Recent content by johnwo00

Hi all Looking to DIY my fireplace which currently has a lot of broken brick. Any advice on (1) how to remove the black cast iron pieces [photo 1] (2) should I board over the brick before tiling or tile directly over the brick? I want to tile over the brick to make it look like photo 3 The...

Hi all Looking to DIY my fireplace which currently has a lot of broken brick. Any advice on (1) how to remove the black cast iron pieces [photo 1] (2) should I board over the brick before tiling or tile directly over the brick? I want to tile over the brick to make it look like photo 3 The...

Can I put some toupret filler over this patch of poly cell damp seal to smoothen out the wall? Any issues with that?

I bought this house 6 months ago and I think I have what looks like a damp area on my wall, the plaster is exposed. I tried to smooth a layer of filler on and also primed it. Left it for a few weeks to see if it would bubble up again and you can see the plaster has just come loose off again...

Hi everyone, I moved into an old 1900s property recently and I DIY repainted the walls about 3 months ago. Most of the painting was directly onto the old paint and other parts on the old plaster directly where the old paint peeled off or sanded off. Today I am seeing bubbling in a few parts...

Hey all Any idea what a reasonable cost is in greater London to remove a connected gas fireplace (splinth, surround, firebox etc), board it up and plaster? Cheers,

I am repainting over old paint at the moment and first using a primer/undercoat over a darker blue colour. There’s one small patch of exposed plaster where the primer is starting to blister. Any ideas on how to fix this? I’m thinking it’s because air coming from the plaster directly onto the...

Hi everyone I'm in the process of filling holes and sanding walls before repainting. One thing that I am coming across is there are areas where the old paint is peeling showing the plaster (see photo). I started to use a little scraper to scrape it and the more I scrape... the more that comes...

Thanks both - and do you have any pointers on what to do with the wires sitting in the back boxes? Can these just be left there?

Hi everyone! New to here so nice to meet you all I am new to DIY... I just removed the previous owners surround sound system and now hoping to get some pointes. 1) what I should do to make safe the leftover black/red wires? 2) I also want to be able to fill, sand and paint over the holes...