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Thanks Bespoke for your advice,had already thought that no gain without pain would be the answer.Have found out that Cuprinol do a satin varnish in 44 colours including white.They say it would be suitable for skirting boards etc,have you any idea if this would go over the existing varnish?If so...

I have a large bathroom with a ceiling of 3" T/G boarding which has been covered in a dark gloss varnish.My wife wants a white finish bathroom and I have a choice of plaster boarding over and plastering or painting over the existing varnish.To rub down the varnish especially the Vee formed...

Thanks for your reply Robbie,Dulux weathershield should do the trick then

Have stone window cills which in the past have been painted with white masonry paint.However with the number of surrounding trees green algae soon appears and I am repainting on a very regular basis.Is there a gloss finish white paint which would adhere to the stone on top of the existing...

Thanks for info Mick,will try a weak cement/lime/sand mix when the weather improves

House 90 years old with solid walls has concrete sills under windows 230 m.m wide by 100.m.m thick.Several of the sills have cracks(less than 1m.m) extending from the window across the width and part down the depth of the sill,Have tried chiseling out and repointing with various fillers but...

I have a problem with rising damp in the outside wall of a utility room.Solid wall 230 m.m thick rendered outside and painted Sandtex masonary paint,presume due to age that no dpc.Inside fully tiled but salts coming through grouting to height of 1.6 metres.Intend removing outside rendering to...

I have just remembered that a couple of weeks after the initial work was completed I found that the drive light had no power to it.The electrician came back made a hole in the plasterboard covering the JB!s and found that the drive light had not been connected.Don!t know what he did but presume...

Thanks for your quick response.Not sure exactly where the junction boxes are so would be hit or miss intaking down the plasterboarded wall.I would estimate that there are about seven boxes in the wall yet it is always the same circuit that causes the problem-one would think that damp air would...

I had a new CU installed four years ago in an outside utility room,original fuse boxes were inside kitchen.The installers ran in new cables and connected to exisitng wiring using connection boxes which were pushed up into wall and plastered over using plaster board. When there is bad weather...