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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...

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...

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...

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...