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    Advice for a total novice please. What would you recommend for a hedge over this wall?

    We bought this house last year, there's this planter over the wall between us and the neighbours. Previously they kept wildflowers etc but as you can see it's been neglected. All we want is something for a little privacy for our outdoor space (once it's finished) to chill with a beer on a...
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    New light fitting - Please tell me if its safe?

    Thanks for your input all, this makes sense. The light is high up on the ceiling so it’s never going to be touched. But for good practice I think a JB is the way forward. If I get that “hager/ashley J804” I’m assuming it’s fairly straight forward. Would I be correct in saying I put all the...
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    New light fitting - Please tell me if its safe?

    It can be accessed through the loft, but I wouldn’t say it’s easy to get to, hard to explain but basically it’s a very old house and it’s a pain to get up there. And yes, had a builder/joiner do some work last year which involved adding an additional light at the other end of the landing.
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    New light fitting - Please tell me if its safe?

    Fair enough thanks mate. Please could you tell me what type of junction box to get - ideally one that has a fairly simple layout so I can just copy the current rose like for like?
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    New light fitting - Please tell me if its safe?

    Yeah - trouble is I don’t know how to do that . I know this isn’t ideal, but could it be dangerous is my question ☺️
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    New light fitting - Please tell me if its safe?

    Yes both metal…
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    New light fitting - Please tell me if its safe?

    Hi All, DIYer here, no real knowledge as an electrician. Was just trying to fit a new light in my landing and I am doing so on the rose that has a lot of wires coming from it. Rather than taking the rose off and trying to wire up a new light with a junction box myself (as this would probably...
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