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twgas Oops! :oops: The first line should of course have read ' My son and I let out.....'. I remembered to use the spell check, forgot to use the 'sense check'! Thanks to evryone who took the trouble to reply.

Kirkgas If I was a plumber I probably wouldn't be asking questions like this on a DIY site! At the risk of being pedantic I did not actually state that I could not fix it. I don't have a problem paying the 'going rate'; I just needed some guidance on what the 'going rate' was. Like...

My son and let out a flat, which is managed by a local estate agent. We had a call to say that the bathroom sink hot tap 'wasn't working'; I went to have a look to see what that meant and found that the tap could :? be turned very slightly but only by applying A LOT of effort and then just a...

Thanks to everyone who replied. I now know what to do and have also acquired a multimeter.

Space cat Thanks for the technical info. - I think I understand the gist. I'm doing this job for my brother; his house is probably late 60s - the lighting circuit is not earthed! Is this VERY bad?? Should I advise him to have it rewired? I think the light is part of a 2-way setup -...

There are only 2 wires coming through the ceiling from the loft, one red and one black. A mains tester screwdriver touching the red wire lit up when the light switch was on, as you would expect. However when the switch was off, the tester light still glowed but not as bright. Does this mean...