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Forgot to say - we did also reearth it all just to be sure. It was not earthed before.

Hi, in answer to your questions: 1) Yes, we shortend the length of the pipe so the board no longer rests on the top of it, but is on one of the horizontal beams instead. The wire is now fere and has no pressure on it against bare metal. 2) I know we are very lucky!

Mystery Solved: For anyone wondering, there was a pipe (conduit?) sticking up through the loft floor that contained the switch wire to the toilet below. This was being rested on by a floorboard in the loft which over the course of several years wore though the protective wire coats and bared...

Ok, thanks. Will try that too.

Thanks Adam and all, will give that a try at the weekend and let you all know if I get anywhere!

Pretty much none of the cable can be accessed because of wall tiling. We do have a few woodlouse wandering around upstairs so I guess they could have caused some damage?

No absolutely nothing, not since we moved in 3 years ago. It's a wall switch.

Live and neutral come in to the ceiling and are looped into bathroom for the next light at the end of the circuit (the problem is in the toilet). From the live, a lead goes to the toilet lightswitch and returns to the ceiling to feed live to the light with the second connection from the neutral...

The wiring is in perfectly good condition and correct.

Hi everyone, First post on the forum and am really hoping someone will be able to help me. I've been living in my house for 3 years and have had no electrical problems. Then, all of a sudden yesterday, the upstairs toilet light wouldn't switch off, all the other upstairs lights are fine. I...