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Thanks for the reply. I will need to remove areas that I put peelaway on but I have decided to leave the rest as it is and just pva and board over it. Speaking to a flooring guy this type of paper is common in most households and people usually board over it. I would probably mention it if I...

Hello all, In my flat there is some paper stuck to the floorboards in the kitchen. This was backing to the old lino tiles that were pulled off before I bought the flat. The glued parts remain. It appears they just boarded over the paper with plywood and stuck vinyl tiles on top of the wood...

great, thanks for answering all that John. I think the next step is to get an arrestor fitted just above the lever valve. Really hope it sorts out the hammering. Also I need to fix the pipes securely somehow as they are just floating like that and can make the banging worse.

Hey John, ok thanks I will look into that. So with the pressure reduction valve would that stop the hammering from below? Also what is the difference between lowering the pressure on the stop lever against having a pressure reducing valve? So really trying to figure out what changed recently as...

cheers guys. So where in the image would you think is best?

Cheers Madrab. The washing machine is the flat below so would need to think of installing something at my end. Someone also suggested that it could be air trapped in the faucet pipe that is closed off coming direct from the mains and that there could be air trapped in there that cant escape...

madrab, the pipe on the wall is still fairly secure to the wall. I even held it firmly to the wall and the hammer noise still came through. I turned the water pressure down and it has dampened the banging. Its still there but very faint, enough to give me ok pressure and not damage my pipes...

Yeah it could be that, though the valve was brand new and the banging noises were not present when it was installed, they have come on only recently. I did notice at the time I noticed them my water pressure was all over the place. When I turned the tap on in the bathroom relatively low the...

Unfortunately it made no difference :( I had to really lower my lever valve to almost off to dampen down the sound and have very low water pressure as a result now. It almost sounds like the high water pressure is hitting the valve when I touch the pipe below the lever valve I can really feel...

Hi Madrab, One thing I did do when it kinda started was loosen the plaster holding the main iron pipe we share so it is pretty much free standing. The plaster was pushed in at the sides fixing it to the wall making it more stable, though I took it all out as renovating the kitchen so this could...

Its strange as I just went to check and the banging has suddenly stopped even though my stop lever is on?! Though I will expect it to start up again in the morning or at night. Is it possible it occurs when the flat below run their water? If so how comes it stops when I turn off my stop lever valve?

Hi all, I had a stop lever valve fitted in my kitchen to isolate the water in the flat. The mains water comes from an old iron pipe running down the wall that is also running to the flat below so essentially sharing the main water pipe. It tapers off under the floor and connected to copper...

Cheers guys, good suggestions. I will see how it goes with removing the distemper. If it's a pain might resort to a thin sheet of board, though part of my o.c.d. wouldn't like that its under the board :D Will try the sugar soap as steam didn't quite do it. Might not even be distemper at all...

It will definitly need a skim. Some cracks and patches have been filled in. Also it has been painted and over that paint there looks like possibly some thin distemper. My plasterer says that will all need to come off some might have to put peelaway on the whole lot to strip it.

yeah steamer works good ;) needs to be left on for a while then I use a large chisel to scrape off in one go. Also helps to score it a bit with the edge of the chisel.

I could, though about 90% of the paper is already off and boarding would be more work. I read steaming might be good to soften the artex. Anyone had experience with that?

Hey all. I got some artex type stuff on my kitchen ceiling. before anyone mentions it I had a sample tested for asbestos and it didn't detect any. The ceiling looks like it was originally painted plaster, then lining papered over years later with thick lining paper to hide all the cracks. Then...

Definitely should have brushed on the 50/50 PVA first otherwise plaster will blow and crack off like in your image.

thinking about it you may not need the expanding foam, just the bonding may do.

The only thing I can think of is some expandable foam inside the gap and bonding plaster on top. You would need to almost sculpt it in flattening the bottom flush to the coving as sanding it is a pain in that position. Though this would be a pain to remove in future incase you decide to remove...