Recent content by philipb82

Hello I have a couple of wallpapering questions! Firstly we have wallpaped our chimney breast but we are thinking about papering the whole of the back wall. The wall to the left of the chimney breast has an arch (structural).The arch is part of the adjacing wall, so would it look daft if we...

Well to be honest most of the time I don't use a spirit level. When I fitted skirting in my kids room and kitchen I did just fit to floor and most of them are actually level :D I fitted two skirting boards in my living room with a level because in one area the floor slopes downwards a lot...

I'll probably purchase a new spirit level. However I do a have a smaller one (23cm) and this says my skirting is level. The board is 170 cm in length. Are smaller spirits levels accurate on long lengths of skirtings? Phil

It's now sorted, it was down to the stop cock. Our plumber popped round to have a look and he turned the stop cock down as well. The pipes are now quiet! Phil

Hello I have fitted a piece of skirting board and double checked it with a spirit level. When I place my spirit level on the skirting it says its sloping to the left. However I discovered using the other side of the spirit level it reads level!!!! Is it faulty? It'll complicate things when I...

Sorry, I don't follow..... Phil

Hello We had a new bathroom fitted before Christmas including a new towel warmer to replace a radiator. When it was done the radiators in the house weren't warming up and the plumber put this down to the ball cock in the tank so he changed it. Before that though he discovered there was an air...

Thanks for your reply. So if it was straight across, wall to wall, it shouldn't need a ceiling mount? The length between the 2 walls will be about 165cm - 170cm. Phil

Hello I've been looking for a shower curtain rail and have seen some with and without a ceiling mount. I was at first going to get one of those telescopic ones but I would rather have one that is properly fixed the wall. Anyway is it best to buy a rail with a ceiling mount? I've seen one in...

Right, I may try a roller and see what happens. I did actually use a different brush to what I painted with first time round. Phil

Hello I'm planning on getting my spare bedroom re-skimmed ready for me to decorate. However there are a lot of horizontal cracks in the room but most of them don't feel hollow like they've blown. There are some cracks which I think have blown so they will need to be knocked back to brick and...

Thanks for your reply. Yes I used the original tin of paint. I stirred it thoroughly before I used it. I painted the wall about 3 weeks ago before I touched up the areas yesterday. The paint is a soft sheen. The previous coat was done with a roller but I then used a brush for the edges...

Hello I painted my bathroom wall with Dulux Bathroom paint (soft sheen). We had a new suite fitted and tiling done so I wiped down some of the tile adhesive that went onto the wall but some areas needed touching up with paint. However now the paint is dry it's a different shade to the rest of...