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So even if I go to the effort of removing all the paint it'll be pointless? I may aswell just sand it and prime then paint. To be honest that's the outcome I was hoping for.

Hi all. In my kitchen I've got white ceramic tiles that have been painted red. The paintwork is rubbish, peels off in places. My question is, do I need to strip all the paint off each tile before I prime them, or will I get away with using an electric sander and then cleaning and priming? Thanks.

I'll give it a go mate and get back to you. Cheers.

How would I test this? I've got 2 'BGMVSP-2' valves, I've flicked the switches on the front and they roll back in to position, but I may be looking at the wrong thing, but then again I'm not a plumber I'm a sparky . :?

Hi all, My back boiler keeps ticking over for a couple of minutes and then lighting, even though the timeclock has no program set up for that time. I've taken the timeclock off the wall and it still does it, so there is no short inside the timeclock. Any ideas from anyone about what to try...

I'll have to look again when I go round there later.

The shower is 8.5kw. As you say it's notifiable work, does the NIC come under the Competent Persons Scheme? So if my boss did supervise the work, it would be ok? Test equipment I do have, I have access to an RCD tester, Loop Tester and a Megger. The shower RCD unit was there for me to come...

Hi all. I'm an apprentice electrician coming to the end of my term, so I'm not just a cowboy DIY'er. I'm installing an electric shower next bank holiday weekend at my mum's house, and I just want to make a checklist of everything I need so that I don't have to nip off anywhere. This is what I've...

That's the mistake I made, not taking note. I've got the yellow, blue and red from the other switch going up the wall in the trunking and into the ceiling, and a red and black going up the trunking too. Then I've got my brown coming through the wall. And yeah it is a 2 way push on/off dimmer.

Just a problem I've got at the minute. The lighting circuit in the front room is 2 way, both ends are a standard light switch. I've replaced one end with a dimmer switch (blue, yellow and red cables), and put in a new 2 way light switch the other end (lots of cables this end, the blue, yellow...

Ok cheers, I'll do that tomorrow when I can see what I'm doing.

Say I took the outside light to the switch and into the live like you say, surely the outside light would just work on the switch? I need a permanent live don't I, as the outside light has a movement sensor?

Hi all, I've got a problem wiring an outside light from my downstairs toilet. I've only got 1 set of cables in the toilet light, would this suggest that when it was installed that it was wired from the switch to the light, rather than from the light to the switch? If so, is it possible to take...