Nothing. It’s only when it gets caught with something sharp edged like a mirror frame or similar. Some small patches have pulled off from the yellow Frog tape which is supposed to be for freshly painted walls
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I've recently painted two freshly skimmed rooms in my house. The plaster was left over a week to dry (this was in the really warm weather too) and it was clearly dry before I started painting.
The plasterer said to mix matt emulsion 50:50 with water for the mist coat. I used Leyland...
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I am looking for advice on the best choice/size of screws to attach roof joist straps to thermalite blocks. Another post on here suggested 3"/75mm but only about half of this would actually be embedded into the rawlplug. Is there any benefit of having such a long screw when only the end...
It seems as though the trims and corner pieces that come with EPDM kits are only really designed to work with level flat roofs, or those with very small slopes. I think if I want a tidy corner detail piece to cover a big upstand like this it needs to be custom made.
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I am designing my own flat roof for a 6m extension. The two long sides will have kerb edges and the rear edge will be a drip edge into a gutter. Due to the length of the building the upstands on the corners will be around 100mm, this means the kerb trim and the drip trim will not meet in...
Does anyone have a drawing or photo of the join between a brick and block wall with a full fill cavity (100mm wool), connecting to a flat warm roof? I am trying to design the roof for my extension and all I can seem to find are details for cold roof designs and details for parapet roofs. I've...
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I am going to be laying a block and beam floor and have been told that I need to use a sand and cement mix to lightly cover the blocks after laying. Is this simply like a mortar mixed at 1:1 ratio? The advice was pretty vague so some greater detail would be useful. Thanks