Recent content by Lumpsack

hehe, usually yes, but I found a new skill I didn't know the previous plaster possessed, now I'm used to finding paper of the same pattern both under and over a skim, but today I discovered that a small section of the skirting board was in fact solid plaster! Now full credit to them it wasn't...

You are all both gentlemen and scholars and I will try that out. Oh, and yep all that god awful paper with what seems paint thick enough to resist a small army''s attention will soon be gone, then onto the plaster (I figure I'll no doubt damage something else removing the paper). Once I...

Many thanks for the suggestions - sadly the replacement skirting will be shorter so I guess I'm going to learn how to plaster (or forever face the wrath of my wife :)) I got a big old bag of multi-purpose earlier today (when there were no responses) so hopefully that will do the job. Wish...

To help illustrate I've uploaded a couple of pictures: I've no doubt you guys will think this quite easy but I've very new to this (in case you hadn't guessed!)

Morning all, I'm working on what started out as a simple (if anything on my house is simple!) redecoration of a bedroom, which quickly turned into laminating the floor, replacing the sockets ect etc. Anyway the skirting board was battered and old so we figured we'd take it off and replace...