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Hi, any help here appreciated and apologies if this has been covered elsewhere. I posted first on the building forum but no response any help from this forum would be great. My house is a mid 1920s semi and it's pebbledashed to all 3 sides. The front of the house has 2 bedroom bays that are...

Hi, any help here appreciated and apologies if this has been covered elsewhere on the forum. My house is a mid 1920s semi and it's pebbledashed to all 3 sides. The front of the house has 2 bedroom bays that are breaking up with some very bad cracks. The rest of the front and other sides of...

I have removed some horrible tiled wallpaper from our kitchen (not our choice). The surface underneath appears to have been painted with some form of emulsion/paint effect. Thankfully as the paper has been removed it has lifted most of the paint effect with it leaving me with nicely plastered...

hi, thanks for the detailed reply. The primer I used was water based, Zinsser Bulls Eye 123 (primer, sealer, stain killer). The wood was pine that I stained with I think an oil based wood dye and I think it's that what is bleeding through. The Zinsser product says you can apply onto any surface...

Help......I decided to paint not varnish. I bought a good primer and have since sealed the knots, primed, undercoated and last night applied the first coat of gloss. I am happy with the look and the quality of finish having rubbed down betweens coats and spent a lot of time on the prep. However...

Thanks for that, I think I will give it another quick coat at the weekend.

Thanks to those who have provided some advice recently, I am new to this forum. I have another question - I have papered and painted the hall stairs and landing and am pleased with the finished look, however one wall downstairs look patchy in certain light. The paper was a type of anaglypta...

I have spindles and a hand rail that have been stained but not varnished. I am not happy with the finish and am deciding wether to paint. Do I need to use a special primer to cover stained wood or will general purpose primer and knotting seal do the job. This was bare wood treated with one coat...

Thanks for this, I am working my way around the house so plenty of jobs to keep me going for now. I think I will leave things like you say and see how things settle down. Cheers

Thanks for the advice, I hope it's just the sleeper walls and not rot or something just as bad. I will give the boards a sound check as soon as I get the carpet up. Cheers

My house was built mid 1920s and we have been in the house 12 months. I will be starting work skimming/decorating the front room downstairs soon but before I start I want to cure a floor problem. The floor in the room is springy, which is more noticeable towards the centre of the room (about...

My bedroom ceiling and walls were skimmed about 6 months ago and have since been painted with a matt emulsion paint (4 coats). I am pleased with the finish but in the last week I have noticed a hairline crack in the ceiling (about 1m long) and 3 hairline cracks on one wall around the light...