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Hi, Thanks all for the advice, based on this I had a spread around today. After tapping on the walls he thinks quite a lot of the existing plaster is "hollow" (not bonded well to the wall I understood it to mean). He gave two options, either take all the old stuff off and start from...

Hi, After some help from the building forum I have split a room with a stud partition. I now have in both rooms, 1 new stud wall, 2 walls with old bumpy plaster, 1 wall that was covered in ply. Under the ply I have found what seems to be very old PB or cement board. There was only ply...

opps, Thanks for the warning but fear not, the lil'un will be in with us for the first few weeks. Understandably my orders are to get this done before he arrives though (and I doubt he/she will allow me time after anyway!). Cheers, Jim P.S. Dec - too tempting, have copied you with a beer.

Cheers Dec, Just to confirm , you don't think that lining paper alone would be good enough on its own? (to then paint on). A point to the other half if that is so! Also, will it be a problem to leave the existing paper on they ply? - otherwise will be a pain to get off I think. I saw...

Thank you both. I have peeled back some of the wallpaper. Picture below and of the other walls. Based on the pics do you think wallrock fiberliner would look ok if just painted or best to go with the superfresco? With these two types does it really make a big difference to remove...

Hi, I have just split a room with a stud wall (thanks to the guys in the Building forum), and want to know the best way to make it look reasonable. This needs to be balanced by time and cost - baby due in 1 week. You can imagine the problem - getting it in the neck from a very hormonal other...

Thanks tamz, Yes the stopcock is fully on (first thing I checked). Is it worth checking the Outside water company one? - am I allowed to do this? House built circa 1900, combi installed circa 1995 (I have a letter showing the guarantee was about to run out in 1997, and presume the original...