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Just seen the thread and the person who said to leave a gap. He was asking for work in earlier posts :roll: Someone pulled him up later and asked why leave a gap :oops: Also minimum 1200 grade in my book. 800 is like tissue and covers nothing

sorry simon w Growler is spot on. You may get away with leaving a small gap if wallpapering over but not paintng. The people who told you are wrong. Off hand I cannot remember the lining instructions saying that you should leave a gap, (not the paper I use any way) Apart from starting again the...

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hi all Sky plus only uses 75% of its hard drive by default. Have recorded robbie (total 4 hrs) for the wife you understand, and two movies and only used 2% of its hard drive capacity. So no need to change the hard drive. Have got mine set up to the DVD recorder via the scart leads so I can...

hi gas01, You would need to burn off the existing paint then go over it with a sander to get rid of any digs that you made with the scraper. This will also get rid of any paint residue. This can be one finicky job. If it was me, and you are going to redec the room anyway, I would buy a new...

hi fraid they are right. The chemical in its wet state will react with any paint you apply. It will discolour it. The same applys with wall coverings. Dont do it. It takes up to 5 months to fully dry and give you a working dpc. It is no prob in its dry state. You can paint and paper then...

Hi, I believe it was started because you should only render down to the DPC. This left an unfinished area at the bottom of the house so it was painted. So in answer to the question from a decorators point of view, its decorative........unless a builder knows any different. :wink: Paint...

tonysab, Difficult to say without seeing the job. There are too many factors to take into account, what condition are the walls in is there coving, will he be plastering the ceiling after he has boarded it. It really is one of those can,t see can't quote jobs. If you think it may be too much...