Recent content by michaela

Hello all, haven't been on here for a while but I do have a new dilemma. I am currently installing an en-suite freestanding bath with standpipe style tap. My lovely plumber has advised me that the flexi hoses for the tap which are 1200mm long (as standard for Victoria Plumb apparently) are...

Thanks to everyone who has given advice - mix it up yourself filler it is.

Hi Joe-90 I have some polycell fine filler (already made up stuff) and a filling knife - will that do? just to save buying more.

Thanks to Joe-90 and Zampa, I always thought professional decorators used a brush. I've painted the insides of two houses now with a brush (think of all that time wasted when I could have been having much more fun!!). I'll get one of those rollers at our local paint trade centre and give it a...

The walls I need to paint have been rollered by the previous owner. I always use a paintbrush but have been told that even if I do I will never lose the orange peel effect that iis already there. So I am resigned to having to use a roller on these walls, but what type? Does expensive really...

Thanks for the advice Matt, I'm no good at hanging wallpaper so I think I'll try the painting option, could you tell me the best filler to use. Thanks in advance :o

Hi I haven't been on here for a while as things were going so smoothly on the decorating my house front - I knew it wouldn't last!!. I have started decorating in my front room. I was confronted with a dado rail halfway up the wall which I have removed, below this was wallpaper (it's very...

No there isn't an airbrick as far as I know and yes I have do have a dog, two in fact but it definintely isn't them!!. I'm not sure about the membrane or damp course however I have a nice little chappie coming next week to look at the extension with regard to installing cavity wall insulation...

I was not sure which forum to put this in, but think it's this one!. Everytime it rains heavily my front room develops a smell a bit like dog wee. The house is about 100 years old and has a small extension built on to the front room (the smell is always worse in this area). I have put acrypol...

I need to do some work on my chimney and I would be grateful for some advice on what type of scaffolding I need. The house is an end terrace with the chimney at the 'unattached end'. The ground below the chimney is sloping. Any suggestions gratefully appreciated :lol:

Thanks Zampa for your advice. My brother-in-law suggested fine filler when I asked him but I think I'll also have a go with the paint. I don't know why the scratches are coming through brown but they are!!. Hopefully what you've suggested will work. :o

The people who lived in my house before me had a dog which has scratched areas of the walls in the kitchen. The walls were painted in matt emulsion and I have since re-painted. The scratch marks only appear to be surface scratches and when I re-painted they disappeared, however they have now...

Thanks for the tip King module, I may do that :D

Thanks Big All, perhaps I'll stop being tight and hire the edge sander after all!!

Thanks for your help. I was speaking to someone today who says that it is possible to do the edges using a normal hand held electric sander therefore eliminating the need to hire an edge sander. The rooms are only about 10ft square do you think this is a good idea :D