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What would happen if I mixed equal quantities of white Sandtex Ultra Smooth Masonry Paint (Microseal) with a cream coloured Dulux Smooth Silk? I have a good quantity of both and wondered whether it might save me buying new masonry paint. Would it start peeling off the wall within a year or...

An electrician recently recommended that I should ideally have my ancient fuse box replaced by by a box of trip switches - in fact if there had not been a spare fuse in the box he was going to make me have one in order to give me an extra power socket. So far as I can see, although he is listed...

I have an extension lead up into my loft, powering a tube heater (120 W), 2 mini dehumidifiers (28 W each), and a low energy light (20W). The light is clip on and I have to move it about to see in different parts of the loft. I'd like to have 3 lights wired to a single plug - don't want to...

I have a plastic dimmer switch arranged with a vertical on/off switch on the left and a vertical rolling dimmer on the right. There are no other switches connected to the light fitting it controls (a three-way spotlight using R63 screw-fitting bulbs). I want to remove the dimmer facility...