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    How to use ladder for roof access

    Just a quick update - all went well. I used two planks to spread the weight of the ladder (and yours truly) - one underneath the ladder, and one braced up against the vertical upright of the window frame; both planks supported by thick dustsheets at each end to spread the load further and to...
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    How to use ladder for roof access

    Thanks for thoughts, folks. Very helpful. I'll take them all on board. I've dug out 2x photos showing the timber aperture construction, which should clarify things. Thanks again.
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    How to use ladder for roof access

    So I need to get at a downpipe that has come loose from a dormer bedroom extension. However, the ladder would need to be placed on a gently sloping roof over a kitchen extension. I'm thinking of siting a telescopic ladder in the 'trough' created by the Velux window (see blue arrow in photo.)...
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    Fitting a blanking plate

    Heh. Yeah, I know. I've run a voltage detector over and around the socket with all the power in the house turned back on, and it's not detecting any voltage, so I'm leaving as-is. There's a blanking plate there now, and a new radiator is going in front of it, so if there's any work to be done...
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    Fitting a blanking plate

    OK then. Good stuff. So either: a) take the earth wire out of the choc box, sleeve it, and connect it to a screw on the metal back box instead (there is no screw yet - the box is old) or b) sleeve the earth that I've got running into the choc box, run another earth wire (tail) out from the...
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    Fitting a blanking plate

    Thanks folks. I did test the socket (by plugging in a hoover) and it didn't turn on. So I'm assuming it isn't live. (I did however cut all power before fiddling with the wires.) What's the best way of sleeving the earth wire? If you can see, it just comes bare out of the main cable (without...
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    Fitting a blanking plate

    Holy thread resurrection I know, but I now find myself in the same position as the original poster. I've discovered an old electrical socket behind a removed radiator. It didn't appear to be live, but I'm taking no chances and blanking it off. I've screwed wires down in a terminal block, taped...
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