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    Painting over water stains

    Thanks B, we'll try that. The problem has been rectified allright. We re-felted the roof.
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    Painting over water stains

    Hi there, We've got brown water stains on our kitchen ceiling from a leak. We've tried polybonding over them and then putting numerous coats of paint on but they're still showing through. Is there something else we can put on or will we need to plaster to cover them up? Thanks, C
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    Kitchen floor tiles, tile under units?

    Hi All, Thanks for the replies. We'll tile the whole floor. They're ceramic tiles, terracotta ones which weren't overly expensive so we should be able to tile everywhere. Thanks again, Cara
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    Kitchen floor tiles, tile under units?

    Hi there, We're laying tiles down in a kitchen and are wondering whether we should tile the whole floor, even under the units? We haven't put any kitchen units in yet... Thanks, Cara
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    Plasterboard, which side facing out?

    Totally agree with you. I've never seen instructions on the items you buy from builders suppliers. Guess they don't want to encourage too many DIY'ers.
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    Plasterboard, which side facing out?

    Thanks again. Okay, I phoned knauf and got through to their technical support line. They recommend you put the white side out for plastering, but she did state that that's what they recommend for their particular boards. So, I phoned the supplier where we got ours from (Newtown Supplies in...
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    Plasterboard, which side facing out?

    Hi M, Thanks for this. I thought as much. But am I right in saying it may be okay? You said the plasterer can use PVC if they're plastering on the white side. Is that the case? So you don't think there's a need for us to rip it off and start again? Thanks, C
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    Plasterboard, which side facing out?

    Hi there, We've just insulated our bedroom wall and put new plasterboard up. The plan is to skim the plasterboard and then paint it. However, we've put the plasterboard up Ivory side out... Will that cause a problem? I've since read that you should put plasterboard grey side out if you're...
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