My house is up for sale and I'd like to dress up our back yard wall that faces an entry behind the house (visible from the street). I guess it's about 8ft x 6ft. It's currently covered in patches of...
why am i getting surface bubbles on my gloss paintwork when using a sponge roller Iam using old paint , I dont know if its the paint or the roller , I dont know if they are water or air bubbles.
Have recently painted the kitchen using kitchen paint, however the finish looks terrible! It was painted over a painted wall not bare plaster. It is as though the paint has not absorbed into the wall....
I need new gutters and downpipes on my house so I phoned a company for a quote. He said that there is a standard price for a 3 bed house of ?1600. Do they normally quote depending on the number of...
Hi all, as it says above; I have recently had my hallway ceiling skimmed with plaster to hide the horrible artex that was there before. The problem I have is, I have painted and painted and painted...
I have just had my kitchen plastered and the guy who did it built up my windowsill for me(it was uneven). I am going to paint it at the weekend, but my question is this; I don't want to tile the...
Top tip when cutting peppers and capsicums - cut on the inside of the flesh rather than the shiny,waxy side of the flesh when you are chopping them - the knife goes through much easier without any...
I have stripped wallpaper and washed down with Mangers Sugar Soap in readiness to apply emulsion rather than wallpaper, but the walls are still really sticky from the wallpaper adhesive. After using...
Please settle an argument. We are having a ceiling plastered and have purchased new light fittings for the same room. Do we fit the lights before or after the ceiling has been plastered? Also, how...
Does anyone know where I can purchase striped wallpaper from? Everywhere I've looked seems to be flowers! Looking to decorate our hallway and we fancy something with a blue stripe! Thanks
well, it's not really melamine but it has a shiny non-porous surface so I'm assuming I'd use similar paint. If I use a primer, can I then use normal gloss paint or do I also have to use special...
Hi, I am trying to find out if the 30 minute and 1 hour parking restrictions apply to disabled drivers where they have sign at side of road. If I park on the double yellow lines I can park for 3...
My son ran up debts at his previous address whilst living with his partner. The bailiffs may now be called in. We have taken him back so that he has roof over his head. What I would like to know is...
Hi there I have put Emulsion on my bathroom walls, and as im sure you all know...you should NEVER do this as it runs and just dosent work.......However, stupidly i did do this, and now i need to know...
