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I fitted a double pole switch for the outside light and it works fine, with L1 and L2 connected (and N1 and N2 left unconnected). Problem is, the neon indicator light on the switch doesn't switch on when the switch is on. Is this because the N1 and N2 terminals are not connected? I know this...

I have a 5ft shed in the garden that has a roofing felt. The fold along one side has a line going down the fold where the fold is. Water is getting in though this crack line and I was thinking of painting over the crack with bostik roof repair compound, which I already have at home. Is there...

I have a hole in my soffit as shown in the photo. The soffit looks to be made of chip board as the bit that fell off is also shown. There are a couple of small birds inside the loft and they have made this hole from a smaller hole! What is the easiest way to cover this hole? Thanks

I bought a new PIR floodlight, which has L, N and E connections. My existing floodlight is an old one which can work as permanent light, or as PIR and so it had 4 cables and not 3. This is the old wiring. I tried with the SL isolated and with the PL isolated and with both SL and PL connected...

I had a leak in the bathroom through the ceiling and onto the wall. I want to paint over it when it is fully dry. I am selling the property so want to paint over the stains. The wall and ceiling is actually concrete! Can anyone recommend a cheap but good stain blocker please? Thanks

I have done this before but I can't remember the answer as my memory is poor. Please can someone remind me here? I have changed the extractor fan that has a timer at a property before with one that does not have a timer. There is a permament live and switched-live wire for the old fan but the...

I am interested in buying a ladder that can reach my roof, which is 5.2m to the gutter, so really I think I need a ladder that is 7m when extended fully. I went to see a ladder on sale on gumtree, it looks like the one in this is a photo. Each section is 3.5m Anyone used this sort of ladder...

I am looking to check if the leak into my bathroom is from the cold water tank. I think it is as when I empty the tank, the leak stops and when I fill the tank, the leak starts again. I want to pour die water into the tank and see if the water that comes out of the leak is also coloured as a...

I have this cement boarding around the cupboard where my cold water tank is situated. It is a flat and the cupboard is where the service riser comes through the building. Can you tell from the pictures if it is likely to be cement board with asbestos? It has a sort of sparkly specs in it and...

My dad's boiler has low pressure so I tried to increase the pressure but as soon as I turn the filling loop valve, it leaks! I think the valve is faulty as the plastic valve handle is already half broke. He lives in a housing association so I will ask them to send a gas engineer round to fix...

On one side of a cabinet is this valve, pictured, which looks like an isolation valve ( /elbow) and the other side is the pipe connecting to it, which then leads to the gas fire. There is gas supply to the fire so if this is the isolation valve, it is in the open position. I can't work out...

I have an old FeF 16NV gas fire, which I would like to shut off. The picture shown shows two isolation points for the gas supply. I have looked at the supply pipe and it leads to the pipe labelled 2 in the picture. This then has a perdendicular pipe feeding the fire burner, labelled 1 in the...

I have old light switches at the top and bottom of my stairs and I want to change them to new ones. I have found this is the wiring set up for them at the moment. Downstairs switch is labelled like this Top row connectors A (COM) - red B (1 WAY) - yellow B (2 WAY) - blue Bottom row...

I got a new roof at the front part and I have noticed that some of the tiles are raised compared to the others so you can see a little gap under them. Is this normal or is this standard and nothing to worry about? Here is a photo, where I have shown the raised tiles in red. Thanks in advance...

I have a fluorescent light in the kitchen that I want to convert into a standard candescent light. Looking at wiring diagram below, there is only a live and neutral cable that feed the fluorescent ballast and bulb. Can I disconnect the fluorescent fitting and wire up the new candescent bulb...

I found that the downstairs hall light would not turn on yesterday when I turn the switch in the downstairs hall on. However, when I went upstairs and turned the switch up there, which also control the light in the downastairs hallway, the light works. Then the switch downstairs started to...

We are looking to get a new roof next year and when we got roofers round to get a quote, one company said that it would be cheaper and more efficient to reduce the chimney stack and bring it below the tiles, that is knock off the chimney stack until it is only high enough to be in the loft...

Does a door to a combi boiler cupboard need to have vent slats? The current door have one at the top and one at the bottom but this was there when the old boiler was there, which was a conventional gas boiler with a hot water tank. The existing boiler is a combi boiler and I am looking to...

I have a gainsborough electric shower that was working until this morning when the flow rate on the cold seems fine but when I turn the switch to hot on the shower, very little water comes out, although the little bit of water that does come out does get hot. Any ideas what the problem is? Is...

I have an old hoover washing machine which has started to leak at the front, just under the bottom. There doesn't seem to be a leak at the back of the machine and the leak is isolated to the front. I have checked that there is no leak at the waste pipe as it is a freestanding one, where you...