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Very strange thing just happened. I turned the lights on to kitchen diner and they flashed and circuit shorted. I have 2 switches on one light switch plate, each working a pendant light, one in kitchen and one in kitchen diner area. Kitchen halogen and diner mini bulbs. I checked the trip and...

Quick question on the above. I'm installing a DIY store floodlight with PIR. The easiest point to connect is to add a spur to a plug socket on the landin, where I can run a switched socket for the flood light. The above post prefers connection to lighting circuit but is ring mains also...

Hi, I found a fantastic piece of driftwood in the winter that was once a very thick plank and is now battered and split with great character and I intend to use it as a shelf in the house. I'll either use it as it is or saw to fit into an alcove. How do I prep the wood so it is suitable to...

Just fitted real oak skirting and with the furniture back in the room, there's a bit of an obvious colour mismatch between two planks. One is slightly darker and redder than the next. This wasn't really noticeable when fitting due to expanse of skirting, but stands out now grrr. I've clear...

I intend to remove an electric shaver socket and install a mirror with lights built in using the power from the shaver socket. The socket is about a foot away from where the mirror will go (above a sink) and there is a wall corner between them (ie they are on different walls). I don't want...

Hi I've removed a faulty exterior porch light and purchased a new one hoping it would be a simple unwire - rewire job! If only!! Mains wiring is: 2 red wires, one black wire, 2 green/yellow wires. Light wiring is: one blue wire, one brown wire, one green/yellow wire. I have wired as...