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Just want to thank everyone here for your help earlier in the year. Managed to get around to sorting this now the evenings are a little lighter. Turns out who ever fitted the back box for a single light switch, used a double backbox and mounted it vertically! Had to hammer out the wall and...

Yep, I'm 100% confident I get it (now)... Now I've packed everything away and looked at it over a cup of tea. Typical. Really appreciate the help and patience from everyone (and teaching me)

Sunray, I'll admit it did initially confuse me, but even after the edits (thank you), the limit for me comes from not understanding the labeling on the new switch. For the back box, this house is 1930s and it looks like the previous owner had already upgraded the switch but the screws nowhere...

Thanks for that. I'm going to get an electrician to do it for me I think. I know my limits and glad I checked with you before drilling out the new back box. The Earth wasn't even attached, so at least it's safer now than it was.

Hi All, I'm trying to replace a light switch on the stairs. 1 switch does downstairs, the other upstairs. I'm confused by the labelling on the new BG switch (L22, L21, L12, L11), and the enclosed slip doesn't even mention them specifically (just L1, L2). How would I match the existing labels...