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We recently had an extractor fan fitted in our bathroom. Some of the plaster and some of the cornice had to be cut away to access the wire. Now I am wondering how best to fill this gap in the plaster/cornice to cover the wire, its a couple of cm thick. I guess this is too thick for a regular...

Hi all, I am looking at cleaning up and refurbing a Victorian fireplace in my house. It's in pretty good condition, but one problem is that down each side of it there is a missing section, so there is a big vertical gap. See pictures attached to see what I mean. What would be the best way to...

I have a couple of walls in my Victorian terrace property with very thin hairline cracks that show through the paint. One way I could fix these is to use tape, but I find that fiddly to use. Then the other day I noticed I still had quite a bit of Zinsser Ceiling Pro 5 in 1 paint left over from...

I have recently had a room decorated in my old Victorian terrace house, where there is a chimney breast. The wall covering the chimney breast was previously covered with old lining paper so I was not aware of any damp issues. A few weeks after decorating during some cold and rainy weather, some...