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Right, I have sucess!!! Mind you, it took an electrician an hour to sort it so I don't feel so stupid! Breezer, you were right with the wiring in the switches - thank you very much. It was an incorrectly labelled black/ live wire which was causing the problem. The red sleeving had obviously come...

Thanks for your concern. I am not totally inexperienced, having run all the wiring for a 10 bedroomed country house from scratch. It's the diagnostic side I am not good at. I also isolate the circuits I am working on. I have no wish to go bang!

I hadn't established anything... too scared to start fiddling around with meters plus I don't know what I'm doing! I'll try disconnecting everything and trying to establish what's what as per your explanation, as it's going to take a sparks about 10 days to get to me :-( Thank you everyone...

Thanks for all your help.... unfortunately it hasn't worked. I've tried every combination possible and am having to resort to calling someone out. I will however stand and peer over his shoulder to see what the answer is and post it in case anyone else has this problem!

Thank you! Will try it tomorrow and report back! Fingers crossed! Rachel

There are two 2 gang switches, one at either end. The first has two black/red and one 2 way cables and the second has one black/red and one 2 way cable. Maybe the second switch does not need to be 2 gang?

So no-one has any ideas? Any help would be really appreciated

I have never seen the lights working - the house had been empty for a year when we bought it so I don't know exactly how the switching worked. You are right about the layout of the the lights I think ie a pair and a single. Rachel

Please help! I have just bought a new house and am struggling with the kitchen lights. I have three lights, 2 at one end of the kitchen and one at the other end. There are two 2 gang switches to control these but I have taken them off and can't put them back together and get them to work. At the...