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sugar soap, sand lightly and undercoat then use egg shell for hardwaring. You could bleach your old wood and lighten with a wash if you like that old shaker style. Wood stains maybe another option. Use the mini rollers for smooth surfaces and avoid gloss paint try egg shell or sheen...

There are a couple of options 1) Cut out all the soft areas and treat with some standard wood preservative. fill with exterior wood filler and the larger areas cut in with new timber fix with counter sink screws and fill and prime then 2 undercoats with a final exteror gloss coat. 2)...

Ian There are two main damp proofing systems. 1) Structual Waterproofing System (SWS) 2) Oldroyd Xv Structural waterproofing system is a highly effective waterproof treatment process of sound stable surfaces normally encountered within building structures. SWS Slurry is a pre-mixed...

bump? is that the name of the product.. you not giving much away are you.

I'm considering rendering the back exterior of my house and having it painted in a sandstone colour. There are bare facing bricks showing must be over a 100 years of grime with black motar, Both neigbouring houses have tidy bare cemented walls. I was thinking in terms of avoiding having...

1) Try and establish where the damp is coming from and deal with the damp first a) Is there raising damp b) Is the damp coming in through the side walls - What drainage systems are there outside c) Is the damp coming down from the ground floor exterior surface walls d) Is a road or garden...

The reg is about to be passed where you will need to provide a certification. You are right at present there is no certification requirement. You maybe asked to provide receipts or guarantees. However in law your buyer could still make a claim against your work if you had not complied with...

You can treat fitted bedrooms units like kitchen units. Get a free design quote and use their ideas to source the materials or buy their kits and fit them yourself. The easiest way is to make a series of wooden frames and fit them in one side of a room and box them in with thin plywood...

So the damp remains hidden behind the plasterboard. You have not solved the damp problem but just covered it up. Sorry but in a few months time when you get the heating in place the damp will remind you that it is still there. You will get a strong musky smell and it will get worse. I...

I think its about time you get a professional in to check the wiring and the electrical supplier may need to upgade your meter. Your picture tells me that your grey cable wire is susspect and with your basic knowledge of electricity you are a danger to yourself and others. You been given a sign...

How much do you value life £1000 £2000 £3000 It is frighening the amount of deaths and injuries caused by DIY electrical. It's not worth it to tackle a house rewire all for avoiding a qualified electricans fee. I renovate properties for a living and I could easily rewire a house but I always...

If you already have a 10 litre matt emulsion another 2.5 litre emulsion will be the same. Or do you really mean you would get a 2.5 of vinyl silk? The emulsion should mix ok because most vinyls are water based, However if the paint is non drip its going to take a lot of work to mix them. Also...

As with other rooms in the house, create different levels of lighting. The main three are ambient - task - accent Ambient The ambient layer is the general lighting. It is the electrical equivalent of daylight. For most homes a central pendant provides the ambient lighting, but this alone...

Think of noise if you are going to seriously laminate stair ways. First install Hall/Landing flooring, then batten out the riser. The riser is vertical stairpart and the going is the horizontal part. We do this because all stair nosing profiles require a square corner to fit to. We use 19mm...

No. You are relying totally on the perfect adhesion of the covering below and while your new floor maybe stuck good and fast, if the one below is not 100% then you may have problems. Also think of the issue of raising the floor level this may cause problems for internal doors and kitchen units...

I'm considering rendering the back exterior of my house and having it painted in a sandstone colour. There are bare facing bricks showing must be over a 100 years of grime with black motar, Both neigbouring houses have tidy bare cemented walls. I was thinking in terms of avoiding having to...