Recent content by Celiar0

The fitter didn't come. I got a text from him yesterday afternoon saying he can't come till next week! He keeps saying in texts that he's got too much on at the moment and can't cope and it's making him ill so I don't think he's going to be happy when I tell him about the pva'd walls and...

Well, 5 o'clock came and went. I've just got a text from him to say he can't come tonight after all, so he's coming tomorrow night. 24 hours more to wait. . . . . . .

I'm sure you're right kjacko but the new plaster was already a skim coat. I don't think it's a good idea to re-skim a skim. If I'm wrong I'm sure someone will tell me. Might be worth knowing anyway.

OK, point taken there too, got to get him to agree to doing it first. Ah well, 5pm approaches. Wish me luck. I'll get back to this forum afterwards to let you know the result.

Good point Richard, what grade of sandpaper would you use? Can just imagine this conversation tonight. Not only am I going to ask him to put it right but I'm going to be asking him to do it by hand as well!

I had thought about that but I am going to want to repaint it at some point in the not too distant future. It's got an ordinary Dulux matt on it and I know it won't have 'stuck' to the pva properly. Repainting over the top of it again concerns me. I don't really fancy risking putting...

Yes I agree. It was well intentioned which is why I'm not looking forward to telling him at all. As I said in my first post he did put several full coats of ordinary Dulux matt emulsion on the ceiling after putting pva on and it looks ok but I know it's only sitting on the surface. I'm...

Thanks for the prompt replies; I’m really grateful for the knowledgeable advice on this forum. Oh boy, this is giving me a real headache. I really don’t fancy putting anything else on top to try to solve the problem when there is, as misterhelpful says, no guarantee that it would work and...

I am new to this forum so hi to everyone and I would be grateful if someone could help with the problem I have. About six months ago I had a professional company to fit a brand new swanky bathroom for me and I decided I didn't want floor to ceiling tiling so had the walls left bare, new...