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Thanks everyone for helping. Light now successfully installed and working. :D

the earth cable coming down from the ceiling with a green plastic sleeve has 2 wires inside it. that's what i meant by earth with 2 cores. it's seperate from the black wires nearby.

thanks, was hoping you would say that. yes, it requires earth and there is indeed an earth cable coming out of the ceiling so that's no problem. can i just check - the earth cable contains 2 cores, it's ok to connect both cores to the earth terminal of the light fitting isn't it?

the lamps are GU10 halogen ones.

Hi, hope you can help. I took down an old ceiling light so that the ceiling could be replastered. A week later, on going to put up a new light, i've realised the old light fitting was just connected to two black wires from the internal wiring. So how do i know which one is live and which one...

Thanks for the advice everyone. It's all sorted now and done.

Hi all, hope you can help. I'm fitting a new light switch (metal with 3 switches). There a two 3-core cables coming into the back box, so there are two earth cores (one from each cable). One of the earth cores has snapped - I tried to extend it with a bit of new earth core and a connector block...

Thanks for the replies so far. to breezer: I did install a brand new extension cable when i replaced the socket. None of the old wiring / sockets now exists, yet the problem re-occured. to bernardgreen: the phone works fine at all times from the BT test socket, so the external wiring must be...

Hi, hope someone here can help. Recently my phone stopped working properly (not ringing continuously when someone calls) and my broadband kept dropping out. It deteriorated until the line was totally dead (no dial tone). Suspecting it was due to the old extension socket, i fitted a new one and...

Thanks for all the advice everyone.

Apparently, the rendering is a 'Tyrolean finish' or so i was told today.

thanks. so what's the best way to infill it to leave a surface that matches the surrounding rendering? (a bobbly / lumpy appearance)

Hi all. My house has a crack in the rendering on the front of the house between the door and bedroom window. (The area either side of the crack has now been hacked away and the underlying brick is fine). I want it repairing so that it will no longer be visible (after repainting). I asked a...