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Ta. I have connected the dirty white wire to L on its own at one end, then brown and blue at the other end to L1 and L2 respectively...

Well, it's more of a dirty white, equivalent to yellow, and often grey these days I think... And by black, I meant blue!

Thx for your reply. Hi, lol, I'm not that daft :-), I photographed them (attached), but the old pull switches weren't marked clearly. But we can see that the live and neutral are at one end (L1 and L2, i guess) and the grey/white/yellow at the other (L). I have connected the switch in the same...

Hello, I have just replaced one of the two old pull cord light switches in our kitchen with a new wall switch. The trouble is, the new switch only works if the remaining pull cord (by the back door to outside so used less) is in what I presume is the on position! I need to also replace this...

Thanks John, I will probably give that a try if no more permanent solution turns up.

Hi all, In the late summer, I had a local builder completely rebuild my garage roof (it was full of woodworm and leaking, mainly near the house wall). He then got a flat roofing firm in to refelt it. He told me cutting in the flashing would be tricky due to the house having uneven stone...