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Thanks very much for the quick reply. It was just an exercise in tidying what was there. I doubt long term whether I'd even use that point for a phone, let alone my router... If it's not going to be easily possible, I will just remove the whole lot..!!

Hello All, I've recently moved into a house where there is a fly-off extension from the main Phone point of the house. They had put an ADSL filter off the socket and then run 5 metre leads off these, through the skirting/wall and then terminated these in lose fly off connectors that were...

Hi Guys, thanks for the posts over the weekend. I think I am going to mock up the flashing / felt once the garden dries a little (whenever that may be...) and see if that helps and I am hoping to put down more of the Damp Proof Barrier when the garage is clear of my car and we have a few dry...

Thanks to the response guys. Yes I did think about the felt idea but myself (and my wife!) thought it might not look great at all! I might try and mock it up, pin it down and see how it looks... I'll try and get a couple of photos over the weekend. I agree that it is not ideal and I am pretty...

Good Morning All, I bought a new wooden garage (effectively a big shed!) before Christmas and it was fitted in late December. In order to have it fitted, I did a lot of digging out at the back of my house and had a concrete base poured. The work was done while I was away and...

I'll try and get a pic - the connections are as shown on the diagram though, just 'Live', 'Load' and '2-Way'.

Hi again, I tried with a friend to install the switch yesterday with no success... Timer Switch has a Live, Load and 2 Way connection. I have Live, Neutral and Earth from the Fuse Box and Live, Neutral and Earth out to the Boiler. I initally wired it as a 1 way switch so Live from fuse...

That is definitely the easiest solution, I was just a bit wary as I'd read somewhere not to do it? However, since moving in, the boiler's been on a low constant setting but I've had the power on and off many many times for other unrelated electrical jobs and it seems all OK?!

I've had the boiler serviced and like I say, the heating system is running very well. I will be changing all of the heating and plumbing at some point in the coming couple of years but for the moment I need money for other things...

Hi, sorry, could you elaborate on how to do that? Do you mean set a timer on the power to the boiler?

Hi, I have a Thorn Olympic Boiler in a house I have recently bought. It is quite old but it still seems capable of running the heating system very well. The problem is, the timer on the front does not work (it is seized and it looks like someone has tried to fix it behind and pulled out the...

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Linking the Neutrals together and switching just the lives and all is sorted. Cheers for the help!

I think this must be what I have. I will report back if I can sort it this afternoon - thanks very much to all for the advice. If I'm still stuck I'll try and take some pictures!

I'll try!

There is no other switch! I think that the old switch simply switched the two red live wires while the top socket worked as a connection point for the black wires. I'd just like to confirm if anyone else has experience of this...?

Hi all, First post on here although I've used the forum for some helpful tips in the past... I've searched through the threads but I cant find an answer to my particular issue... I have just bought a 1930s house and need to replace a couple of knackered light switches. They are the very...