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Had a room painted by a decorator a few years back... at the time he struggled with crazing, so in the end papered over and then painted over the top... paper pealing in places so time to redecorate. Want to go back to paint, no paper... Removed the paper and can see the crazing, i'm guessing...

Hi, Sorry, bit of a dumb one. Please see the pic... Anyone know how I get access to the washer without destroying the tap (washer has perished)! Thought first part would be to remove what looks like a cap on top of the tap but that doesn't seem to budge when i get a knife blade behind it. Any...

Hi, Had a bedroom decorated about 8 years ago by a decorator before we moved in. He said at the time that the emulsion kept bubbling up when applied, so gave up and papered the wall then put standard emulsion over the top. The paper is pealing in places and its time to redecorate and I would...

Hi, Painted a couple of walls white (different rooms) recently and at a certain side view angle you can see what look like roller marks (See pic). It looks a lot worse when looking at it when natural light is flooding in through a window at the other end. Any thoughts? Cheer.

HI, Decorating a small bedroom this weekend. The bedroom is at the corner of the house and I can see some black mould in the exposed corner and around the window. There are also some runs in the old paint work above the lintil. The walls of the area in question are pretty cold so its got to be...

Hi, Was doing a few bits in the loft last weekend and noticed the felt has perished in a few places (house built in 1977), with a few holes/rips in the felt. There are also a couple of vent holes that someone has previously cut in the felt. Yesterday, it rained hard all day, with a strong wind...

Hi, Was digging in the back garden and unearthed this pipe (please see pics) black/grey in colour, only about 8" under the surface!! I found it in 2 places about 5 metres apart from each other, so don't think it's discarded. Anyone got any ideas what service it might be? Cheers

I'd like to build a single storey rear extension to my 3 bed semi detached house to extend 4 metres from the rear wall of the original house and is 5 metres wide and 3.5 metres high. The extension will replace an existing conservatory which extends 3 metres from the rear wall and is 5 metres...

I’ve an issue with my central heating/hot water system. The system turns on at the set time, but intermittently the boiler just goes on standby, but never fires up to heat the water. During these failures the pump is running, but is noisier than normal and I can here slight vibration on the...

I have a conservatory which is an older style lean to metal construction. Its about 10 years old and is generally in good nick, but it does have a few leaks. I have had someone round who said they could repair the leaks with high quality celuform banding. Has anyome heard of this and is any...