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Hi Guys, Sorry for what I'm sure is a very simple question. I have sky multiroom and am looking to set up this to be distributed to other tele's in the house. If I plug the magic eye directly into the sky box, there is power the the Magic Eye, and the red light is showing. If...

Hi all We are in the process of having our patio renovated and in doing so, will be putting in a retaining wall the thickness of a brick (see pic) which we though about using as a planter. //www.diynot.com/network/jaypay/albums/ The question i have just been thinking is can...

Hi, House was rewired two years ago and the electricion put a sepperate feed on the CU for power to a shed I was going to put in down the bottom of the garden. There is a junction box on the side of the house which is to connect the cable to take the power to the shed. I'm looking to have a...

Hi, I have an old house which originally had the cast iron guttering, and soil stacks, lead pipes etc. When the house was replumed, the plumber replace the toilet stack with a new pvc one. He basically cut the origional (which went into the drain) about 4 inchs from the ground, and then...

Hi guys, A very strange lighting question that hopefully has a fairly simple solution. I've recently changed the light in the hallway to the below http://www.bhs.co.uk/mall/productpage.cfm/bhsstore/976876 It is controlled by two, 2 way rocker switches. As you can see - It has 20, G4...

Hi all.. I've recently had whole house rewired (bought a probate sale) and also got the electrician to run points for sky in each room. They have put a distribution amp in the loft (which i know is wrong - it's a "Select 6 way areial amp ) as it's just for TV. I will need to get one...

Hi Guys, Recently had house re-wired and current situation is that in two rooms, I have 3 cables coming out of the wall for sky. Not the prettiest, but the builders walked out on the job so thats how it was left. Anyway, two of the cables are connected to the sky HD box, with one of them...

Hi guys, Bit of a strange one (for me) but sure its quiet straight forward. Have just replace living room bog stadard rose for a light fitting and at the same time changed the swithes. It's a 3 gang swith, One for the main light and two for two pairs of wall lights. As far as I can tell...

Hi, I wonder if anyone can shed some light on a 'potential' problem that I have. Recently had new central heating installed and had lots of problems with the plumber, but that's a side point. I wanted to check whether I have a problem with the new boiler, or whether it has been installed...

Hi, Have just bought a new light and wanted to check my thinking is right on the wiring. Currently it has a normal ceiling rose set up, and the new light is indepentant so have to remove the rose etc. Is the below the correct set up i should use. The light does have terminal blocks in...

Hi, Quick, and hopefully very simple question. Have recently had house rewired and electricion put white plastic lights sockets and light swithes on. Have just bought metal ones to replace and wanted to check my understanding before going ahaend. Currently, the light switch has a...

HI, Strange thing happened to my boiler and wondered if anyone know what it meant. I think i had a air lock in an upstairs rad, so looked on net and done what it told me to do. (all others off, and just run system with that rad open and it should clear). I think it has, but not sure if its...