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Yes, quite like a diagram of a UK 2-way switch: I have many sockets/outlets in the apartment. The table shows how some of them measure.

Thanks, hadn't heard that term before. A quick google suggests it still requires the same common wire between the switches as a UK 2-way, though...

I mean that a two-way switch requires three wires, and my two switches only have two wires coming in to them. Depending on the position of one switch, the other either can or can't operate the light.

Just moved into a property in France. The electrical installation came with a certificate that all was in order. So far, I have discovered the following: 1. A light circuit is wired 2-way when it should be three-way – the third wire between the light switches is missing (so not easy to...

Sorry, meant to say bog - a raised mire peat bog, hence high water table, but interestingly not prone to flooding, just more challenging to put standard foundations in.

I'm going back down there during the weekend so will have a look. It's a bit of a squeeze so one almost needs to be a contortionist!

The survey didn't comment - they never opened this hatch (it is rather well concealed in the floor of the cloakroom). We are neither in a radon area, nor on a hillside. We are, however, on the edge of a moss and I believe for this reason all houses in the area are built on rafts. We have air...

We moved in to a house earlier this year. It was built in the early 1950s and I am told it has a raft foundation. The other day, I opened the access hatch to the crawl space underneath our suspended timber floor for the first time to take a look. Upon opening the hatch, there was a distinct...

Raft foundation, mostly dry with pipe insulation hanging down

Raft foundation, mostly dry but wet near the walls

1950s semi raft foundation