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This sounds like a good solution. I have used expanding foam before and it can get a bit messy on smaller intricate jobs but I can see how it could work here and I see there are some specialised versions of this for plasterboard. ANy further comments on using this welcome.

Thanks again. Would have been an option but the section where you see a diagonal line a couple of foot from the diagonal cupboard is rendered cement and is like that till the end of the wall now I have taken the rest off. I think the best option is to replaster bond then skim.

Thanks, yes that's what I'm working towards - a decent plasterer that can do it in a day!

I would but that would make the wall 30mm thick which would then mean taking down coving, skirting and and an architrave!

The wall is about 10 ft by 8ft high. Just been quoted £500 to thistle bond it (after I prep the wall first) and skim. Seems a lot, even for the S.E compared to another recent job by the same guy. maybe he doesn't want this job?

Yes, I'm familiar with bluegrit, it was used before skimming an artex ceiling. Of course the plasterboard won't be in contact with most of it. Bit expensive just for a few bricks worth I guess. My other concern is how much thicker the whole wall will be? People are talking about a 25mm gap and...

My daughter (always the kids isn't it!) discovered the wall paper and plaster falling off her kitchen wall. Like most things in her house it is due to a previous botched job. This looks like the painted brick wall (internal partition wall between under the stairs and extended kitchen) was...

Interesting post and I fully concur with Evostance, having recently had the same problems. Painted a hall and landing ceiling with Dulux trade Vinyl Matt and found it awful. It was fairly hot and I diluted it with about 10% water but still incredibly difficult to roll smoothly.Gave up after two...

I have a painted feature wall and at right angles a wallpapered wall. The corner isn't square and true and isn't smooth either so the edge of the wall paper doesn't make a nice straight line. I wondered what I might put down the corner, presumably painted the same colour as the wall, to make a...

Hard to find the electrical specs on Panasonic site but it does say recommended fuse 16A which would seem a bit excessive.

Output I guess. That's how they quote these units.

The Panasonic split system I am proposing for an upstairs bedroom is 2.5kw. I have had three quotes so far. Two want to take the supply from a spare mcb on the (new)consumer unit. I have one 6 amp and one 16 amp spare. The other one says it is no problem plugging in to upstairs socket and taking...

Well I had it done by a local plasterer. High spots scraped off, bluegritted and then skimmed. Looked ok when he left. When dry looked possibly a bit patchy or uneven. After mist coating and several coats of Dulux Matt Vinyl Emulsion it still looks patchy and uneven. Still, it hasn't fallen down...

I know this is a common question but a search finds quite old threads. What is the modern thinking on the best method. Ideally I would like a plasterer to skim directly over it after correct preparation - which would be what? It probably is late 80's and not containing asbestos but I don't...

I understood you John. Anyway surely if it was in a bad state, irrespective of its age you would know by looking at it. As to refusing to touch it I'm not sure how you would improve it. It seems a hard message to get across to some people about available resources as well. I don't want to go...

Well in this instance most of the replies to "my" thread have been fairly balanced and sensible with a general understanding of what I was trying to say. It is really just another of ones life risk assessments as somebody above alluded to with speeding etc. To some money is the absolute issue...

This seems to be a regular question on here over the last ten years or more. It is not surprising as there are still plenty of pre-1970's houses about and flashy light fittings, often metal, are much more in vogue than the standard plastic ones of the fifties and sixties. I have just read a ten...

This a very, very old thread but the one of no earthing in lighting circuits is a common one and always very relevant. Hopefully the OP did something sensible and is still alive. There are a couple of points here though that the professionals don't always take into account. Not everybody earns...

Thank you. Pretty much as I guessed. I will continue to avoid metal light fittings. Luckily, although no earth on lighting circuit it is all PVC cable and not rubber. Always makes me smile on here how keen electricians are to completely rewire a house. Were it an empty property or being sold...

Most of my house lighting circuits are mid-sixties and just missed out on an earth conductor. Not a problem originally with basic plastic fittings but as decor and fashions have changed better looking fittings have become available, mostly involving metal. Up till now I have managed with more...