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Yeah, the 4th connector on the PIR is SL not L1 But the way the cabling is set up the SL isn't/can't be used as just a L/N/E cable is coming from the PIR and meeting the live feed and light cabling in the junction box I'm thinking I need to feed the live feed and the light cabling to the...

Hi folks - any advice much appreciated! Trying to get to grips with electrics put in before I moved into my house! I have a single PIR on front of my garage, connected to two lights, working off a switch inside the garage, which has its own fuse box. Tried to replace them all as they...

Hi folks, The black 'blob' in the diagram is a junction box - kind of. At least that's where the four cables converge and are wrapped in electrical tape. I think it may actually just be connectors rather than a junction box. From the 'blob' there's three cables. One to a light, another...

Feck, thought you might say that! Wiring has been a bit ropey in this house. Traced a cable in my house loft soon after getting here thinking I wonder where that goes. Answer, nowhere, live cable just lying around. Taped at the end right enough but still just a live cable with nowhere to...

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Thanks for the reply I've tried to upload an image - David Bailey I ain't. I've in fact uploaded a diagram of what seems to be happening: Live feed > connector covered in electrical tape > three cables coming out of this mess > one to light one, one to light two, one to the PIR. Don't...

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Hi folks Moved into my house a while back and the PIR/outside security lights were working OK. There are two lights and one PIR in between them. Then the PIR went so I've tried to replace it. Stupidly(!) I didn't check the wiring of the PIR I was removing, as I thought it would be a...

Made it in the end! Worked out that if I lifted a slab I'd have access from the other side of the house. Pushed the rods through and also found a huge wad of toilet paper which had been the blockage. Not sure if saving the cash was worth the blood, sweat and tears mind you. Thanks for the...

Oh FFS! Left the hose on for half an hour or so and the water is no longer sitting in the pipe, so hopeful the blockage has gone! Was also rodding the pipes from the other end. Last attempt, the final piece of the rod with the bit on the end came off - and by the looks of it it has come...

Thanks all It's a downstairs toilet - manhole in the drive is clear. Found where the pipe exits the house and was able to thread the rod through. Think the rod is about 2 or 3 feet short of the length of my house and while a tiny bit of debris came out, nothing major. So I reckon the...

Hi folks Any advice much appreciated. One of the two toilets in my house wasn't working properly - when flushing the water was either almost draining from the pan completely or backing up and not flushing the paper away at all. So, having worked out there's nothing wrong with the pan...

Shower before was a Mira power shower. I always think hard what my limitations are and thinking this one was maybe somewhere in the middle! So I've plumbed in to the hot and cold supplies which were there - and hot and cold are coming through fine. Tried to replicate the wiring - and not...

It's an aqualisa aquastream - thanks!

Hi folks Today I tried to install a power shower. It's an aqualisa shower with the pump built in. I was replacing a previous shower, which turned on/off via a pull chord, and replicated the wiring. Strange thing is no matter whether the 'box' the chord goes to says 'on' or 'off' the...

Thanks for the replies! Cantaloup 63. The radtiator came free from the wall when I took more plasterboard away than I thought I was going to. It has been capped at just one end so I think water should still be flowing into it. I have hot water again. Do I have to do something specific...

Hi folks Wonder if anyone can help/provide some advice please? I had a radiator problem today and now none of the radiators in my house are working. I'm re-doing my bathroom. I'm reasonably competent at DIY but not so great at plumbing. Plan was to dismantle the sink and toilet myself but...

Hi folks I have installed patio doors and am about to put in a patio. Normally I'd put in a step and then have the pation 150mm below the DPC as recommended. Trouble is my garden slopes down towards the house and I want to level the grass off. To do so, what I'd like to do is raise the...