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I have painted my walls with 3 coats 'Johnstones' matt wall and ceiling paint.I actually painted over the wallpaper that was there because I just recently came out of hospital and wanted to get it out of the way asap. After a while, once it dried, it has gone all streaky and patchy. When I first...

Mr H, thanks for your reply. I'm so pleased that my 'Bleeding' wall has not started WW3. My concience is clear, which is more than I can say for my walls. You are obviously far more experienced than me, so what do you reckon of this idea. I get some plaster or artex, or somesuch, in powder...

Wow!.I didn't mean to get you folks to fall out over my 'bleedin' wallpaper. Please shake hands and be friends as I'm sure you were once as it sounds like you have known one another for some time. Walls can be fixed a lot easier and quicker than human relationships. You never know when you need...

Thanks to everyone who has answered to my problem. You have all been very helpful and I have taken on board everything, and learned a thing or two as well. On a section of one wall where the back boiler was removed and the wall was plastered, it's perfect. Just where I painted over wallpaper...

I recently moved into a one bed bungalow and intend to decorate everything myself nice and slowly, at a pace to suit both my stamina and my pocket. The front room had this hideous wallpaper, when I first saw it, I thought the wall had damp patches all over until upon closer examination I...

I recently moved into a new place. Where I lived before I was upstairs in one room and because of an accident my telly was important to me. So as soon as freeview and digiboxes came out, I bought one. But I wasn't getting a continuously good reception so I contacted an aerial guy to come and put...

Thanks for replying to my question about laminate underlay. I will take on board the advice and forget my idea. Thanks for both replies.

I bought some laminate flooring at b&q to lay in my new home which I recently moved into. Previously I was in one room, so now I'm having to completely do up and furnish a one bed bungalow from scratch and it's costing a packet, so naturally I need to save every penny I possibly can. I was...

I recently moved to a new address and in the front, instead of grass and earth, it's got pebbles like some beaches. Now that should be ideal for someone like me who has lived in a flat most of his life but, their are quite a few weeds and grass growing out of it in patches here and there. It...

Thanks for your input. The trouble is that these stains are not an oilspill but years of black oil from, must be an old banger. In other words the dirt is ground in and caked on. It's actually turned the drive black. Thanks to everyone who took the time to read my post and was kind enough to...

Thanks for your reply. The HCA which I'm refering to is sold as a concrete cleaner and it needs to be diluted, can't remember the ratio. Thier are several on the market, usually28%. One is called Muriatic Acid. I've tried it and it's very good but I need to know if it will remove black engine...

Hi everyone, this is my first post on diynot, hope I'm in the right place. In the next few weeks I'm moving into a bungalow which I'm renting off the council and for the first year I'm not alowed to make any changes but the concrete drive in front is dirty. I reckon previous tenant parked an old...