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Hi I've changed the kitchen socket due to 1 of the switches breaking, wouldn't let me switch it off. Since I've changed the socket the left socket doesn't seem to work, if I flick the on switch I get power for a brief second then nothing.... Any ideas? I've since tried the old socket and still...

I’m a pretty decent DIYer, I’ve done different handyman work since I was a kid with my dad and have done a lot since becoming an adult. However I feel like this situation is beyond my skills. We purchased a house and nearly every light switch is different. We have some paddle dimmers, some...

Hi all, Hoping for a bit of assistance. Have replaced an old electric shower unit with a Triton Riba 8.5kw unit. In the old unit, 1 live, 1 neutral and 2 earth wires went into the terminal block in the shower (the 2 earth wires went into the single earth terminal) On the new unit, am I...

I am intending to move house later this year and was intending to buy a house that needs renovating and has space to extend. I intend to remove any gas supply for various reasons including the gradual move away from gas and the fact that although I cannot generate my own gas, I can generate...

Hello, I’m a real novice to excuse if the below is confusing. I’ve recently changed 3 wall lights after the walls were plastered, prior to all 3 lights worked. The wall lights run off a socket fuse. I’ve installed all 3 however only 2 are working. The 2 that are working have 2 live wires and...

Hi all, I am going to replace a ceiling pendent for a new light/fan. The instructions included are not the best as they appear to be for a slightly different model with a different base so don't show me what I should do with the earth. The bracket and light are both metal. The bracket that...

Hi all, I’m refurbing my kitchen and currently at the stage of an empty room with holes all over the walls I thought this would be a good opportunity to get my electrics all sorted before the units go in. Anyway, I want to add under cabinet LED that ideally will be powered from a switch...

I wondered if anyone could shed some light, I recently installed a Dimplex Quantum QM50 and it was working with no issue. I came home one day after work and realised the heater had shut down, it had worked in the morning so had charged on the off peak. I realised the plug socket in the wall...

Hi all, I plan to install a new socket high on a bedroom (stud) wall for a TV. The other side of the wall is a large airing cupboard where I can access the ring main. Ideally I want to make the TV installation as clean and clutter free as possible. I can't decide whether to: a.) install...

So was gluing some of those stone look PVC tiles to kitchen wall today. Thought I would do things properly and unscrewed the kitchen light switch to cut the hole out neat and have a professional look to things. So the tile sheets do look great around the light socket. However some wires came...

I have a single socket in my kitchen running from an appliance switch (https://www.screwfix.com/p/british-general-900-series-45a-1-gang-dp-cooker-switch-white/45659) I have a oven and gas hob that both need plugging into a single socket the oven is 0.79kWh so can I add a surge protected...

Is a Dremel worth buying? What sort of stuff can you use them for? Thanks

Hello all, After some advice please. Currently have a 32A switch on my consumer unit with a 6mm T&E cable going to a cooker switch in the kitchen - unsure what appliance this fed before. I am wanting to add an electric induction hob and oven that I understand both need to be wired into a...

Hi All, DIYer here, no real knowledge as an electrician. Was just trying to fit a new light in my landing and I am doing so on the rose that has a lot of wires coming from it. Rather than taking the rose off and trying to wire up a new light with a junction box myself (as this would probably...

Hi all, I have tried to change my hallway and landing light switches, both metal front plates. I cannot seem to figure it out. The backplate has an l1, l12, l21,l22 and 2 common. In this case none of the incoming 3 sets of cables are labelled, (below is a picture of the wires. Please could...

Hi all, I'm a DIYer with metal fabrication & a little carpentry background. Electrics isn't my thing so I'll get in a sparky if I need to, but was hoping wiring an exterior light would be achievable. The old one was a rotten mess with rounded screws and rusted fittings. Getting it off took a...

Hoping someone can help me here. Today I turned on the electric shower (Triton Madrid II) but it didn’t power on. The isolator switch light turns on initially but the light turns off when I turn the shower to any power mode. The LED power indicator on the shower does not turn on at any point...

Hello I have an ancient Mira Sport Electric Shower that drips from the shower head when not in use. It drips every ten seconds or so. Not sure if this is diagnosable from photos alone? If it's clearly something simple for a non-DIYer like me to fix then that would be ideal. Otherwise I'll look...

Hi, I have a Smeg sc336x oven and the oven light has gone. I have two problems - 1) I can not loosen the light cover (top left in photo) by turning it anti-clockwise. 2) there is a metal grill I can not find a way to remove. With this in the way I can not take the cover off and get to the...

Hi All, Some weeks ago one of our ceiling lights stopped working. It’s one of those where 3 switches operate it, in our main corridor. With a multimeter I tested the fixture which holds 3 Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs. The bulbs themselves are all fine (tested in a different room)...