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Moved into my house, stripped the old wallpaper, PVA bonded the walls, then put up lining paper, than put up lining paper again and painted that. The seams of the paper though are lifted a bit, so they walls don't have a perfect finish, despite taking care when pasting. What causes this and how...

Got my first wall done at the wknd and, touch wood, all looks OK. Thanks for everyone's advice.

Is primer sealer the same sort of stuff as unibond? :oops:

thank you Bristolmick, just started enough thread and was advised about the PVA. I well bear all your advice in mind. I do have an electric cutter and I do intend to plan carefully. Just need to locate the right tiles now and then I can plan away.

thank you :D

Hi, First time at attempting to tile. I have stripped the old tiles of my wall and filled in any holes in the plasterboard, and have removed as much of the old tile adhesive as possible. Suffice to say the wall isn't as flat as a snooker table thanks to the remants of the old tile adhesive...

Igorian: what is your general location?

Can't find any other way to bring this to the attention of the mods. This 'prerparing tiling' part of the How To section is incorrect. http://www.diynot.com/pages/de/de012.php

thanks. I'll let you know how I get on. all the best

Thanks for the reply.I don't have a steamer (nor able to borrow one in the near future). The glue isn't that thick, so I'm thinking a thin layer of plaster would cover it? (This is more me thinking logically than knowledgeably, mind).

Hi, I have stripped tiles from my downstairs toilet, with the intention of retiling. I've never tiled nor plastered but want to try my hand at whatever is necessary. My question is this: having removed the tiles most of the plaster board has remained intact. However, there is a fair...

I think it is the element that has gone. I hear it can be quite tricky to replace, especially if your water supply is hard (which it is, there is a heavy build up of limescale). can anyone give me an estimation as to what the cost of a replacement boiler would be?

Nothing else on economy 7, I'm afraid. The light in the socket box does come on during the economy 7 times, so would that mean it was not a problem with the timer?

There isn't a timer to adjust. Don't have a multi meter but I will look more into the element being the source of the problem. thank you

Hi, I have a Baguley electric boiler, which has stopped heating the water on economy 7, the other option still heats it though. I have had a look at the themostat (pencil like instrument) and there is no sign of it being burnt out, as has happened previously (I also assume that the would...