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I'm preparing to paint my window frames. I've scraped off all the flaking paint from the window cill (outside), it's left me with the old paint rubbed down ready to paint, but there's lots of areas where the paint has come off completely leaving bare wood. If I paint over everything it won't...

I've tried 12 local plasterers over the weekend, most were on answer phone, only 3 called back. I went back to the £445 guy, he's agreed to do it for £350 now. Thanks for your help Steve.

Really need it done next week and I can't get anyone else round to quote, they're all busy. If this guy is in the ball park I'm happy to book him, I just hate to be ripped off

I've stripped the wallpaper off our bedroom and some of the plaster has come off one wall to reveal the original block work, about 5 sqm. After that's been fixed I want the complete room skimmed, total area is 20 sqm. I've had a guy look at it, he said he will come round and 'hardwall' the 5...

Thanks joe-90, do you have the brand name for this stuff? Thanks.

So do I smear the fibre glass paste against the extg cill, then screw the new cill onto it, wipe off the excess? Thanks.

So do I smear the filler onto the extg cill then push my new cill against it, remove the excess filler that squidges out, and put some screws through my new cill into the existing cill to hold it on place? Thank you.

I've removed all the wet rot from our window cill. I suppose I should now get a new cill and cut down the length, and just connect it to the existing cill, using glue and screws? Thing is, the existing cill is all jaggered and rough (as per the picture) so my new (cleanly cut) cill won't...

I've got it all done today, thank you very much for your help and also the offer of the lawn lute. You're very kind.

Brilliant idea, thanks.

Thanks. Bit expensive for such a small area though.

I want to lower an area of my lawn (about 10sqm). I'm thinking of carefully cutting the turf with a half moon tool, getting under the turf with a shovel and putting it to one side, then scrape some of the top soil away (about 50mm), then put the turf back. I'm just concerned the finished...

Thanks chaps.

My sister has a very small peice of wall, on the wall there is a small area (500mm x 500mm) where the plaster has blown, the depth of the damage is 3mm. I can skim small areas so have agreed to go round tomorrow and sort it out. Reading on this site, I should use bonding to fill the hole...

I'm not sure the picture shows my existing ground too well. Basically the garden has lumps and bumps, a few weeds, and areas where grass is coming through. We want to raise the garden 100mm by bringing in screened top-soil. I'm guessing I should go across the whole garden removing all...

I have cross-lined a wall ready to wallpaper. I usually paste the wall as well as the wallpaper, so I can slide it into position when it's on the wall. Should I paste the lining paper, as well as the wallpaper? I'm just concerned too much paste may cause the lining paper to bubble or...

Thanks. I guess I PVA the new bonding, extg wall but not the plasterboard? There are wooden beads either side of the gyproc, I can just about chisel some of it out, but not all of it. I guess I can squeeze bonding into the gaps?

Thanks for your reply. The plasterboard is already in place and sits back from the existing wall by up to 10mm in some places, less in other places, that's why I thought to use bonding to bring it flush. Is that okay?

In regards to this picture, can someone tell me if this is correct please? First scape all the loose paper, paint etc off the wall and clean with sugar soap. Then; 1. Tape the joints 2. Fill the low areas and gaps with bonding 3. Paint with 2 coats of PVA; 1st coat 5:1' 2nd coat 3:1...

Is this correct? Coat the area with 2 coats of PVA Use multifinish, 2 coats I guess I just grade the multi down to nothing as I get a little way along the all, then sand the edges when it's dry? Some of the wall has divets about 50mm diameter, and 10mm deep, will the multi fill these...