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Yes. Try to achieve as smooth a finish as the wallpaper offers and pay especial attention to the areas where the plaster joins the paper. You may need to feather in with plaster filler, then sand.

Forget Dulux, Crown, etc. and just get Little Greene Intellimatt. Eminently washable but not all horrible and shiny like some kitchn & bathroom paints, and you will only need 2 coats. Or get rid of the mutts!

Zinsser Bin is your best bet.

I agree with dcdec. I'm unimpressed with either F & B emulsion - overpriced and unpredictable. Little Greene is much better.

Unless it is somewhere really sheltered, you are probably best with an oilbased system - either Weathershield as advised above, or Little Greene's traditional oilbased gloss or eggshell are best.

Yes, it's the best paint for the job but you should make it really clear to them that it is not a magic wand - they need to ventilate the room as well. Are you doing this professionally or as a favour for a friend?

With paint, you get what you pay for. If you don't want to have to apply more than two coats, just get Dulux Trade. The big 10 litre tubs you see in the sheds are just the good stuff watered down. Are you sure you want brilliant white next to off white? The off white risks looking a bit...

I'd be inclined to cover the gloss with Zinsser Bin rather than anything oilbased.

Thanks for the ideas!

I would like to construct a flat but non-flexible board/table top about 2m x 2.3m which will make constructing interlined curtains much easier and more comfortable. (At the moment I have to spread them out and work on them on the floor, which I find uncomfortable and gives me backache). If I...

The problem with getting the contract matt is that it only comes in large tubs (5/10litres?) Seems a waste. The problem with getting a tester pot (250 ml) of Dulux matt emulsion in magnolia is that it will have a small amount of vinyl in it (which the contract matt doesn't). This will be...

I didn't realise there were still people alive who clung so relentlessly to such outmoded stereotypes of married life. You must be a real blast at parties! (Not...)

Is the top paper 'paste the wall', or 'paste the paper'?

The fact that you have a friend with no powers of discrimination and a husband prepared to lie to her proves nothing about windows, really. That may well be the case - but I still find them aeasthetically unpleasing. All function and no form, if you will. Paint is not plastic, and I can hardly...

Thank you. This is indeed the case. And PVC windows are aesthetically nasty, for the most part. People in this part of the world are ripping them out and re-installing wooden ones and it seems to be improving the value of their homes, judging by the prices they are achieving. I'm a...

[/url] PVC windows are not an option, even if we wanted them.

I made a blanket box in a Woodwork evening class. It involved 36 dovetail joints and by the time I finished it, although it was pretty damn impressive, I had gone off woodwork more or less for life. I am however the proud owner of a mitre saw which I use to put new bits of skirting board and...

Oh, for cying out loud. Now we've got all that off our chests, could I make it clear that I shall employ a local firm but I don't want to waste their time by getting them round to quote if I am being wildy unrealistic about the cost before I've even started. Let me rephrase! Is a window...

We have installed three pre-cut IKEA solid oak worktops in various kitchens and they have been excellent value.

How much should I expect to pay for a new double glazed wood sash window approx 1m x 1.5m, with 8 smaller panes within each half? (We actually need 12 new windows, but have no idea how much to allow). They will be painted, so we if go for softwood rather than hardwood, would that be...