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Agree, and nowadays there are so may easy ways to put together a page with some photos and a short intro. Heck, you could even do it with a facebook page! It was the same with my local paper, same names all the time, it does make you wonder doesn't it, especially as the ads are not cheap...

In the end, you simply cannot beat referrals. Half the time advertising just brings in clueless customers to don't have the savvy to remember building work done within their own circle of friends. Its fine for the lower end of the work scale(no offence) but for decent stuff that people...

What was the middle bit again..... :lol:

You have my sympathy, who needs this kind of problem, especially as you are doing everything right. Makes you wonder about the muppet, sorry, 'expert' that specified this kind of set up in an obviously inappropriate soil and of course the mother lode of all muppetry, sorry, competence, the...

Thanks Richard, I'll admit I am a monkey for not looking at dates on forum posts...... Along with checking my rear view mirror before overtaking, putting the toilet lid down, starting stuff and getting distracted...... And I am sure that if you were to ask my wife, she could no doubt...

"Micilin- I've done this a few times"- Never seen that done before, good compromise if going down the overboard route. You learn something every day....... Take a good man to spot it once painted.

We didn't have to worry too much about this sort of thing in the 'good' old days of Artex............ :mrgreen:

Ok, got it now :oops: Being a builder for 25 years I have been called a few things in my time.....but spammer? Thanks for comment about blog, its a hobby, (the TV in Norway is incomprehensible ****!) I guess that I get fed up with some *helpful* DIY sites out there that are well short...

Spammer how so? I thought spammers tried to sell you stuff you didn't want? Ok, I put a link to my personal blog, is that a not allowed here? If so, I do apologize. Do spammers usually post their photo and all their details etc Richard? I came here from the Screwfix forum because it...

You could finish it all tomorrow in my book.

There is a 15mm plasterboard but this is square edged and usually used on ceilings to alleviate having to use noggings, so not suitable. Agree that *best* way is to copy existing work.........

Oh, to give you a'taster' of what a lath and plaster ceiling looks like under the skin so to speak........ Read about some DIY options for your lath and plaster ceilings here.

It is always going to be difficult to advise on this one because it depends on your 'tolerance' of the flatness of your ceiling. I have clients who think that perfectly flat ceilings are abhorrent, look out of place and ruin the character of a period property. I have other clients who...