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To be fair, I was thinking more along the lines of people chiseling out the channel to remove it before removing cables - say, if they wanted to continue a connection from that specific area or something :) But regardless, I got some oval upvc conduit yesterday so I'm all good!

Yep, absolutely the better option my case for sure. Thanks!

Wow! okay so it's just the photos that make them look thick. Sounds like I can get some of those instead then! Thank you.

I did see that was a suggestion a while back, my only issue was that it seemed much "thicker" than the steel channels; For example this one: https://www.screwfix.com/p/deta-tte-oval-upvc-white-conduit-16mm-x-2m/145vt I feel like the depth of the chase would need to be at least twice that of...

Thanks! And yeah I didn't know channels weren't required until I had already bought them and chased out the walls ‍♂️ so now I'm committed! Plus, I guess if the next owners end up needing to move/change things it should make it a bit easier to get the cables out cleanly I guess! So gripfill...

Apologies if this is in the wrong area, I do think it's at least partially relevant though. This sort of channel is what I'm talking about: https://www.screwfix.com/p/deta-tte-25mm-galvanised-steel-channel-2m/245vt Normally, I imagine one would use galvanized nails to affix the channel into...

Thank you everyone for the advice, especially helpful was the diagram labelling the new terminals to match the old. Also a huge thanks to terryplumb who kindly spent an hour on the phone with me troubleshooting (we've found there's something wrong with my earth wire(s) which means I still need...

Wow, thank you for taking the time and all the detail; I've actually had an offer from terry here to call up and help this evening to do this testing so fingers crossed more answers will surface...

Hi, at work currently but I do have a photo of the 2nd switch. The 2 way that I'm having trouble with is the switch that is 2nd from left:

Ah sorry! I just saw the "SPD MCB" label on the unit and assumed that was the only "MCB", oops! Also worth mentioning, the tripping that happened earlier - happened when I tried to switch the light on from the 2nd switch (one I haven't touched at all)

Okay, just to reiterate - MCB didn't trip at all, only the lights fuse + RCD. Apologies if that's the same or whatever, just wanted to clarify as I don't know what any of this means :) Any advice on how one would go about doing testing and is my equipment sufficient? Sorry - I'm obviously out...

Hi Terry, The fuse for the downstairs lights tripped, along with the RCD, here's a photo: Yes both cables (should) be part of the same circuit. When I would turn off the fuse for lights, neither switch would work. As for electrical testing equipment, I have one of these though I don't know...

The problem is that I don't know where the un-plugged gray cable is supposed to go. I also didn't know which was going to be the new "COM" terminal until the other poster kindly labelled my photo. Also, turns out I didn't re-wire correctly in my last photo! It kept tripping out, I had to swap...

Wow, thank you for labelling! So, assuming I need one of the switches to control one light that isn't controlled elsewhere, while another to control a light in 2-way; how should I wire everything up please if you don't mind? Thanks for all the help so far!

Understood, I've edited the post with imbedded photos :)

Hi, I'm not sure what you are referring to - there's 6 links to pictures in the post?

I finally got around to replacing an old light switch, but I'm stuck because there are 4 wires instead of the expected 3. The wire colors also don't match either the old or new standards (to me). I would appreciate some guidance. So, being as my electric experience so far has been simply...