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hello all Im working on a small Victorian Terrace with a Ground Floor Bay Window i recently bought. At some point in the past the Bressumer Beam was removed and upvc windows were installed and the beam was replaced with dry stacks of 2 x 4 resting on the windows (!). Ive rebuilt the internal...

Thanks - the N number is most useful. cheers

Hello im getting new windows in a single height bay window in a 1870 victorian terrace i assume the original windows would have been timber and built with a Bressumer beam to support the brickwork above them. thats all long gone and the existing upvc windows are held in by expanding foam and...

hello, its a suspended floor and yes fitted units including some floor peninsula units with a dishwasher and washing machine and i cant see or smell or feel any leaks at least at floor level.

i have that familiar dusty smell in the house and want to cure it. but i cant find the source. Its a small red brick terrace - cavity wall. Its had a repaired roof this year after some leaks via the chimney, and its got a full width extension on the back, put on in 2016 - four years before...

Thanks. I’ll pop them in, save a 15 mile round trip to the tip. Im maybe a little obsessed with the idea of water vapour at the moment!

Hello Is it ok to put off cuts of plasterboard as sound insulation behind hardie board which will be tanked on an internal stud bathroom wall? I’ve got 25mm jablite in there already. or will they soak up condensation and go mouldy etc… apologies for full question!

Just to say Terryplumb is an absolute diamond. All now sorted. Thanks again mate.

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Okay. I’m in the north west.

No but a voltage sensor confirms there is power in all the wires.

Three switches. The top floor one first as it had the loose wire. And has only five wires not the six I was expecting. can you help?

No because top floor switch stopped working. Due to a wire that had come loose. The ground floor single switch works fine. The first floor switch to the first floor landing works fine. The first floor switch to the 2nd floor landing and the 2nd floor switch to landing and upstairs bedroom are...

Correct. The landing light also controlled by a switch the next floor down. At the moment that switch doesn’t work either. Im thinking that I need to flip the wiring on this top floor switch i.e. change out the l1 and l2s Should I also flip the L wires? basically turn it into a mirror image...

I’ve attached one with the right hand wires update as per the earlier advice. As you can see there are five wires, not six

So that’s given me power to the landing light but not the pendant in the room. is there not an issue with having five wires not six? and believe me I’m two months in trying to book an electrician to do this!

Got it. Thank you.

That’s exactly why I’m here. So are you saying I should move the com to where I’ve got it in the left hand connection to the one you’ve marked on the right?