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sorry to intrude into this thread. I was about to ask the question as well about cost-effective alarm for my sister's house which is pet friendly. it is only a small house - front door leading to stairs; rear door and a rear patio door. Upstairs there is a back bedroom and bathroom and 2...

I agree - and many thanks for the helpful posts - ditto Lee2009. Not all of us have made minds up which is why we post here for help. To be fair to Tim he posted a summary of his experience. It was timely for me as I was mulling over the same thing - a simple decent cheap and cheerful CCTV...

Fair enough. The man doth speaketh the truth though - the fine has faded to a very dull "eggshell" sheen which is nice. 8) The only criticism I have of it is that it does seem to flaunt even smallish imperfections in the stripping of the old paint on the door frame - which is sadly just at...

Thanks Joe I will be happy if it fades to the eggshell sheen

In truth I wasn't. I was planning to Satinwood the trim (wife wanted to matt it) but the paint shop person recommended the oil based eggshell instead as I am sure I mentioned painting the Rad as well as the trim. As we now have to wait a couple of weeks before any more painting can be done...

I have a handyman in doing the woodchip stripping and he did a test scrape and some of the pointy bits did scrape off ok. mask provided.

Thanks - will give it a go. My fear is the whole area under the landing as there is about 1m at the edge near the stairs (free edge) that seems to have slightly pulled away from the ceiling itself

...it is an Artex ceiling. AAArggh! :x To be fair 2 of the ceilings to be addressed are woodchip and being stripped tomorrow. The hallway I saw today is actually Artex. Most of it is fairly sturdy but there one area which seems to be coming a little loose which will need removal or repair...

Johnstone Coverplus - great. Johnstone Eggshell - rubbish. It looks exactly like Gloss. Wife not pleased with the gloss look so will have to look to sand it down and get some dulux satinwood and hope that works

Done. Johnstone 2 x 10l Matt Acrylic eggshell colour matched 5l 2.5l trade eggshell white for skirting and rad Just need to get the dining room paint from b&q (a dulux retail colour they have offer on matt)

You have all been fantastic to and with me during my many recent threads. The £25 is a special offer atm apparently from the normal £35. I did also think that re 20l but I guess it won't go to waste on the kitchen and dining room ceilings

Thanks both and fair point. I have had so long to overthink this that I have started second guessing myself

Will do mate - thanks. I have never used a steamer before, in the past it was old school hot water and sponges :oops: I tested the dining room ceiling with my finger and boy is it crumbly.

After all the tips and advice I am now in the final stretch and starting looking around for paint prices at local indept trade places, Wickes, B&Q etc. I have found B&Q seems to be by far the cheapest place for Dulux Trade Vinyl Matt. Rang a local trade paint shop and they said they don't...

Thanks guys I will buy that long-handled scraper and take it from there. I think a mate has a steamer, if not will buy that too

so you should Joe - all your bloody fault :D Once again thanks all for the helpful constructive advice.

Bullet will be bitten and weekend given over to ceiling woodchip stripping :cry:

Fair enough - thank you. I am not trying to be churlish asking for help and ignoring it (completely!) - I was just using my experience of a similar situation which seemed to work with good effect. It is my new family home so Landlord fixes are not what I am after. I shall do as you advise

Of the slum variety I am presuming?

Many thanks for your help guys. I have a plasterer. removing it from the walls of my old place was torture and I only did it from 1 ceiling as the underlying plaster was crumbled. So I ended up skimming over the rest - and it was fine for the rest of the few years we were there. Here in...