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Painted the ceiling with white Johnston coverplus and I have section which has Flashing / Halo effect. I used an emulsion brush on the edge and must have dried before I got to it with the roller ? Can I roller over it now with a small roller or do I need to do the whole ceiling again? It...

What sort of discount are you getting on the cabinets ? 65% on my quote but don't use Howdens that often.

In our kitchen dinner we have steel beam right across where the extension is. What colour should the boxed in beams be. Same as ceilings or walls? We have two nibs which the beams rest on. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-2DzddaLB4uSHo4VjFWYV9UT0E/edit?usp=docslist_api

Wanting to board out new extension loft for storage. It currently has 170mm high timbers and plan to put 100mm timbers at right angles in order to put back the 100mm loft insulation and then board over the top with 12mm thick plywood or would I need 18mm thick ? How should I secure the...

Got a stud wall to build against a single block internal wall. The ceiling is valued and already plastered and floorboards in. I won't have anything above the header plate to fix into where I need the stud wall to go. Will noggins ? at the top attached to the block wall be sufficient...

Dot & dab plaster board wall without skim. The top 0.75 meter is out by about 5mm. Can I put a coat of tile adhesive on to level the wall out then let it dry and then tile it as normal ? Something like Bal Rapidset Grey 5KG...

Door architrave with a mitred joint which needs painting, does it need a filler across the joint if I can not see a gap at present ? In other places there is a hairline gap can I use use caulk to fill it ? thanks for help.

Have two roof windows in a vaulted ceiling and a crack has appeared all around the windows in the plaster a week after it dried out. The builder used osb around the window sides and then plaster board. Annoyed he did not use plywood :evil: Is there anything I can do to try and sort...

New extension with UPVC windows. Should I caulk around windows then paint or paint and then Silicone or something else ?

Read a few comments that dulux paint not that good anymore. What about Johnstone paint or crown. Got about 200 sq meters to paint!

New bathroom which has just been dot & dab 12.5mm plaster board. Had asked for the shower area to be tile baker board but plaster team weren't told by the builder so have now fully been boarded out. I have marked up on the wall and told them not to skim the shower cubicle area now. Do...

Shower cubicle .... Can you dot and dab tile Backing Board ? Does it need any additional fixing and if so how ? The rest of the wall past the shower cubicle will be plastered board and skim.

If Building control checking something incorrectly who is to blame and take responsibility ? BC or builder ? E.g Ground Floor insulation should be 200mm thick when using loft roll but only 100mm has been laid down.

We had to make an a small opening between a sleeper wall for access to a sump pump we needed fitting in the subfloor. A box lintel has been placed across the sleeper wall. How do you recommend a few of the floor joists are secured to the box lintel which is placed at the end of the joist ?

Trying to find telescopic air brick vent for a double size clay air brick. Air brick size is 215 X 140MM and can only find single brick says telescopic vents. Any idea if they exist ?

If the roof pitch is 15 and the Concrete roof tiles has minimum pitch is 17.50. Can they be put on a lean to roof in such as way they will be ok ?

On a different topic on here I have water under my house as soon as it rains so looking at all possible reason why. We are thinking an old land drain under the house at the moment but that's just a wild guess. How do the local council highways dept investigate the surface water drains ...

New Garage attached to the house and will be more often than not used as a play room rather than a car storage so looking at laying insulation under slab. Kingspan say to use Styrozone™ N500R but having trouble finding stockist and is Styrozone™ N500R overkill ? Is there some other brand...

Trying to work out how many and what size and what spacing and postion of velux roof windows in our Vaulted roof of the new kitchen diner section. Roof 5.5 M by 3.5 M (wall distance) Any suggestions ?

We have discovered 6 inches of water under our house at the rear of the property. The void below the floor is about 5 foot. The floor joist are rotten. (They were replaced 6 years ago before we moved in) - Now thinking those bits of joist might not have been replaced 1. We leave at...