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Hi We've just moved to a new house and it has two PIR lights, one for the back which goes into the garage via a normal plug and one at the front which has the wire coming from a light switch for the light in the garage. The front light doesn't work so is being replaced. Question is...

Hi Anyone know what to fill the small gap between the wall and ceiling after overboarding. Obviously all walls aren't true! The gap is probably no bigger than 5mm at its worst point and the ceiling will be skimmed, also most likely the walls too. Whatever is used, it'll be covered anyway...

Thanks for the replies. It's nothing to do with being illogical, it's not knowing whether fitting a back box prior to a skim would cause the faceplate to be sunk into the finished plaster, I don't know the thickness of a skim. Thanks again for the tips.

Hi We're moving into a property that needs a skim (some old blown plaster) but whilst we're at it I'm going to going to get rid of the wall mounted sockets and fit metal back boxes so obviously I'll be drilling through the old plaster/brick to fit this. Here's where I'm stuck..... Have...

Ah thanks that sounds more manageable! :)

Hi We've just got bought a Victorian house and a few of the rooms have nasty polystyrene tiles over which I'm guessing is lath and plaster plus whatever else has been put on the ceiling over the past century. From looking all over the net, youtube etc I know I can overboard this with...