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Hi, This is a bit of a long post, but I wanted to highlight my problem clearly to facilitate accurate replies. Thanks in advance for any advice you may be able to give. The actual questions are in red at the bottom for ease of reference. I am trying to attach a long vertical wooden...

I've had endless problems painting over new artex with the paint drying too fast and forming a thin film over the artex which then started to peel. I've tried the common recommendation of applying watered down mist coats before thicker top coats but have still had problems. After lots of...

My bathroom is very small – just 200cm by 140cm. The problem is, the floor slants down 5cm from one side to the other, along the 140cm side. This image shows the slant: http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/1148/bathroomad.jpg There is no way I can get under there to repair the joists...

I have a Valor Gas Fire with a detachable black surround. The surround is metal and seems to be powder coated or epoxy or some kind of ultr-permanent baked-in black finish. Now that the room has been redecorated, I don't like the black colour but can't afford a new fire at present, so I...

I have a Valor Gas Fire with a detachable black surround. The surround is metal and seems to be powder coated or epoxy or some kind of ultr-permanent baked-in black finish. Now that the room has been redecorated, I don't like the black colour but can't afford a new fire at present, so I...

I couldn't decide whether this should do in "Decorating and Painting" or "Flooring" and didn't want to double-post it, so I've chosen this one... I have very pale maple laminate flooring (like cream colour in places) at home with a smooth satin finish. I would like a gloss finish on the...

I was having artex peeling problems in this thread: //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1455012#1455012 I'm now on to the issue not of peeling, but of making a topcoat actually show up as white ... and this seemed like a different topic that may affect a lot of people painting...

I have some really ugly window putty work on the outside of a window which I cannot reach to alter ... when viewed from within the room (i.e. looking out of the window) it looks bad. So, when I painted the inside of the window this week I painted into the glass with the paint about 1cm and it...

I've artexed my ceilings and have had problems with it peeling in all rooms. I think this was because I didn't allow it to dry properly most of the time (the box says wait 7-8 days before painting) and when I ran paint over it with the roller, it disturbed the drying artex and caused it to...