Recent content by llyamah

Hi there Looking for some advice on how to convert my standard loft into one with a hinged hatch (I want to install a drop down ladder). Rather than explain my existing set up, hopefully these pictures will do the talking. Please note that the frame and current door are plastic. The door...

P.S. When I called the plumber about it he informed me that this was normal and that the tiler would not have been able to do anything else. I do feel a little "fobbed off" - in general though, I've found this plumber to be pretty decent and patient with my questions etc - he has always been on...

Hi all We are having a new bathroom fitted and I have a Q regarding something my tiler has done... Around the radiator pipe, which leads into the floor, they have cut a U shape into the tile rather than drilling a hole through it. I imagine that they have done this because the plumber...

Do you think someone could reskim it without making a mess of the walls or will I have to repaint them after? Might sound like a silly question!

Thanks Andy. I might get someone in to do that but to be honest I think it will be too expensive for me. When I initially posted this I was hoping that I would be able to get rid of the artex myself and then paint the ceiling underneath, but doesn't look like I will be able to do that.

Double post.

Hi All Just moved into a new house. I have begun painting the ceilings which had a few cracks in some places and some of the paint was flaking. I filled some of the cracks and, where it was flaking, scraped the flakes off. Then the problems begin. I have painted most of the ceilings...

So frustrated with it to be honest, don't know what to do with it.

The existing ceiling is cracking in places. I am trying to paint over it but the cracks are reappearing and some of the existing paint is coming away from the ceiling as I paint. I think it may be cracks in the paint and not the artex. I would have liked to do all of the ceilings in the house.

Thanks. Can I ask you a few more questions? I understand that I could have cracks etc appear later on if the plasterer just skims over the ceiling - is that the case? In which case, it might need overboard? Would it be a more simple (and therefore cheaper) job for a plasterer if I...

Hello All First post and I would be very grateful for some advice. I have just moved into a house, built 1997, and have artex ceilings throughout. I think (but am not sure) that the artex ceilings were done when the house was built. I am thinking about removing the artex myself (using a...