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If the surface is not chalky, dusty or porous, you should be fine to go straight to painting without stabilising solution. Did you have a particular paint in mind?

As has been mentioned by Burnerman, you shouldn't need any additional ventilation if your existing burner is <5Kw, which gives a good range to choose from still. Do you have a particular one in mind? How big is the room you're aiming to heat?

For the tiles that we have recently placed in our kitchen (including white grout), we were recommended to use this: http://www.ltp-online.co.uk/prod/ltp-grout-tile-protector So far, so good, but it's only been on a week! Others may have better products, which I would also be interested in...

Good evening all, Having installed a new kitchen splash back - we are now repainting the kitchen walls to exactly match the colour. The top coat will be Dulux Trade Diamond Matt (accept that this isn't as wipeable as Eggshell etc, but the low-sheen was preferred by my better half!). I'm just...

Chud, where did you buy the roller sleeve from if you don't mind me asking please? I have some decorating to do this weekend, and likewise, have recently been less than impressed with the Hamilton sleeves!

John, EFL, these responses have been incredibly helpful (and QUICK!). Many many thanks to the both of you.

Good afternoon all, (The Introduction bit - not necessarily important!!) I have a Vaillant ecoTec Pro 24 boiler that had been recently installed when we bought our current home almost 2 years ago. The wiring had also been done fairly recently, but as we have found out, the quality of some of...

Apologies for the delay in getting back to you guys - I've finally had time to get round to this, and have taken advice on board, and packed out the lower joists, rather than rebate the chipboard. Loft area now looks a damn sight better, and just wanted to say thanks for the advice!

Hi big-all - and thanks for the super quick reply! I've currently got a much smaller piece of chipboard screwed over the top of the joists in question, but the problematic raised joist means that the board does not sit flush to the other neighbouring joists unfortunately. It seems to be where...

Hi all, Long time lurker, but I've generally been able to find everything I need already mentioned somewhere else...until now! I'm currently boarding out a small area in my loft around the hatch, and plan to do this straight on top of the joists. (The remaining area already has a raised floor...