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The bottom of my front door frame is missing and looks in the past to have been completed with a putty which is now coming away. What's the best way to fix this permanently? The area is roughly 60mm wide by 70mm high. See pic:

Ahh right, I see. Well that has narrowed down my options to two then. Strip off the distemper or get it re-skimmed. Thanks!

Why's that? Will the paint not bind to the wall?

When you say that paints don't adhere too well over distemper, what if I was to seal it first with PVA and then paint as I'm not too excited about having to wallpaper it again??!

Hi, I have already removed the glue. I used a steamer to remove the wallpaper which got rid of most of the glue and went over the walls with sugar soap solution so the glue has now gone. This morning I went in there and it smelt of damp horse but I'm convinced this is more to do with the...

OK. It's a spare bedroom which will become a nursery so I want to get it sorted really. Thanks for your help. I'll try and get a photo to stick up later.

I've just looked up how to identify distemper and it's not that. It says "It is soft and dusty to touch and will come off the surface of walls onto your hands." This does not. Mine is rock hard. I guess I will need to take a photo of it to show you which may be easier.

I'm not sure. The paint is sort of a faded lime green, which suggests to me that it could be quite old. The house was built c. 1903. I have already sanded it down but I didn't know if there was a paint out there I could use that would cover these imperfections somewhat to make it less noticeable?

Sorry, we seem to be at cross purposes here. I have already removed the glue and paste. The wall underneath the wallpaper has paint that maybe some years old that is in patches and I wondered if I could just paint straight over it or if I need to use a base layer/primer again on the wall first...

I haven't tried that so I don't know. If it does smell, could that be lead paint?

Hi. I'm redecorating a room that once had wallpaper. I have stripped all of this off and filled in cracks and sanded down the wall but there is old paint still there from god knows when. Do I need to apply a base layer again or can I just paint over this as if it were a normal painted wall...

Ok great thank you. I shall try this!

I've read that these types of valves don't actually turn off if they only have a frost symbol and not an "OFF" setting. Mine only has the frost symbol.

Hi. I need to remove a radiator to get to the wall behind it and I need to get a thermostatic radiator valve shut off cap. Does it matter which type I get? i.e. are they universal? I've tried googling it and there are Myson caps and other types so not sure?? I mean, does it matter?! See the...

Hi all. I am in the process of swapping over washing machines and I can't seem to switch off the water. The stop tap does not seem to want to budge. I've taken it off (see pics) to see if I could see anything that may be preventing it from moving, but there's nothing. Does anyone recognise this...

Hi Johnmelad. Yes there were cracks there before which is why i had it re-plastered.