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OK one for tomorrow, the little lad is now tucked up in that room! I'll go over all connections again. Thanks

Do the 3 brown wires need to be placed in the same order in the connector block as they are currently in the above original picture? The reason I ask is I've done the above, the new light works. All other bedroom lights still work too. As does the landing light. HOWEVER.... The upstairs bathroom lights (downlights) and extractor are now not working.

Thanks, this all makes sense. Have picked up the 3-way and I'll follow those instructions. Thanks

Hello I've unscrewed the standard pendant light fitting to find the below combination of wires all hooked into various positions, 2 wires into Live, 3 brown into Loop and 3 blue into Neutral as labelled. My new pendant is a Class 2 and only has 2 positions for the Live and Neutral. See pictures. How do I go about wiring up the new pendant? Where do all the other wires need to go? I know for class 2 I'd terminate the earth and then wrap it up in electrical insulation tape. But no idea how to deal with the other 6 wires. Thanks

Thanks @JohnMo Dulux Trade has been my 'go to' for all walls and ceilings in my renovation so far. Is it the trade satinwood, or diamond trade satinwood you're suggesting?

Can anyone recommend a good paint for wooden stair years treads? I've removed carpet and will be adding a runner, with white painted on either side. Cheers

In that case I'll definitely leave it as is, there's only a couple of loose creaks here and there. I'll know for next time! Cheers guys.

It's all boarded up and decorated finish, the space under the stairs has pull out drawers and a cupboard. Oh dear! On the bright side, knowing this, at least I'll not waste time or screws attempting to fix it from this side.

Does anyone know where I should be looking to add additional screws to sure up some squeaky flooring on my stairs? Removed all the carpet and underlay today, ready for some decorating and a floor runner. However I'd like to try and address a few squeaks and creaks before getting on with that! I can't access under the stairs, so need to address from what can be seen in the photo. Cheers

Thanks both, saw some conflicting advice online (no surprise there i guess). Good to get this confirmed.

I've got a large area across the back of my house to lay a patio. On both sides of the garden, I'll need to replace the fence, on one side it'll require new concrete posts for the fences. So my question, is there an order in which I should approach this? Patio or fencing first? Cheers

Evening, so we're in the process of installing some new rads into a gas boiler CH system. Also have a new towel rail in an en-suite (with a manual valve). I have purchased the rads, based upon BTU requirements and i ordered some TRV valves to go with each new rad. There are a couple of old rads still hanging around (which we may replace also TBC, they too have TRVs). However, just recently heard about another type of valve - Lockshield. Done some reading up and can't understand in what situation i would need them, or how many etc. I went back to where I purchased my TRVs from and can see there is an option to have TRVS with (and without) lockshield. How do I know if i need lockshield, valves? What do they do? Cheers

So what is the main difference between LW1 and TC15?

Thanks @Nod - more options from K Rend, or elsewhere? I spoke to my local K Rend contact today, he also recommendedTC 15 due to the mixed nature of my base layers.

Hi, I'm after some advice when it comes to rendering my house. I have been recommended K Rend as a quality, low maintenance product, albeit at a premium price over sand and cement. When speaking to a K Rend technical advisor through emails, i was advised that due to the exterior of my house having both a combination of block work (new extension) and EPS board (over original building) as the external facing surfaces I would have to go with a Silicone Thin Coat - TC15 product. K Rend told me that Silcone TC 15 was my only option and that ruled out their Monocouche product (K Mono). I hadn't actually heard of monocouche, so don't know what i am missing out on. Is the difference between them down to finish / colour / maintenance / price / install process? On doing some basic searching I can see Weber are a big name of Monocouche. I also don't know whether i should be considering any other product to K Rend TC15. Any advice, or thought provocation would be appreciated. Cheers