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Can anyone recommend a good durable/scrubbable magnolia emulsion - cost is an issue but I'd prefer a good result to saving a few quid. It is for the walls (about 40 sqm) of a room in which my parrots live - consequently it will get regularly covered with all sorts of food that they throw...

Some years ago I painted several internal walls with a B&Q matt emulsion containing Teflon (might have been called the "Lifestyles" range) to get a washable surface. It was a good enough paint, and fit for purpose. B&Q have since discontinued the range. About 5 months ago I over-painted...

I need quite a lot of work doing on the first storey of the house (fascias & soffits, render repair, painting) and it seems few if any tradespeople have their own working platform and need to buy-in scaffolding. I don't know if this is a "nice little earner" or not, but it struck me that...

I'm getting my house in good order to sell and move somewhere smaller, and the external render needs attention. The whole house is rendered in the same (well almost the same) textured finish and it's been regularly painted. There's an area of about 10m x 1.5m (the whole width of an...

I have a hideous looking box built out of the side of my house with a flat roof (two first floor bedrooms). I'd really like to improve the look of this by having a "dummy" pitched roof built around the perimeter of the 'box' and blended back into the existing roof. It wouldn't need to be a...

I'd really appreciate an estimate of what I might expect to have to pay for the below or - if it's easier - an idea of how many man-days and a daily rate. The 'ground floor' work is almost DIY, but I'd like a decent job done :) Leicester area (LE10) - detached house with large area of flat...

We've just had two bedrooms, hall stairs and landing skimmed over old plaster which was a 50yo mess of patches, different levels etc). Done by a FMB member so shouldn't have been a bodge. The walls in question took a LONG time to dry compared to the rest of the work ..... The plaster in...

I have an ugly box 2 storey box stuck onto the side of my house. It runs just below the existing hipped roof the depth of the house, water drains back towards the join between the extension and the house into a gulley and away. There is nothing wrong with the flat roof, it's just been...