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My thanks to Everyone. It will obviously be a quick and simple job but without this site I would have ended up either knocking down half the wall or paying for a qualified Electrician to do this simple task. Many thanks Mottsy.

Many thanks, Can you just confirm that something like this would be OK? http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=17536&MAN=Draper-Ratchet-Crimping-Tool-And-Terminal-Kit Many thanks Mottsy

Qedelec, The ratchet crimper sounds like it might be the way to go. I have had a quick look and they don't seem too expensive. Is there a particular type I need for domestic use please? Many thanks Mottsy

Thanks for the swift response. Unfortunatley the wall is clad with wood pannelling. Also the two cables inside come one from the bottom but the other goes staight through the wall to the garage. So I guess I will hae to do some major chiselling to sort it all out. Probably best left til I...

Sorry to bother you. There is probably a simple answer, but I tried in vain to change a single three pin socket for a surface mounted double socket. The only problem is the wires are not long enough to be secured in the surface mounted one. (Whoever wired in the single one obviously had...

Your right, Just been in the loft and eventually traced the fourth cable back to a terminal block with covered round with insultion tape. Obviously was connected to another light in the past. The new ceiling rose is to replace an very old bakelite one. The house has been rewired but some old...

Can any kind sould please help me with rewiring a new ceiling rose with 2 way switching? I have identified the two cables that go to the switches and the two that go to the and from the next lights. The earth is obvious, but what goes to the "L" "N" and "Loop" please? (Every diagram I look at...

ChrisR Yep, that appears to be it. Will it be OK without one, (The wife likes the water hot!) or should I fit one?) Thanks again for all your help people. I was paniking that the cylinder would go bang! Mottsy (Oh yes, He also fitted a TRV in the same room where the thermostat...

Oh and please can you let me know how to tell if my system is vented ao unvented? Thanks Mottsy.

Unfortunately I'm not capable. I have a disability to my right wrist. Whilst I can do a little work right handed the pain soon builds and prevents me from continuing. Also some of the bits that needed doing were only accessible with my right hand, (cupboards, doors etc to get around.) The...

Hi, Please help me. I've just had some work done by a plumber who should have arrived on a horse wearing a stetson! He replaced the hot water cylinder and fitted 10 thermostatic Radiator Valves. I noticed that at the bottom of the old cylinder when it was removed was a brass valve with...