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A varnished door should be sanded down very well and an aluminium primer used especially if its a hardwood door, if you don't do this the paint has a tendency to chip off. I normally take doors like this off the hinge and sand them with an electric sander; away from where the door was hung...

Is the artex unfinished i.e not painted? I generally use a thin mix first on bare Artex, say approx add 10% water and stir throughly. With regard to rollers I would go for a medium pile roller the short pile leave tracks, medium pile is forgiving, even on rough walls and holds a nice amount of...

Hi all, just wondered if anyone had a clue what these stains are from? There doesn't appear to be any wood around to produce tanine stains and they don't look like water stains as they don't have any tide marks. the second image is on the stairs running up the bannister. The property is brick...

Short pile rollers can leave tracks, not put enough paint on to keep it wet i.e. it dries out to fast leaving banding where you go over the last part you rollered and if the ceiling isn't particularly even will miss the low parts. Personally I always use medium to long pile rollers as I've never...

You have to be careful with caulk, cut a small angle on the caulk nozzle, slow and easy better to fill twice than too much. I use a silicone tool to remove any excess: See Here These are the best i've tried for awkward places. make sure you have some wet wipes too to clean your hands and any tools.

Its not a big wall so brush and a bit of patience is probably all that's needed. Re rollers, a decent quality 7 inch long pile roller would do that wall no problem, lather the roller in paint and roll the roller up slowly first and don't try to roll it too much. At the bottom I would buy some...

I know Artex is a brand name but is synonymous with textured coatings so I use the name artex to represent that. My problem is crumbling "artex" because of water damage, scraped off the flaking stuff (damped down as it's quite old) and now requires patching up. It doesn't have to be a work of...

Hi, I have a bathroom project I'm doing and just need a bit of help. Where the shower tray is going (1200 x 800) I'm bringing the walls out using CSL (90cm x 40 cm) One to be able to fit the shower pipe work and also to create some niches because that's what the love of my life wants :). I'm...

It would seem you have answered your own question. The only option you appear to have to remove the skim.

That is most certainly not how a tradesman would have applied silicone, a cowboy yes but not a tradesman, looks like they have just gone over existing poorly applied silicone. Fugi's are good and so are these...

Hi all, will be starting the shower room project soon and wanted to ask what do you consider a good travertine tile sealer and where is the best place to buy it from. Walls are half way up rendered and then plater above, one wall will be studded and backerboard clad for recesses.

No problem, glad to have helped.

Hi, the walkboard has two large G-Clamps holding it to the frame underneath so no chance of slipping, but you are right the walkboard should be locked down. The ladders weren't Ideal but had wide feet for stability and I only had to go up 2-3 rungs to paint the fascia board which was a 15 min...

Hi all, just a bit of feedback. Eventually hired from Jewsons, had to rig the stabilisers for the scaffold up unconventionally by using them as dampeners for forward(towards the conservatory) movement. this was required as the walkboard was 4.8m pretty heavy and if we didn't have those in place...

When you rub the concrete with your fingers do you have a powder on them? if so you need to seal/stabilse the concrete first then use a good quality exterior paint. Sandtex is very good, flexible and pretty hard wearing. Also is the step south facing as a south facing painted surface won't...

Is the coving ornate or just flat/smooth? any images? I generally use plaster of paris for ornate coving, it dries quickly, and is easily shaped.

Just strip and line it. As with all of these type of things the more you try and do it on the cheap the more it will cost you. I don't know who told you to use caulk but they should stick to their day job, if they are decorators, suggest they try another profession because that sort of tip is...

Either go to the doctors or the 24 hour care at your local hospital to get it checked out. Better safe than sorry.

Thanks for all the suggestions, will be going to a hire shop today for quotes. The customer will not let me remove any panels as they have previously had leaks and they recently had it sorted and now have no leaks so they want to let sleeping dogs lie. Its the window reveal that's the...

Hi all I have to paint a some stucco that is over an addon conservatory (the yellow bit), the roof to the conservatory is weak and there is no strength to it, consequently it will not hold my delicately proportioned 20 stone weight. What would be the best way to do this: Tower with walk...