supply and the light switch I want to understand exactly why. My switch has a 10A fuse built in right? So if there is a surge of power the light switch will blow. Is that correct? Why do I need a fused...

Firstly when installing downlights there is no wire for the earth cable. There is only live and neutral So what are you meant to do in this case. What tends to happen is the earth cable is just not wired up but I am using a metal switch and there are children in the house Also can anyone...

Folks I tried again as described and I am delighted that it works Thank you everyone for your help

hi i put one brown in com one brown in l1 and two blues together in l2

I tried this exact approach (which is simple) and the RCD tripped. I have two blues together and one brown in Com and one brown in L1 and the MCB tripped. Any ideas why?

I am thinking of buying brackets and using those instead. Something like this should work http://www.screwfix.com/p/angle-bracket-heavy-duty-150-x-90mm-pack-of-10/86180 Anyone know of anything else that can be bought to further support cast iron gutters from local stores or in london...

Hi Yes I am referring to the half round gutter types. Some of the clips have rusted away - Are there really no selers of the clipse? Seems odd to me if that was the case

I am looking for some clips to further strengthen my cast iron gutters I popped into toolstation / selco / screwfix and wickes and a few others. They all sell similar clips which do not allow you to add clips to an existing gutter but require you to remove the gutter and then add clips and...

thanks somuch the switch has a 10amp fuse already - is that enough?

Thank you very much for your help I have tried to take a cable direct from the socket (bypassing the switch) straight to a light and it does work. The light comes on and there is power so I do not think it is a radial. The problem occurs when I try to involve the light switch and you are...

I have read the wiring diagrams on this website but i am confused. I want to do something very simple. I want to take power from a socket and put this into a light switch What I thought would work is: 1) Cable from socket with brown and brown in choc box and blue and blue in choc box...