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i've just painted the outside of a garden wall and splattered the pathway by the road. i didnt notice at the time as it was only a small area. the guy whos house it is moaned about it but i cant get it off. i've used a pressure washer (although it was a small one), patio and brick cleaner and...

hi i've got a delonghi double electric oven which i bought about a year ago off ebay second hand. my brother in law put it in for me as he is almost qualified as an electrician. once it was in the fan made an irritating a lound rattly noise whenever it was on. i just assumed that it was a bit...

ive just moved into a new house and want to knock through between the kitchen and dining room but its a supporting wall. the wall that i need to take out is just under 3 metres across. how difficult is it to do? how much should i expect to pay if i was to get someone in to do it? cheers

i've just bought a new house and i'm looking to extend over the garage. ive bought a 3 bed detached with a garage on the side built in 82. as far as i'm aware the foundations for the garage are the same as the rest of the house so i dont think they need to be altered. i was just after a very...

either way, painting as soon as the plasterer leaves is surely asking for trouble??

i thought so. thanks for the extra info

i've been plastering for about 3 years and i have always believed that you should leave new plaster for 5-7 days before you paint it or until it is completely dry and then you should use a 50/50 coat of water and emulsion prior to painting. a mate of mine has just had some plastering done by...

i've already asked a few questions about rendering but just wanted to clarrify something. if you are using a liquid plasticiser do you still need to use lime? the plasticiser i have found gives instructions without lime but i have seen on the forum that you use lime too?!? very confused.....

get one of the pump squirty bottles that you can pump up and then just hold the trigger rather than squirting over and over again

ive just finished a rendering and tyrolean job but struggled a bit with putting the tyrolean on. i bought a gun from screwfix for 26 quid which leaked like a sieve, is this normal or do i have a crap gun. also how runny should the mix be? i had it fairly liquidy, more than a runny mix of...

i've just bought a new house and on the survey the only thing that came up was that some lead flashing needs replacing. to the side of the house there is an attached garage which runs across the length of the house, approx 9m. it has a pitched roof which joins onto the side of the house which...

i've just finished a small rendering job with a tyrolean finish. now the next door neighbours want the same done and much more, happy days. my only problem is that tyrolean is really expensive and not many places seem to stock it. the cheapest i've found is £20+vat a bag. i'm sure i've read...

hi, i've put a few posts on here recently about mixes for rendering etc as i had to do a small amount of rendering for someone. i've been doing platering internally for a few years so i'm fairly competant at plastering. the wall i've just done came out really well and ive been asked by the...

are you skimming it yourself or are you getting someone in to do it? i would clean up the brickwork with a wire brush to remove any loose bits. pva the wall a couple of times with watered down pva then use hardwall over the bricks. i would generally skim the wall that day or the following...

also what type of sand should i use? cheers

i've already put a post on here to get some advice on the mix ratio for external render but i need to work out how much sand and cement i will need. i am going to be rendering a 3mx2m wall both sides so will need enough for 12m2 plus some for wastage. thanks for your help

i need to render an outside brick wall but i'm unsure of what mix to use. i've been doing internal plaster work for a couple of years but not really done any rendering since i did a course in 2006 so cant remember what mix to use. from the stuff i've read on the net there is a lot of variation...