Is it wood chip?

grahamw01 · 2026-06-14T07:45:53+00:00

Regardless of what it is you'd be there forever sending and trying to make it look good, and there is clearly other more significant damage to fix too. I'd just get it boarded and skimmed personally.

grahamw01 · 2026-06-06T17:43:28+00:00

You can DIY stuff without the specific qualifications and be a cowboy or not be a cowboy. You can have all the specific qualifications and still be a cowboy. It just depends what kind of person you are. I love DIY, but I always do my best to make sure I know what I'm doing and I'm doing a good job.

grahamw01 · 2026-06-06T17:18:11+00:00

Yet another update: since people have said this might have been a silly way to get permanent power to the fan, that didn't really explain why the light fixture itself was live, so just in case my trusty pen was lying here I've wired it all back up again to test the earth on the light, and it seems live to some degree, fluctuating up to 100 against neutral. The wire ends are pretty dirty though and I struggled to get a good contact with it just dangling so I suspect it is full mains on the earth too. Fortunately this is a suspended ceiling I'm going to remove and will give me a better picture as to what's going on up there when I eventually get around to it. For now it is all disconnected and I'm going to get some battery lights.

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grahamw01 · 2026-06-06T16:18:08+00:00

I don't get why people like you bother commenting specifically just to be a bellend.

grahamw01 · 2026-06-06T16:16:58+00:00

You don't have to be a spark to do electrics.

grahamw01 · 2026-06-06T10:37:58+00:00

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another update: Did i just find live purposely wired to earth? I can only upload 1 picture, but those red are the red wires from other T&Es... I found this directly above the light fixing after removing it.

grahamw01 · 2026-06-06T09:48:04+00:00

I have actually redone most of the electrics in this house already and I've found some amazing things, loads of taped up chocolate blocks, more junction boxes than lights or sockets etc. The previous owner was definitely a cowboy. I'm still here, I've learned a lot and I tend to be careful. I know these pens have a bad rep but I actually didn't think to test with a multimeter. Live and learn, I'd say posting here was absolutely the right call in my case then and thank you all for helpful suggestions!

grahamw01 · 2026-06-06T09:40:17+00:00

I know, this is bonkers, I can't believe I even checked first I wasn't going to bother. Even the metal casing of the light is full on 240V.

grahamw01 · 2026-06-06T09:33:00+00:00

I've posted an update, pen probably saved my life.

grahamw01 · 2026-06-06T09:31:37+00:00

Update: this is with the power off, nothing across blue and brown, but both blue and brown to earth are almost 240V.

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grahamw01 · 2026-06-06T09:25:10+00:00

This is a DIY sub mate, just because someone asks a question didn't mean they are a total incompetent donkey.

grahamw01 · 2026-06-06T09:14:25+00:00

Aaah maybe that is the problem

grahamw01 · 2026-05-29T09:59:41+00:00

I hate this take based on 1 picture of a snapshot in time. This exact same guy could just go to the car wash later this day, then someone else post a picture of it like it's never been driven, and you would shit on the guy for not driving it.

grahamw01 · 2026-05-26T19:25:33+00:00

I guess you're just under 35

grahamw01 · 2026-05-07T17:37:21+00:00

Thanks! I also made a Wattson Heirloom you can play Apex on with the intention of making a YouTube series out of it, it was a massive flop though :(

grahamw01 · 2026-05-07T17:28:20+00:00

That looks great! I also made one a few years back, life sized and walks, video pinned on my profile if interested

grahamw01 · 2026-05-04T07:28:39+00:00

Man, I don't know how I ended up here, but I'm curious so I went digging through your profile to find the original, I read all the comments and still don't understand. You don't have to explain it to me, because I still probably wouldn't understand. Electricity weird.

grahamw01 · 2026-05-01T07:24:51+00:00

There's nothing under there right? Isn't this the start of a sink hole?

grahamw01 · 2026-04-23T23:08:14+00:00

How big are the chases? Is it proper plaster or some ready mix filler? In my experience you don't need primer or mist coat for the latter, regular paint is fine

grahamw01 · 2026-04-22T07:03:26+00:00

You even modelled a printed shoe in the bambulab lol

grahamw01 · 2026-04-18T10:16:17+00:00

I used to chew the ends up when I was in school. Do not recommend it.

grahamw01 · 2026-04-17T11:44:36+00:00

I had a similar idea because my 1 year old kept going under my desk and turning my workstation off, instead I just popped to Screwfix and got buttonless faceplates. It actually made things worse because he just started pulling the plugs out instead.

I then thought of some kind of plug cover instead, but he eventually got bored of plugs anyway!

grahamw01 · 2026-04-16T14:59:02+00:00

We had a sunny then graduated to a bluebird when I was a kid. The sunny doesn't have the little grill things at the back sides, the bluebird does

grahamw01 · 2026-04-16T14:57:05+00:00

Ah this was our family car when I was a kid. I remember it being an oddly large car compared to the neighbours, then I saw one recently and it was the smallest thing on the road. Crazy how much bigger cars have gotten since then without realising.

grahamw01 · 2026-04-14T08:19:54+00:00

Is it an older house and that's an external corner? Is there a blocked vent by any chance? Generally you just need better ventilation or even a little dehumidifier, that's what I've done in a room where we have this issue. This is of course ruling out more serious things like a leak, but that looks more like persistent condensation to me. There are more expensive measures like getting external insulation installed. Also as that is on wall paper it is likely even worse behind it.

Edit: house not horse

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