Recent content by Dawnbb

It can be even worse for people wanting to retrain into a trade as a second career, apprenticeships are aimed at people below 24, and if possible, 16 or 17 year olds. Not something I want to do personally (I think I have 2 left hands) but I used to work in a college and the number of adults...

Thank you for the good advice, I have never done anything beyond painting before, so I am looking forward to having a go at rendering (I didn't even know what rendering was until I looked it up) and plastering (I always thought it was a dark art - but who knows, I might be a natural) Your...

Best thing for blood is COLD water, since its on a matress, you want to sponge it off, it will remain damp a while of course. Otherwise, the remaining stain will be killed off by stain remover like Stain Devils, you might need to sponge rinse it, and febreeze it too (or other similar products -...

I would like to second that - most of the help I have got is from reading old threads on the topics I need to find out more about, but the experts here are giving their knowledge and time for free, and thats a very nice thing to do when you could be doing the *suck air through teeth* "thats...

Hi all My house used to have a hot air heating system which means there are heating vents in the walls all over the house. They are unsightly, and I want them out. They all lead to what is now an empty cupboard in the hall. Most are covered by new radiators, so that fine, but there is...

Thanks, I will see what lining paper looks like on the wall and hope for the best!

my local council charged me £30 to get rid of the nest we had - the wasps were getting in and coming through the floorboards into the 2 back bedrooms and I trod on one (ouch) so it was worth the money. Only took 2 minutes to spray them and it was over.

Nope, not all the coatings, just the most recent one. All the others below are fine - which is why I tried to strip it off, but it didnt go that well.

thanks for the reply - to answer the questions: The house is a 1960s semi. The walls are solid I have no idea of the current kind of emusion (in terms of brand)- its matt, and its off white, but beyond that, who knows. There are about 5 layers of paint though (the very bottom one is...

Hello, Just brought a new house, decided to paint the hallway, and the tester pots I have used have all bubbled up (its just matt emusion). There is no damp problem, its more like the paints are incompatible and will not stick together properly. Tried stripping the first layer of paint...