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If you don't want to repaint the whole room yet (although the Permawhite would be the best choice when you do - it doesn't have to be white), then try Zinsser coverstain once the marks have dried out, then re-emulsion the affected areas. But, as advised above, unless you tackle the condensation...

Let me guess. This is a rental property and you don't want to spend much on it? Please confirm yay or nay.

Good luck with the staircase. The carpet is terrible, though. I hope you didn't choose it.

Agree with mattatooi. I am struggling to understand why on earth you would want to paint such nasty doors, unless you are going for a boring, '1970s retirement bungalow' effect. For the cost of the materials and labour, you could buy new pannelled doors (which would come already prepped, just...

Please don't use PVA before painting plastered/filled walls. The first coat (of paint) may adhere; subsequent ones will not. Zinsser Gardz is a much better suggestion, or several thinned down coats of non-vinyl matt emulsion.

Possibly because when topcoating with trade paint, many decorators do water it down anyway (up to 10% depending on humidity levels). However, up 'ere in't'north, where it rains for much of the year, it isn't necessary and 'full strength' emulsion has never failed to adhere to contract non-vinyl...

No, a perforator is not essential.

This has never been a problem, in my experience.

Plus, I suppose the condensation dripping down Crittal windows makes it hard for a burglar to see what's worth nicking inside. However, an effective intruder alarm allows you to have well-designed windows and not be burgled.

One year I started off by oil-based undercoating my front door,fully intending to cover it with oil based gloss, but the weather was rubbish and come October I was so fed up I just whacked two coats of water based gloss on instead. That was five years ago and it still looks really good. I would...

Crittal windows are a bit like Artex and Bri-nylon sheets, aren't they? Someone obviously thought they were a good idea at the time, but they are to good design what Angel Delight is to human nutrition.

I think it sounds like something from 'Rising Damp'.

Make sure it is non-vinyl matt emulsion, though.

How do you plan to seal the cut edges?

Or line it with Wallrock Fibreliner then paint.

Wouldn't it be simpler just to buy a purpose-made shower tray?

Best way to do it is to have anything which can be removed, dipped in caustic soda, and anything which is not removable, stripped using a hot air gun.

They,'re all a bit rubbish these days, I'm afraid. What is it for, exactly? (What type of paint and where?)

The thermal liner is good stuff but I agree with previous comments about difficulty in hanging it. It seems like a sledgehammer to crack a nut, in any case. If the walls are really rough then re-skimming would probably work out not much more expensive than the thermal liner. It's not cheap.

If the stain is grease-based (eg tar) Zinsser Coverstain (yellow tin), or oilbased undercoat, is probably best. Otherwise (ie water-based stains) the 123 is fine.