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Hi all, Could anyone give me an approximate figure on how much it would cost to get an electrician to do a total rewire on a 1960's 3 bed semi detached in Manchester? Also how much damage is caused during a rewire to decor etc Many thanks

Many many thanks Kendor for the clear, exact and jargon free! instructions. I am planning on doing this tomorrow, so will let you know how I get on! I know not to use that electrician again!!! .... If you want a job doing properly, do it yourself (with a bit, OK a lot, of help from these...

OK. Now I am even more confused! Two wires coming into the loft from outside. Out of one of them comes a black wire into one of the terminals in the pull switch. Out of the other wire a red wire going into one of the terminals in the switch. Then the third terminal in the switch, the one...

I'm sorry, will take another trip up into the loft and work out what wires go where, will post again after my little adventure! Cheers

Hi, Thanks for your reply. Inside the pull switch there are 3 terminals In 1 terminal there is a black wire In 2nd terminal a red wire In 3rd terminal another red wire. Is this enough info? Thanks BTW- I have one of those screwdrivers with a bulb inside. When I touch either of...

Hi all, Please help! I have a security light at the front of the house that has not been working for some time. So I finally got round to replacing it. I went and bought a new one, up the ladder and replaced the old one. There are 2 lots of wires going into the light coated in white. Out of...

OK thanks for your advice. This is way our of my league I think, better get a pro in! And here's me thinking it would be a cheap straight forward job! Cheers.

Yes I think the previous owner fitted the porch light themselves. I've recently had an electrician in doing some work on the lights downstairs and he said everything was fine apart from the problem he was actually here to fix of course! (He didnt look at the porch light) No, there is no...

Hi thanks for your posts Breezer thanks for the links to the drawings, I'll come to these in a minute. Plugwash - I thought dodgy wiring too, I am not very well up on electrics so I am not sure what you mean by in conduit or not in conduit - I thought I would be able to do this from...

Hi, I am trying to install 2 lantern type lights outside of my porch. I am planning on running this from a light inside the porch. When I looked at the wiring going to the porch light I got confused! This is what I have: 2 red wires coming from my hall light to the porch light A red...