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    What the hell is this? Doesn’t want to come off.

    I’m removing this wallpaper but god only knows what it’s painted with. Any tips for faster removal? The steamer is talking around 15 seconds to get it to come off and of course that’s not a good time frame to be holding your steamer on for and even then it’s very small chunks. Anyone had...
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    Insulating Victorian floors with wool

    You make a fair point. I hadn’t really thought of it as starving heat from the bedrooms. I would say we should definitely look at the existing loft insulation, I’m probably going to double board those ceilings anyway as one of those is cracked anyway. We do have a larger cellar that we could...
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    Insulating Victorian floors with wool

    I’m going to insulate the voids between the ground floor and 1st floor of our house with sheeps wool laid onto either a breathable membrane or a wire net. Has anyone experience of doing this with a Victorian property? Or would you like to throw your advice in? I’m aware that our house is a...
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    Never ending renovation, any recourse?

    Please sack this guy. Don’t pay him the £4,000.
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    Is this too much for a rewire? North East England

    Just been quoted 10k and 15k for my rewiring. It’s an 1860 Victorian semi. It’s a large house but I’m happy to pay 10 for the privilege.
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    Tear ceiling down or not?

    Thanks. We’ll do that.
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    Tear ceiling down or not?

    There is a crack in this ceiling that I’ve spotted after removing some terrible polystyrene coving that has been put up. Question is is it easer to overboard the existing plasterboard and reskim OR just screw back up and reskim OR should I get my multi tool on the job and bring it down? Which...
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    Neighbor having wall built with rain run off designed onto my drive and may enter Garage.

    Yes, I would politely explain that it’ll potentially run into your garage. It really shouldn’t be done like that.
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    Grey skim coat

    Thank you. I’ll probably just take it all off and start again. Whole house is being rewired and replumbed so it’s a small thin whilst the pros are all on site doing works.
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    Grey skim coat

    In the process of removing wallpaper the very thin skim blew (not a big deal) but my question is that it’s grey and so is this a different kind of skim? I’d say it’s very old, you can see what looks to be lime plaster (house was built 1860) underneath. Just curious about the type of plaster...
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    Ventilation for stripping lead paint

    Thanks for the reply. it’s more so because the layers of paint are so thick and badly applied that the top of the skirting has a built up effect that makes it look really messy and poor against the original plaster, which we intend to keep. Having said that taking the image below this is the...
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    Ventilation for stripping lead paint

    Thanks, I’ll look into those as a first port of call now.
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    Ventilation for stripping lead paint

    Hello all, I have a room in my house with approximately 20 linear metres of original Victorian skirting board, it’s been painted many times over the years, badly, unfortunately. I’ve stripped approximately 1.5 m and it was quite a gruelling task especially since my FFP2 mask was probably not...
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    Correct way to paint front door

    Thanks for your response. It's a hardwood door and my joiner gave it two good coats of oil but I can't see that it is aluminium either way I'd given it a coat of the zinsser before I posted so I'll sand down and then give it a coat and sand again and re-coat. Thanks for the advice on starting...
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    Correct way to paint front door

    So I had a new front door put on the house and I'm painting it myself. I was advised by our painter and decorator to prime the wood, then two coats of undercoat and finally gloss. I think he said two coats of gloss. I've used zinsser primer 123 and then I've got a dark grey leyland...
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