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Thanks for the advice. I'm not overly concerned about this particular area, because it will be behind a wardrobe. I'm a bit worried that I'm going to find this elsewhere though, so I think I'll get some Zinsser in. Would you say that the BIN would be more suitable than the Bullseye...

Hello I've recently had my whole house re-skimmed, and new celings put up/skimmed. I've started painting yesterday, and found a patch where there seem to be splatts/run marks, and I just can't cover it up. I'm using Dulux Trade Supermatt (watered down to 3 parts paint 1 part water as per...

Thanks for the replies. He came out Friday to have a look, said his son had done it, and he'd "played about with it too much". When he started hacking the hollow spots, he said it was "dusting". He said its only the top, and scratchcoat is fine. He's going to hack out some pieces and cut...

Hello I'm in the process of sanding my parquet floor. I'm going to be finishing it toward the end of the week, and wondered if I could get some opinions on which product to use. I've searched the site, and noticed it seems to be a straight fight between Bona Spectre and Osmo Hardwax Oil...

Sorry mods, I posted this in the wrong forum, I've reposted in the flooring forum, can you please delete this post.

Hello I'm in the process of sanding my parquet floor. I'm going to be finishing it toward the end of the week, and wondered if I could get some opinions on which product to use. I've searched the site, and noticed it seems to be a straight fight between Bona Spectre and Osmo Hardwax Oil...

Definitely live areas, that's how I've noticed it, sounds very hollow in several patches. No thermalite, its an old extension built from single brick. Same general area has gone twice now. Guy is coming Sat, I'm going to try and inisist he does it all again, but I suspect as he was paid in...

Hello Just had my house reskimmed internally, and the extension re-rendered with stucco. First attempt at stucco failed when the render blew. Plasterer hacked off, replaced (inc scratch coat). This was 1 month ago, checked yesterday, render has blown again in similar places. I've phoned...

Hello I've spent the last day on my hands and knees using a heatgun to remove the bitumen from my 1930s floorboards, longing for the day when I can finally start sanding. Today, I happily powered up the edging sander to get to work, as I worked around, I could see vein like structures...

Thanks for the help, will get it sorted ASAP!

Hello, I've recently had my kitchen plasterboared and skimmed. I've noticed that I've now got some mold growing on the internal cill, which I think is being caused by water ingress from the window (had the outside rendered too). I suspect there's not enough sealer around the window, which...

One question, when you take the wallpaper off, are you going to re-paper? I stripped every wall in my house, and had to get the whole lot skimmed becauase we want to paint rather than re-paper. Just something to aware of.

I've had my walls skimmed. I'm getting ready for painting, bought my Dulux trade supermatt in white ready for mist coating. The house is filthy dirty after being renovated - what's the best way to clean the walls ready for painting? Should I use sugarsoap? Also, do I need to lightly sand the...

That's what I would have thought, but the advice leaflet that accompanies the oil eggshell on the site says - Previously painted wood, plaster and metal – old paint should be well rubbed down, cleanand dry before applying one coat of Farrow & Ball Interior Oil Primer & Undercoat. :?

I'm about to paint my house, going over the old skirtings, architraves, picture rails and doors. I intend using an eggshell finish. I've been advised to sand it to get a key for the new paint. I've read that I should use a primer. As I'm painting over old paint, is this really necessary...

I'm going to be tiling my bathroom very soon. I will need something to cut the floor/wall tiles. I was thinking about getting a cheapish wet saw, but read something on here about using an angle grinder. I will be using 13mm Travertine on the floor and just ordinary ceramic on the walls...

I was thinking a small piece of pipe, but thought I might be over-complicating it :oops: The heating was installed as an EAGA grant. As the house wasn't ready for them to finish, I told them to terminate the pipes and I'd hang the rad. I thought they would have put the TRV and LSV in...

If plumbing was my forte, I probably wouldn't be asking for help on a DIY forum......Everyone has to start somewhere, unfortunately, I don't know what the correct terms are for some of the parts yet, so I've probably named them wrong. John D, I will try and get some pictures tonight. Take...

Had a central heating system installed a week or so ago. Couldn't fit the kitchen rad as the wall hadn't been plasterboarded. The guys ran the pipes and terminated them with isolators. They told me it was easy to attach the TRV to the isolator, but I can't see how to do it. The compression...

Is there any way to remove scratches from a uPVC cill? Just had new window fitted and noticed today that the cill is scratched to buggery. I've just had a plasterer in to construct reveals, but don't know if its him or someone else. These are not just surface scratches, I can put the tip of...