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Thanks- you’re a champion.

One of the layers that I’m removing looks very similar to the April Green in that example!

I grew up with houses that all had outdoor toilets until I moved into a city and our holiday cottage was so remote it just had a long drop. They were all wooden structures however so didn’t feel damp so much as they might just blow away (this was in New Zealand). I might look into distemper - I...

I love the gold paintwork idea on the cistern. Thanks to you and others for raising distemper paint. This is not something I’d heard of so I’m intrigued. That seems to explain why the older layers seem to have an organic feel to them.

Yes. The majority of summer is out in the garden either on the lawn or the terrace. We find on days like that the majority of people like to stay outdoors rather than traipse upstairs. It’s also novelty factor for kids because we all call it as the spider cave.

When it’s raining and freezing cold I generally entertain indoors. Cheers for the advice though.

It’s definitely draughty! We had a stop cock put in on the water pipe entry plus lights when we put lights and power into the shed which is adjacent. The entire bit had no roof when we moved in so we had that fixed and tiled before anything else. Ok - this looks like a plan. I’ll just remove...

Ok - good to know. For now the tiles and cistern are staying. Thanks!

I do have an old car which looks about the same to be fair!

Oh that’s interesting. There are many layers of paint so I’ll research the powder idea.

Ha! Actually must of our friends are fine with using it - and there’s a tap right beside in the wall so we just have gardeners soap there.

Hey everyone. 2 years ago bought a Victorian terrace as a DIY Newbie. I now realising I'm not really a DIY person at all but would like to tackle this project! The property has a working outside toilet, which is perfect for what we need in the garden but is very old and a bit manky looking...