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    New light switch

    U want perm in com...
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    New boiler recommendations...

    Thanks..l will get the installer to look at this n see what they say. Thanks again...
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    New boiler recommendations...

    With help from you guys, managed to keep boiler working for as long as possible but now it's had it I'm getting a new one... Can people possibly point me in the right direction for your recommended boilers for the following situation, so i can narrow my search down before getting an installer...
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    Mk Grid Switches...

    Thanks for the replys... Will sink a normal teal back box... See how it goes.., only a single anyway. Thanks.
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    Mk Grid Switches...

    cheers... good stuff.
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    Mk Grid Switches...

    Can anyone confirm, need to put in a 2 gang grid switch, can the white plates and grid frames attack to regular metal back boxes, or do they need to go on the grid system back boxes? cheers
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    Help please loft light only works with bathroom light on

    The cable with the brown sheath is not likely to be a neutral, it is probably a swiitched live for the bathroom.... Usea multimeter to confirm.
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    Potterton Puma 80e - pressure and power problems

    Dunno if it helps, but mine did this... Checked the expansion vessel and it needed represurising with a bike pump..l
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    Combi boiler wireless thermostat problems

    The wireless thermostat needs to be 'paired' with the receiver in order for them to communicate... You should have instructions to guide you through this process, if not google is your friend! The receiver is likely to be wired to your boiler as a separate small box.... Will likely have the...
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    Stone stoop on pavement, who's responsibility?

    No idea who ima is!! I'm only a young pup lol... Think it's past the 1 years warranty now for returns ;)
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    Stone stoop on pavement, who's responsibility?

    Haha... Possibly...
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    Stone stoop on pavement, who's responsibility?

    In Preston.... Northwest... Can't call until Monday... Ob will do then... but if someone knew if deff be ours 100 percent I'd end up trying to get it done tomorrow... Don't have any free weekends til Xmas you see... And if I did sort it tomorrow, the council may then cause problems if it...
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    Stone stoop on pavement, who's responsibility?

    Bit of a longish one... Moved into a terraced month ago, directly outside the front door is a large Yorkshire stone stoop, with a 6 inch circular grate in it to allow 'flood' water to go into our cellar... The stone is cracked in half, badly repaired by previous owner...and noticed...
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    Should my lights be earthed?

    Did the rcd only trip when you put up this new light? Sounds like it may be faulty, with the light disconnected, you can then test the fitting, neutral to earth.... If there is leakage it wud cause it to trip.... Doing its job!!
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    Consumer Unit Wiring Question

    Too many variables not known to advise. Cable calculations required for volt drop etc.. Wat type of cable is to be used, Distance from where it's weirded from and to, how the cable is run, buried, clipped direct etc? Ambient temperature, are you on rewire able fuses? Ambient temperature...
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    2 lights, one spur, only one light working

    Sorry, ffirst picture, iPad wasn't showin other at the time. From your recent pic, the blue wire in the 2gang switch is not a neutral, it's a switched live. The live is going from the light (but not into the light) to the switch and back and powering the light.... To allow the electricnto...
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    wiring a 3 gang light switch with 2 way switching.

    Bit hard to read, try to put in paragraphs.... Maybe draw a pic in paint? How many cables come into switch? Do you have a cable that has 3 wires, not including the earth? , eg red yellow blue, or brown black grey? Just seeing how your 2way is wired. For other switchs it sounds like...
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    2 lights, one spur, only one light working

    What you have drawn at the first switch, the blue wire is not a neutral, it's a switched live, it's just not been marked up with sleeping or brown tape.
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    Faulty shocking plastic switches

    Possibly a poor quality of plastic, or something foreign getting into the mix... We noticed upon a fault find one time that the plastic on some connector blocks were conducting slightly. Guessing a similar problem.
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    Design software for wet plumbing

    My ex was an architect, for quick pre-autocad designs she used a program called revit... Not sure if that will help.
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