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Not Flat Matt apparently :? Whilst on the topic of trade paints, how does glidden compare to Dulux trade? I noticed that they're both ICI you see, and wondered if anyone uses it. Anyway, thanks for all your help Zampa :D

i want to get rid of the carpet in a cottage living room. the floor underneath is in lovely nick as far as i can tell. No broken boards, and gaps of less than 1mm. i really, really don't want to take a big belt sander to it. too much hassle, and the ceiling timbers are wiggly, as are the...

currently decorating for a friend, and they have a broken wall light fitting. apparently it's never worked, so we're unsure as to whether the wiring is even live. how could we check? an advice most appreciated. Anna

i just want to thank you guys for convincing me to try trade paint. OK i nearly fell over at the price of Dulux trade, even after opening a cash account with them, but i have just managed to half the time taken for decorating (at least!) and improved the finish in one fell swoop. I also...

i'm looking for scrap timber. i don't mean "proper" reclaimed stuff, just a supply of bits and pieces. The only requirements are that it's not rotten or treated with mega nasty chemicals - so looking for stuff for or from interior uses. aside from driving round the West Midlands looking in...

i was thinking of trying those mdf panels that have been routed to look like tongue and groove to replace tiles around a sink and behind a cooker. Are they more cost effective than tongue and groove? Also, assuming satinwood and then yacht varnish, is there anything i need to be aware of...

dunno whether it's just my area, but the local tip has a scrap metal bin, maybe yours has. just don't bother going anywhere near a tip at the weekend :shock:

I'm decorating a room for a friend and have noticed damp in one corner. It's in a really old stone cottage and was an internal wall until the adjoining outhouse was partially demolished. It's an old external wall, but I think the damp is coming in because the outhouse walls are mostly...

thanks for the replies - I'd strip off the paper but it's a 300 year old cottage and I've been vetoed in case the walls come with it :lol:

Wow thanks for all your replies. Trade it is then, I think. I was asking cause I usually buy Crown retail at a trade place (for some unknown reason they don't do "trade paints", but they're more tools than anything else) but they don't have a great selection and I can't colour match properly...

I do decorating for friends and family so not a pro in any way shape or form. I hate wallpaper, incl lining paper - won't go near the stuff usually, but i'm about to start decorating a room that's lining papered without my usual of stripping it all off first. My question is - how to fill...

You could try using a paintstick and hire scaffolding, but i think this would probably work out just as expensive i'm afraid

I've got a project coming up for a friend and was wondering about whether trade paint would be a better buy than the normal stuff for the public. I now trade paint is cheaper, but friends have told me that it's thinner so you'd need more coats, so works out more expensive in the end. Is this...

about to start decorating the bruvs living room as wedding present and am thinking about hanging a mantelpiece he has a stone chimney breast and fireplace with no surround. the stones are extremely large and i thought a chunky length of wood with a fairly square profile would look good (eg...