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We've all seen the nauseatingly cheery DIY 'cheeky chappies' on various daytime shows painting plaster that is clearly still wet, and one coat only, at that. No doubt it goes horribly wrong once the production team are long gone. Ive had a block wall freshly plastered. bottom coat and top...

my technique of solving the off-square wall has been to call in a joiner to assist in getting everything roughed out and fixed in place. The word 'magician' is not lightly used! amazing stuff - glad i never took it on!

i agree - in principle, but when you are lining out an extremely old house, a neat cornice can assist in hiding a wonky floor / ceiling joint if the base of the cove is true and level. No dado rail no stripy wall paper may put in a picture rail, but only because i have pictures that need...

for what its worth................. my limited research over the last few days suggests.... lightest - just polystyrene with no paper cover - basically utter cr*p. VERY easily damaged then - polystyrene with paper cover - easy to decorate, and looks almost like plaster when finished...

i am now very tempted to look at this high density stuff. I am swerving from the polystyrene stuff, so will more than likely use plaster or HD. they have this stuff in your average B&Q?

i'll look out for that low build? I assume that means it is fairly thin and penetrative?

I have just installed new triple glazed windows. I want to keep them wooden - not painted regardless of any staining performance, what is the best, long lasting product for this? I want to avoid varnishes, due to the peeling and maintenance issues, but am keen to get a long lasting...

thanks i'll have another look at what is available. even though it is my first time, i am comfortable doing mitred corners. I would prefer to spend a bit of time getting that right, rather than buying pre-mitred corners and having extra joints to fill. Do you 45 degree mitre joints...

I have 46 linear metres of coving to install in a couple of new rooms. rooms are plasterboard lined, professionally taped and filled and ready for decorating. I was looking at proper plaster coving - various profiles, and came across the polystyrene coving. Not the plain polystyrene, but...

bosso, cut in the ceiling (white) roller the ceiling (white) cut in the walls (blue) roller the walls (blue) if you do the ceiling first, then any splatter is hidden by your later blue if you do the walls first, and splatter from the white ceiling will show up on your walls...

i saw advice in an earlier thread regarding fitting units square to the wall, and mitreing a non-90 degree joint in the worktop. Whilst i think this is the tidiest solution, my concern is the corner units, and the need to do something different with them.

thanks the upstand would look pretty squint too - that's the problem. I'll rough the cabinets into place, and see what it looks like and take it from there - probably bit of head-scratching to come, no doubt!

Morning all, new here, but a bit of a lurker... I am just about to start fitting a kitchen. It is in a new extension on an old building the floor is flat and smooth as a billiard table the walls are perfectly plumb however, the corner is not square. I asked for it square, but...