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Hi All, Quick question for you. I have sanded back the skirting, primed and put a first coat of Dulux trade Satinwood. There are a few gaps between the floor and the skirting. The skirting is pine (me thinks) and the floor is parquet. In most places there is no/very little gap. In a...

Hi All, Quick question ref mist coating. I plan to use Dulux trade paint to decorate the whole of my flat. Do I need to use a Dulux brand for the mist coat. Sorry - just had the rooms skimmed. Also had my skirting boxed with a combo of an MDF material and what I belive to be a pine...

Hi All, I am due to get 2 rooms skimmed in a couple of days. If someone could give me advice on the following I would be gratefull a) What do I need to do with the elec. sockets, if anything at all? b) One of the ceilings still has a small amount of emulsion on. It is a little flakey...

Hi Zampa, Many thanks for that. The windows are orginial in a 1930's house - will they still need knotting?? If I was to choose the oil based satin - on my other windows, can I just rub them down lightly and fill. Will there be any issues with using this paint on top of an existing...

Hi all, After 15hrs of solid graft i have managed to strip my spare room window back to the bare wood. I will not be doing this to the other windows but instead heed advice and sand them back. Can someone advise on what I should do next - do I need to prime the wood? How many coats will...

Hi All, I have a couple of leaded widows (glass in individual panes) that need replacing as a couple of the panes have been cracked. How easy is this to do or should I consider taking all sections out and replacing with 1 piece with "false" leading?? Any advice appreciated. Cheers...

Hi All, I have started stripping my windows back (only in one room) using a heat gun. It is taking an age because of the various angle/bevels involved. I am thinking therefore of stripping the large flat surfaces using the 'gun' and then using a stripper for the more difficult to reach...

after having my walls skimmed do I need to leave them before painting. I am guessing that I wll need to PVA them first? Cheers Tony :)

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Hi All, Just after a bit of advice ref stripping my windows. I plan on stripping the windows and sills right back to bare wood. My main worries are: a) I am going to buy a heat gun (DeWalt) today - there is a lot of stripping to do so i thought I would get a reasonable one. I know that...

Cheers guys, I am having a bedroom skimmed so I might get him to do it at the same time - not a large area so should not cost too much...

Could anyone give me an estimated cost on the following: 5 x Double sockets - currently running just above the skirting - need to be raised by a couple of inches and chased into the wall. These are ot chased at present. Looking at them there is not enough cable and so will need to be...

"Using polyfilla technology, Polycell BaseCoat is the best way to ensure a perfect finish on your walls"............ I am about to paint my hall which has some minor cracks and areas that have been filled and painted - these are still quite visible. I will sand these areas down a bit more...

Do you think it will cost to have 4 radiators moved. No further piping or radiators would be required, basically they would stay on the same 'circuit' but in a different location in the room. The piping itself is exposed and runs along the skirting boards. I understand that this is...

the woodchip from the spare room (13ft x 13ft) - it came as no suprise that the plaster beneath was in quite a poor condition - loads of holes, scrapes from previous stripping etc. Certain parts of the wall are worse than others. I have filled and sanded approx 30% of the total required - I...

Hi, I am after some advice ref the central heating on my2 bed flat. The flat is a 30's build with concrete floor and parquet on top. I am replacing the boiler shortly with a Worc Bosch (advised 24i). My main issue is that the two pipes that run around nearly all sides of the two...

Hi, I am wondering if anyone can give me some advice as basically I am utter crap at this sort of stuff..... I have just moved into a medium size 2 bed 30's flat (with parquet flooring.) It seems as though the previous owners were less than truthfull ref the 'Duvall' boiler. The guy who...