I had an electrician move a light switch for me. That meant cutting out holes in the plasterboard to fish the cable around to the new location. I had expected him to fill the holes with something like Polyfilla. Whatever he used had a whiter finish than Polyfilla (which is more light grey). So...
I had a Brantia internal washing line for maybe ten years until one day it came crashing down due to the weight demands put on it and it pulled the plug on one side out of the wall with a bit of the wall as well. The hooks on the other side were just fine, but on the other side there is a metal...