Recent content by amfisted

Thanks for the response. As stated below I’ll leave “as is”, I reckon.

Thanks for that. I took as much care as you suggested I should do in your first post, and the light operates as intended. I guess I’ll just have to accept the situation and move on.

Seriously chaps, I could do with some help here. The rose with this fitting is pretty shallow and although I managed to get all the gubbins into it, I'd be much happier about the situation if I could give the cables more room. I could go down the obvious route, put everything in a junction...

Photo attached to show the fruits of all the good advice given by you guys. Found the rose with this fitting stupidly shallow, and had to cut the original choc block into individual connectors to make the cables fit. Still very tight and I was wondering: is it possible to buy an adaptor of some...

In all honesty, it took me a while to work out what you meant by “pigtails”. Having done so, a plan is starting to take shape, thanks to you guys. I’ll cannibalise the wires from the old light fitting to the existing block to make those pigtails , and as you suggest connect them from the rather...

The photos were taken with my 4 year old iPhone, so misrecognition of colours is entirely forgiveable, Harry. ;)

That's very helpful, thanks. Seeing the situation a little more clearly now.

Thanks very much for the replies. For some reason I tend to develop a blind spot when it comes to working out electrical connections, IF they're not absolutely straightforward: ie, live to live, earth to earth, neutral to...etc. I'll study your posts and try to overcome this lack of...

Afternoon all I'm replacing an old B and Q light fitting with a new one from the same source, but I'm slightly stumped. There are two light switches in the room, one at each door, so presumably this makes the wiring slightly more complicated. So could someone please explain to me how I...

As a DIYer I've recently fitted the Crabtree shower switch which is recommended above. Its a very solid unit and there's plenty of room inside for the cables, unlike other switches I've come across.

I've got lots of spare time, and I intend to do plenty of "dry laying" before I settle on a final plan, thanks.

Thanks for the response. I think I'm best laying parallel with the longest wall because for one thing, it means far fewer cuts.

Morning all Currently decorating our lounge, a room roughly 17.5 feet long by 11.5 feet wide. Planning to lay laminate because we have a dog who likes to attack carpets, for some reason or other. The room has four inch T and G floorboards; its in good nick and level, so I don't plan to lay any...

Exactly what I'm doing, thanks. We intend to hang a feature wallpaper in the alcoves and on the chimney breast, so I've started by hanging 1400 lining paper to smooth out any irregularities in the wall surface caused by the cracks.

As an occasional DIY plasterer I’ve always found the art to be ludicrously difficult, and my standards are not high. However, the work in those photographs makes me feel considerably better about my own feeble efforts. Dont give them any more money.