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Thanks, I read a lot of stuff on here regarding distemper! Sounds more like an illness! Still don't know what distemper is but I guarantee that I have got it! Sharon xx

This weekend I stripped the hall/landing/stairs walls. As I stripped the landing I found that the walls n ceiling had been painted at the same time in a colour I don't know! So peeling the paper off then carried on to the ceiling so I assumed that the ceiling had been papered with lining...

I have put this in the builder section because I would like to know about the ceiling as I have never had this problem in any other house I have lived in! This weekend I stripped the hall/landing/stairs walls. As I stripped the landing I found that the walls n ceiling had been painted at the...

Hi, Just letting you know that the floor is doing great. I gave it another scrubbing with soapy water as soon as I got up this morning. It has now dried. The patch is about the size of the bottom of a 5L paint tin! It really is far too clean now compared to the rest of the carpet(its in the...

Yes that certainly made me laugh! :lol: Makes my problem seem so trivial! Thanks. I did what you said earlier regarding cleaning it! I scraped all I could up with a filling knife (first thing I got hold of as I'd been filling holes in walls!) I then got a hot damp cloth (or 3!) Started...

Thanks, Will procceed with the cleaning at once and hope it works! No chance of hiring a carpet shampooer as I have a fiver to last till next friday! :cry: The ironic thing is that last week the landlord/lady offered to come and clean all carpets when I have decorated! Better get...

Aaarrrggghhh! Up till 5 minutes ago I was painting the hall ceiling and covered the floor as I moved round. But like a dummy I moved the ladder and unknowingly I dragged the sheet with the (full)paint tray and it has poured on the floor!!! Rented house with carpet (not new but WAS in good...

Thanks, I do like to give anything a go, but I will take this to the landlord/lady. As they are very good friends of mine (and dont want this to change)I will bring this up in conversation nicely. As for the general landlord thing ...I have copied and pasted landlord info a couple of you have...

Just nipped out before it got dark and poured as much hot water as I could down gully until it was at the brim. Dont have anything to use so used my good old garden trowel and two carrier bags up to my elbow and had a swoosh about in there. God I have released the stench from hell and the...

Any more ideas very welcome. I will try all myself until I am forced to get professional help! I actually changed the overflow and 'u-bend' under the sink when I moved in because the sink would drain very slowly after washing up. When I took them off I could see the problem. They were...

Cheers mate! That was so obvious that I never thought to do that!! I was reading about electrics when I remembered my drainage prob! I have pasted it to plumbing! Didnt seem to fit in anywhere else! Thanks, Sharon x

Not sure what the actual name for these things are. I will call them 'thing' if unsure! The 'thing' outside my house that all my water goes into. Well I have my washer,sinks and bathwaste and also rain water from gutter going to it. Well the water is constantly above the metal grid (is...

BIG SORRY! I posted the above in the wrong place..... Deja vou! I have done this kind of thing before!! Is there a way to move it to the right place?!

Not sure what the actual name for these things are. I will call them 'thing' if unsure! The 'thing' outside my house that all my water goes into. Well I have my washer,sinks and bathwaste and also rain water from gutter going to it. Well the water is constantly above the metal grid (is that...

Moved into a rented house pre-xmas. Just had a word with landlord/lady about extra sockets in kitchen. Brought it up in conversation rather nicely-as they are friends of mine! The kitchen is about 10" by 6",which is small but I still need to house all my 'bits' in there! Got Fridge...

3 weeks ago I had 140 dark brown tiles with light brown flowers on (circa 1978!) You know...to match the then peachy bath and yellow flowered wallpaper! My friends uncle lived here...its true!! Last week when the bathroom was finally finished and I proudly showed it off....they were glossy...

Thanks for the info on the lead in the paint! Talked to 'older generation' round here and the houses were built in 1950's. A possibility that there could be lead paint somewhere under there then. So light sanding,primer and topcoat it is then. Thankyou to both of you. I think I'll crack on...

Eddie, Thanks for that. Looks like the dream in my head of lovely varnished wood is never going to be mine. Better than the nightmare of getting all the layers of paint off I suppose! Thanks for the mention about the brushes too as I painted my bathroom tiles and read the recommended brush...

Hi,been sneaking on here for DIY tips and have decided to become a member. Moved into an awful rented house (has potential but single mum-money tight!!) My next project is the hall,stairs and landing. The first problem will be that there is 3 layers of wallpaper which really annoys me!! An...