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Thanks Spark123 for the prompt reply, i will do that today. I was concerned that i had a faulty light on the circuit that was leeking current to earth, but i was conused by the voltage difference being 100V not 240V. I have seen that there is some redundant 2-core wiring to some wall lights that...

Hi, i was hoping you could help me. We have recently bought a house, i replaced the old light fiiting in kitchen with a new bar of 4 spotlights. Whilst checking the electrics after i noticed that the earth was live (tingle off the light fitting prompted me), i checked the other rooms, the living...

thanks for the reply, i suppose i will need to wait and see to see how much needs doing when the boiler is removed. Good idea about finding an older brickie. Another concern i had was regarding chimney liners. I believe there will be an aluminium one in there for the back boiler, is this...

Hi. Once we have saved the cash we are hoping to replace our old (and ugly) back boiler with a modern combi. This begs the question what will i do with the big hole left in the living room wall/chimney breast. The Corgi guy recommended we put a replacement gas fire in, but as we have a victorian...

appologies, it is a brick wall faced with thick plaster. That sounds like a very simple plan...the best ones usually are, much better than hanging around waiting for plaster to dry. Thanks

Hi everyone. I have recently moved into a new (to me) house. I was replacing a damaged socket front and noticed the backbox was loose. It was nailed in place and not really soundly fixed as there was a large void( 1 inch or so) deep. So although my query isnt strictly electrical, i thought it...

Hi All, Thanks for your help. We had a plasterer around for a quote. He said it was old fashioned bitumen back wallpaper to keep out the damp. Thanks for your sugesstions, much appreciated.

Thanks for the quick reply, its certainly not soot. where it came off ok, it was a fairly thick coating. It sounds like a bitumen or rubber like coating. I will try white spirit or possibly paint stripper, maybe that will shift it. Thanks

We have recently started decorating a room in our house (built ~1900) when we stripped the wallpaper from the ceiling there was a black layer which in the most part flaked off. In some areas it will not come off at all. Could anyone tell us what it is, or how to remove it? We have tried chipping...