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Take the door off and work outside? Use normal 120g paper and key surface that is good and work harder on areas with defects such as dry drips and over coated areas.

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Did you mist coat bare new plaster. The pealing is moisture related, but the amount seems ott for just moisture. Orbital sand back the damage, spot mist coat and then spot coat the bare plaster areas. I'd then suggest a wb egg shell for all areas. Eggshell is a much harder finish and more...

You get back what you put in, in finish and longevity. I always use Dulux trade. Remove guttering(simple unclip),not hangers. Rub back with 80g, spot prime bare wood, two under coats of ob or wb trade Weather shield, then two top coats. On a decent day temperature wise, primer is dry in an...

If it comes off easily then take it off. If there 100000 year old fixes that can't be taken off, work round. As for sockets, data points, switches etc I'd loosen them off to remove paper.

Get some med grad wire wool, roll into golf balls. Each roll will key 2m or so, rotate ball every 200mm section or so. A decent trade emulsion will happily stick, no prime needed.

It won't just be plasterboard, there will or should be a skin of plaster over the boards. Since plasterboard is paper covered I'd have expected the paint to stick better, not blister as it appears to have done.

Try a sash brush 25mm. As for sanding, pads (a bit like a decorators version of a pan scrubber pad) work well, more so if it just a little key required. http://www.sandingshed.co.uk/shop/siafleece-152-x-229-mm-hand-pads/ (Link was a Google search, there might be cheaper suppliers elsewhere)

Looks like someone applied 100% paint on new plaster. A mist coat 50/50 paint and water should have been applied first. A mist coat gets in to the plaster and acts as a glue coat for the top coats. Sand back, fill, sand, patch prime with 50/50 and then decorate whole walls.

Just line the walls with 1200g paper and then fill / soften seams and paint. First coat on lining paper can be white which is 35% of the price of colour and acts a bit like a mist coat.

EA's suggest it's kitchens and bathrooms that stand out as key to selling a property. If your area sells very quickly then leave as is, if your area struggles on the selling I'd be inclined to replace the kitchen to add sales potential.

Sometimes (in good design terms) a smoke detector circuit isn't on an RCD bank. Logic being that you don't want the smoke detectors to switch off when a superior fault trips an RCD. Same logic with having smokes and a lighting circuit together. No lights indicates no smoke detection working...

For 8 rooms, a hallway / stairs. Patch plastering all the electrical instal damage, and an unknown amount of prep (sanding back, paper stripping, filling bumps and dents) you'd manage that in 4 x 2 days About the same as a family 2+2 all inc holiday in Mexico. 3 days per room, 4 for the...

Might the half day not worked be a cover for work time off site for you? Stuff like using and collecting from suppliers and the initial meet up and chat on site, pre work.

The socket damage should repair with a powder filler. Although you really need to address why it's worn like it has, gentle mechanical movement of a flex on a wall wouldn't normally cause the amount of damage seen in your picture. Is the area wet due to kettle steam, water spillage or something...

There wouldn't have been a need to uc over the previous oiled coat. More likely it was painted over dirty greasy paint, or simply wasn't keyed prior to work. The flakey stuff has to come off, so get the 80g (and a nice thin sharp bladed scraper) out and lose a day or two of your life. On the...

Honestly? You making it hard to help. Please blow out the vague details, post up some pictures, use a level everywhere and tell us what's out of true and then (just maybe) someone can help. At the moment there's sfa anyone can do, because you haven't explained the problem in anyway shape or form.

Top trick I was taught is to use a fine grade wire wool. Make up a golf ball and run it over the whole rail keeping with the grain. It takes out nibs, smooths and keys perfectly.

No wall decorator prep or finishing work will prevent damp. On the outside might the pointing to the bricks be failing? Are there gutters or downpipes that are broken, overflowing or leaking? Might the property brick be so old that they have become porous and need a water seal treatment? Are...

Is the cable a direct circuit, as in it has its own fuse at the board end? What fuse rating is at the board end? Does the cable serve anything else along the way? What was the fuse spur use for previously? 2.5mm direct feed radial circuit will take 20 amp. 20 amp x 230v gives a capacity of...