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Thanks for the advice. We sanded down the bubbles and filled where needed etc. We've painted the first coat of wall colour on and we have more bubbles. My brother-in-law has been painting at his house today and has had the same problem. Further investigation (via Google) suggests that...

The red dot is a 2p coin, to give an idea of scale. What do you mean by not thinned properly? Does paint have to be thinned before application? Also, as I said, it's peeling back to the layer of paint that was put on before the silk/satin. It's not peeling down to the plaster. Well, the...

I have paint bubbles appearing on freshly painted walls. The walls had a coat of paint with a sheen; it wasn't gloss so it was probably a silk or satin. I sanded the walls down and washed them yesterday. Today I painted a cheap white matt emulsion over it and it's bubbling up in places on...

I appreciate the advice! I just don't have the confidence to do the screeding myself. If we were to lay a DPM and then loose lay boards on top of that, are there any problems that could arise from that? If so, what is the likelihood of that occuring? Would condensation form between the DPM...

Is it essential to screed the floor? I didn't know what it was but I Googled it and, from what I can understand, we would need to get someone in to do that for us (for it to be done properly anyway). We're trying to do all of the work ourselves, if possible, to save money and we're novices...

I'm not sure how old the subfloor was. It had to come up regardless, though. It was chipboard and damaged by the water. It was just falling apart. I don't know if we have a DPM under the concrete. The house was built in the 70s, and I assume they followed whatevet the building regs were at...

Thank you. Can anyone else give some more experienced advice? We haven't decided what material we're going to use to lay the floor; currently we're considering another kitchen laminate or sheet vinyl. I just need to know if we need to lay a damp proof membrane on top of the concrete and...

I'm a DIY novice and looking for advice on how to lay a floor over concrete. Some years ago, the attached garage was converted to a kitchen. We recently had some water damage from a leak in the bathroom above it; the pipe connecting the bathroom sink to the wastepipe was leaking down the...