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I had a handyman type geezer come round to do some guttering jobs for me today, and I showed him the patio. He was gobsmacked at how bad it was. Uneven, wobbly, not straight, and the 'grouting' is like powder, and will not last one winter he reckons. He told me not to pay anymore and the...

No because the lights still did not work, so I thought it couldnt be a fuse problem. I didnt have a multimeter and all the fuses looked intact. (They are like normal plug fuses in plastic holders)

Thanks I will do that

I wont be paying anything cause I never ordered it!

TBH I know its a rubbish job, but I want it resolving. My initial post was to ask can I just tell them to bugger off, and get someone else in to do it again, or will I still have to pay for this mess?

The problem is solved... see earlier post.

That is my idea

Is it THAT bad? I was only fed up cause some of the slabs wobbled

Matey came over with his multimeter. Said fuse had blown, even though it looked Ok. He did real leccy job.... put in new terminal blocks and moved positioning of the wires so they dont come foull of th bulb again. Happy bunny now! Thanks for your advice guys.

I am just trying to see wether or not it is wired correctly. I will tidy it all up at the end! I think the burning was due to close proximity to bulb as you say.

The grouting seems to be very sandy and dry. I had a patio done in the back garden 3 years ago (but cant rem who I had done it) and the grouting was very wet, like cement. This is like semi wet sand. Ive just been out to the patio, and some of the loose slabs seem to be settled, but it...

No I got them off internet, and seemed ok at the early stages. I think they have taken on more work than they can ahndle and that is why they have taken so long. Im not paying them another penny until Im hapy with everything. Was hoping to part pay em off, just to get them out of my hair

I got a dodgy firm in to do some work for me in the garden. Cut some trees back. Put up some fencing (10 panels) and lay a patio. They quoted me £450 trees, £650 Patio and £1000 fencing, all 'cash'. I paid them £1000 up front. They have done the fencing, and all is well. They have...

Thanks for your offer. I have a bloke I know who is aircraft electrician coming round this afternoon, (Ive told him to bring his multimeter!) so he should be able to sort it out for me. Bloody electrics do my head in! Thanks for all your help, it really is appreciated. Im just...

swapped all the 5am fuses about, with no change to scenario. All was working fine until I took the old lighting off to carry out this 5 min job!

I dentifierd the switched live as the black wire with red sleeve. No multimeter.

Right guys , heres the situation. I now know what I said originally was incorrect. Apologies. After reading the post with the link to the diagram (thanks) I got wind of what I had to do. I now have three cables from the ceiling roof, each with 3 wires. The three red live wires go...

I am attempting to cahnge my bathroom light. When I removed the old one, I was horrified at the potentila fire that I could see. Instead of the 2 or 3 wires I was expecting to see, there was indeed seven. 4 Red 2 Black and one green/yellow The reds were all connected into a terminal...