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Dear pigeon85, The paint is sound in so far as it is fixed to the surface. However it is not a good finish because it has been painted over so many times and anyway requires redecoration. So rather than sand it down and fill in the blown parts, better to try to get it off, as about 20% is...

Dear gregers, Some has been jet washed off already and some layers of paint come off. The underneath though is harder, it appears to thin to be a render skin, but is stuck just as firmly where its not blown. Thanks for your reply.

Dear roy c, Thank you for your reply. Definitely sandplasting is a possibility. Thank you for the suggestion. Am hoping to find someway I can do it. Some way of removing about 1 mm of three redecorations of paint. Where it is blown it falls away fine. Thank you for your reply.

Dear Alastairread, Roy C and Roughcaster, Thank you for your replies. The building is a late 1800s house. There appear to be about three layers of paint about 1mm - 2mm thick. Underneath there is a rough stone surface Where the paint is flaking, it is as if it is like blow plaster. It...

Thank you for looking at this post. I would like to attach a chisel to a hammer action drill. Is there a fitting for either of these hammer drills : Black and Decker 700W KR700CKS Black and Decker 710W KR703K If not, is a 'makita kango' the appropriate tool to hire, and if so which...

Thank you for your reply. The weathershield stabiliser seems ideal. Some of the flaking paint has come away leaving areas on the wall with a shallow profile. Any view on the appropriate filler, or just stabiliser and undercoat repeatedly to same level? Thanks for reading.

Thank you for your reply. The property is 1860s. May I ask if there would be a particular type of stabiliser suitable, allowing walls to breathe for example.

Hello and thank you for looking. There is to be an external redecoration of a victorian house. The external walls are rendered and painted. Some of the paint has flaked away over the years revealing a white dusty powder underneath on the render. Guessing the dusty powder is distemper...

Hello and thank you for your reply. The shower will be a temporary installation until a permanent bathroom is put in after about a year. The temporary arrangement could be single impeller pump for hot, with greater than 600mm positive head, and with cold from mains (about 4 bar). Would...

Thank you for your reply. The pump will be single impeller for the hot. And with the cold being mains. Thank you again for your reply.

Hello there, Thanks for your reply. No need to foresee a disaster. (Disasters rarely happen to the well informed, and this post is about becoming well informed!) The illustrations of the positive head pump installation show the positive head of at least 600mm from cold to allow for...

Hello and thank you for looking at this post. A shower pump is going to be installed. The cold water to the shower pump is pressured. So is it right that the pump can be positive head even though there is no water tank (and consequently no 600 mm positive head height difference)? Thank you...

Hello and thank you for looking at this post. A bathroom shower pump has developed a fault. There is not much strength to the shower stream, neither for hot nor for cold. The pump is quite old although in a dry and warm place and consequently appearing externally to be in good condition...

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Thank you for your reply. It seems initially less bother to somehow try to smooth down whats there. Or get it skimmed? I guess boarding over would lessen the ceiling height, and it would all need to be fixed in place? What board would be appropriate? Thank you again for your reply.

Hello and thank you for looking at this post. A temporary bathroom is being installed, very cheapy diy, for about a year until an extension is constructed. The ceiling had painted polystrene ceiling tiles which have been removed under which there was paint. The ceiling has then been sanded...

Thank you for your reply. There were indeed two types of hardiboard in the store. I guess after checking the gyproc specification, the decision was made on price. The gyproc is also 2400 x 1200 which fits the wall heights. The hardiboard in the store was about half that size. And since...

Thank you very much for your reply. There was hardiboard but the two types in stock there were noted as being for floors. The wall product at the B&Q store was the gyproc. Also did look at the pvc panels, but plain white tiles are cheaper still. Thank you again for your reply.

Thank you for your reply. My supplies are from B&Q. They do not supply the aqua panel brand now. The aqua panel is probably the ideal, although since the area is just a shower within a bath, ie not a shower cubicle, the moisture resistant Gyproc product should do what it is supposed to do...

Dear 1john, Thank you for your reply. The gyproc mositure resistant plasterboard is going to be tiled around shower and bath, then painted elsewhere. Areas of the plasterboard to be painted are to be treated with gyproc primer ...