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Ive done plenty using Sikenns THB or Filter 7, both are micro porus stains that don't block out the grain too much.

Anything can be scaffolded out to gain access. Or use a cherry picker.

Use a bark roller like this one !

If your house is old the brown stuff you refer to is probably Scumble glaze, this was used to figure grain the woodwork to look like real wood. All the rage in the 30's and 40's. It sticks like treacle to your scraper and shavehook when trying to get it off. Ideally after sanding you need a coat...

Or you can use waterbased Zinsser Bullseye 123 +, this can cover soot and nicotine.

Steam strip the paper completely off. Sand down as much as you can. Apply a sealer coat of a stain block or oil based undercoat over the stained/varnished areas. Carry on emulsion painting If you emulsion paint over the varnish it may not stick, the stain block or undercoat will make sure the...

This also keeps the roof lower as the bedroom sits higher within the roof space higher than other houses.

As its weathered The galvanising wont have much effect on paint now. Id use a rust preventer like Jenolite or Kurust and then oil based undercoat and gloss.

If its already been painted, Bedec Multi surface paint is a good option. Lead is one of those surfaces that doesn't like being painted with conventional paints, it soon flakes off. Ive used hammerite before to good effect aslo.

should have lined the inside with plastic first. You would still get damp travelling upwards though.

Doesn't matter how you do it, as long as it stays open and cant be shut then its ok. It should be sleeved through the cavity as well so it is direct to the outside. This is to stop cavity wall insulation from blocking it.

The vent in the living room has to be one that cannot be shut off. Any fire that is over 5kw would need one, Less than 5kw then you don't have to have one but it may still be fitted.

Something like Toupret might be better !

White spirit or turps wont shift a water based paint. As Nige F has stated maybe touch in with black gloss. I usually paint older faded plastic rainwater pipes/gutters etc with one coat of thinned oil based gloss and it dries like a mirror. It wont come off either.

Never listen to what the staff at B&Q say, they are not trained painters !! With good prep, painting over oil painted woodwork is perfectly possible. As mentioned, a good sanding is the main thing, I then use a product called " Gloss Off" which chemically etches the surface ready for painting...

Use Zinsser Gardz instead of the bin after it has been rubbed down thoroughly, then back on with your chosen finish, may need a couple of coats to make it solid.

Very true !

Most paint is mixed using a light base coat, or dark, or medium basecoat. If you use standard white and have that mixed to the colour of your choice, it could be slightly different than if mixed with a basecoat. Having said that if you have it mixed using the standard white each time, the colour...

You can get the normal white tinted to any colour though :)

They are rain proof in 20 minutes, The Dulux is about 5 -8 years. When you get a couple of coats on its a nice finish.