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I'm tiling into a corner in my bathroom where the wall is tapered from top to bottom by over an inch - i.e. - there will be an inch more tile at the bottom than at half way up the wall. What is the best way to tackle this problem so it doesn't look a mess? Would you advise (i) doing 90...

Guys - crazed DIYer who had my house before put a plug on some 2.5 mm t&e and plugged it in above boards then ran it under the floor to the security light. I want to get rid of this, free up the single bedroom socket and run a permanent cable under the floor to a fused switch then into...

Spotted something else in the loft (lighting circuit) that I'm not sure about whether it is safe. I presume it is part of the original installation. Please advise if I need to replace with something beefier. Bog standard brown 4 terminal junction box but has 7 1mm 2 core (or there...

I need to run 2.5 mm t&e under some new plaster (vertically) and have bought the nail over type of conduit with a flange at each side (i.e. - the stuff with the cross section that looks like a stew bowl). Is this type of conduit OK and to regs for under plaster?

... guys - as I'm going to be doing a lot of work on the upstairs lights circuit as per plugwash's reco' I was going to "semi permenantly" wire a simple lighting rose up in the loft with 1.0 mm lighting cable to a plug (with 3 amp fuse) and plu it in my loft socket for use when I have the...

OK electrics genius's - I have another safety poser for you as my electrics on the job education continues. I'm trying to do everything I do myself by the book rather than bodge so please advise. I've taken a socket from the ring into the loft from the bathroom as there was a supply to the...

For a lighting circuit without an earth (i.e. - without rewire), will the circuit breaker (is it an RCB or an MCB or something - you'll have to excuse my lack of knowledge!) on the consumer unit trip out if a person came into contact with a live/ switched live on the lighting circuit or would it...

As insoector says I can't tap into the socket earth circuit for the lighting as against regs, I was considering doing this myself but unsure how much work is involved in getting the earth up to the lighting circuit before I start rewiring. Presumably I'll have to start at the consumer unit...

I gather from the forum that my house is not unique in it having no earth on the lighting circuit. If everything is working ok do I need to bother rewiring - how unsafe is it leaving the lighting circuit as is? What sort of cost are you looking at to rewire a medium sized 3 bed semi with...

I\\\'ve come across something weird and wondered if any of you guys could give me a bit of advice. Recently rewired some lighting upstairs as found there was no earth circuit for it. As no power in loft until I finished (upstairs lights isolated), I wired all new junctions up carefully and...