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Thanks, ColJack. The switch is indeed by the back door. The other end (on the outside) is covered with tape and put in waterproof box. Hence, the site manager giving me the impression it would be an easy enough job to connect up my own light.

Hi Adam, Unfortunately I am unable to get to the other end of the cable as it's a a new build house and everything's just pre-wired in. You could well be right about Black, Grey and Brown. There were definitely three different colours and just the one bare wire (which I assume is Earth)...

I've moved to a new build property and the builders have handily put in a switch and run some electric cable out externally above the patio doors so that I can install my own external light. I've got an external PIR light to connect and the instructions that came with it tell you the obvious...

D'oh! I should have done that!

Cheers for the advice. Appreciate it.

I stupidly took a casual approach to cutting the opening for the letter plate aperture and only when it was too late did I realise that the bolts to hold the letter plate in place are held at a stupidly close line to the aperture. The bolts basically go through the opening I've cut in the door...

masona - thanks for the terminology. Should help a lot. chappers - It's got a turning somewhere, although it's a typical (from what I know) Victorian set up, with the stairs going up to one level with a couple of rooms straight ahead and, if you do a u-turn, then three more steps up to...

I've found a picture of the kind of thing I'm looking for. Now all I need is for someone to tell me where I get the 'return treads'. Help!

I thought about that but it won't work for the following reasons: 1. the hallway is quite narrow and sticking another string on the outside would make it seem even narrower 2. the string wouldn't be flush with the spindles so the inside of any other string I put on would look odd (i.e. it...

Chappers, you are bang on. Here are some pictures: Square on view: Slightly angled: Angled from top:

Hi all. New to this board so please be gentle, especially if I've used the wrong terms without realising. I've started renovating a staircase in a Victorian house (took the panelling off, put in spindles) and I'm struggling to complete it. Basicalling I have an outer string which is open...