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To confirm, all three reds were in a choc block together before I started so they have to all be the lives. Switch is one gang with a single two core cable going to it. Red in com, black in l1 as you would expect

I have a picture of the light fitting but not of the switch at the moment. Had to improvise with wagos as cabling was old. I have a multimeter yes and have used it before but was a long time ago so would need to refresh memory.

Hi So I wired in a new ceiling light and I was convinced I cabled it right be it seems not. At the moment the bulb is on then the switch is in the OFF position and it I turn the switch on, it pops the breaker. Old colours so red and black, no earth present. Light is Class 2 Three cables...

Hi We have bought a house which had the loft 'converted' in the 1980's to a room. It didn't have building regs and the previous owner didn't use it as a habitable room, more of storage room and study at times. The house has a centre wall which goes down to the foundations and the floor joists...

Looking at plans from 1984, it states the bricks will be 215mm solar so is this the same as thermalite? The previous skirting was difficult to remove, I had to pull it away with force from the wall, when then had a skim done so if it was nailed in before, I figured the new stuff should Screw in...

Yes, it’s grey dust that comes out of the hole so that explains it then. Will check out those plugs. Thanks

It’s a 60s house but this was the extension which was build in the mid 80s. Using normal brown plugs Thanks

Hi We have had a room skimmed, job wasn’t perfect so the walls are not dead straight along the bottom but decent enough. I now need to fit new skirting and I figured it’s best to screw as the gaps to the wall behind vary. Screwed into the wall right along, plugs in and tried to screw skirting...

Required by whom? Current regs presumably? On the basis the regs are not a person who is going to challenge me and the light fittings are all plastic, I am happy to change the ceiling rose to a new one. I was just curious as to what the additional neutral only cable might be for. Sockets all...

Hi I am in the process of changing some old school light fittings to modern ones with a ceiling rose. It’s a 60s house so uses junction boxes which is fine and I have worked out what cable goes where, I have power in, cable to switch, cable to light fitting and power out but there seems to be...

Thanks, the plans for the extension show the 150mm x 50mm Purlins which sit on top of the bricks either end of the room so this seems to be what is supporting the roof I think. I would guess the loft was converted mainly for storage and to have a bit of extra room, the eaves have sliding doors...

Looking at the plans for the extension, I am going to say no. The house was extended at the same time the conversion was done but the plans make no reference to the loft and no staircase is shown on them despite a proper staircase being there, although I doubt it’s headheight would pass...

Don’t think I explained myself very well. I meant the ceiling in the loft room itself so the sloped rafters. The floor of the loft room, so the ceiling of the upstairs bedrooms already has insulation and the loft floor is OSB. It’s the ceiling of the actual loft itself I want to better...

Hi Our house has a loft conversion done in the mid 1980s by the previous owner. At the moment the ‘ceiling’ is just 10mm polystyrene sheets which have been wallpapered over. The room is not freezing, I guess heat rises from the house anyway but I want to use it as an office so am planning to...

Hi We have a 7m long garage which has a truss roof, 7m long span so a join at around the 5m mark, joists spaced 600mm apart. I am planning to build a stud wall about 3/4 of the way down to split the garage as I want to use the rear 5m as an office. My question is, are the Trusses designed to...

BBQ Area by F54Mini posted 7 Jun 2018 at 6:49 AM This is area I have dug out for the block paving, annoying the garden slopes and the manhole cover on the left is higher than the turf level. I am just going to make it slope a little to the right for the water run off. Thanks

Last question. Is an outside launch needed if they are against solid soil, I.e. because I have cut a section out of the lawn and the outer bricks will have the outside against the clay soil? Ta

Hi Appreciate your reply, could I just lay the whole lot on a mortar bed and make sure I haunch the outside of the edge bricks to prevent them moving outwards? Thanks