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Thank you for the responses. OK great so the two wires going into the dead end block are permanent live and should go into the live terminal on the new rose. The horrific looking painted one is an earth and should go into the earth block. Hope I’ve understood that correctly

Hi al Hopefully a relatively easy one Can someone help me understand what to do with the extra wires here? I can see that red and blue need to go into the new rose as like for like but those additional wires going into nothing I’m unsure about. First pic is wires coming out of ceiling on a...

Sorry, rendering a breeze block seating area in the garden QQ is quick question Was planning on using 4:1 plastering sand to cement for scratch and then 5;1 for top coat

hi all We're doing some rendering tomorrow - first time but quietly confident I have a QQ, I'm planning on using 4:1 for scratch coat and 5:1 for top coat Do I use a waterpoofer and plasticiser? Or just one? Reason I ask is I have lots of plasticiser left from some cement I had to knock up...

Yep that does say loop...! Thanks guys

Thanks Do you mean these things...

Nothing else supplied - besides from this diagram etc Really appreciate your help Will give it a go and if I live to tell the tale I will post the pic!

Thanks - sorry probably is brown ... colour blind! So I just take off those two wires in the 'loop' section and put the new ones into it and earth into the gold screw on the left? Thanks again

Looks a bit basic...? haha Would've thought there was something that needed screwing into

Thanks for the reply ! This is the new fitting

hi all I'm hoping to change a light fitting today The current ceiling rose looks like this However the new light fitting has just three wires to connect to (red, blue, green). Any ideas?! Thanks

Starting to see blistering now and also what looks like fine wood shavings appearing in patches. Very odd

Worst case what's the fix? Sand back? Mist coat? Re-paint wall...?

Thanks. It was a dulux matt paint, that's all I know of it. Do you think it'll sort itself then?

we have re-painted our entire kitchen in rustoleum satin wood paint. no need to sand down prior just slap on.

hi there we had a door filled in last week and plastered over. i don't think the plaster was fully dry, and although the rest of the room has now dried with the new paint the section of door that has had the new plaster now looks like this; The outside of this wall has only been breezed...

Thanks. I don't believe any of it is glued. Should it be? Looks like all those horrible nails are on the joists. Current stuff isn't T&G. Is that why it's creaking?

Carpeting after with a nice thick underlay! Thanks for help

which leads on to my next question John...i'm a little put off by chipboard because the current stuff sounds really naff (hollow) and it creaks like hell. granted the current stuff isnt T&G...but i've been looking at 18mm ply T&G. Is your T&G chipboard OK/creak free etc.?

great advice guys thank you. i'm going to go with the hole saw and then grind the top of the ******* nails off. The nails are so low in the chipboard it's hard to get anything underneath them at all. Once that's all up i'll buy some user friendly nails to install the replacement plywood!!