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Had anyone come across this before? I need to fit a gate and would like to fix it to the wall but am unsure what is behind and if it will be strong enough.

If in doubt contact the manufacturers technical advisory team, they can tell you a products limitations

Like I said, from experience nothing will hold it back! All you can do is keep removing it until it stops. You'll take a chance by just using emulsion but at least if the salts come thru you haven't wasted money on expensive products

Really?! Id say this is way over the top!! The paint has blown from a damp problem which has been sorted, all your doing now is painting a wall that is bare plaster....don't bother with pva, waste of time! Thinned down emulsion is all you need to deal the wall

If it was me id thin down some of that emulsion 25% and give it a coat and see how it dries back. Those other products are expensive so no point using them unless you have too. From experience, if the salts start to come thru, nothing will hold them back and all you can do is dry remove them...

Has the wall dryed out since the problem was fixed? If it has, i would scrape all the loose paint off to the hard edge then feather it out. You could thin down some oilbased undercoat which would seal any stains but i would try some thinned down emulsion first to see how it looks

Its time to clean up the patio and rake out all the old weeds! My question is whats the best way to fill the spaces around the brickwork?

Thanks for that, went with what you suggested and now just sorting out imperfections with easyfill, hopefully end up with a half decent finish

Stripped the wallpaper off and some of the plaster decided to come off with it. The rest of the walls feel quite solid, but arnt smooth. They aren't so bad that it needs replastering but could do with being smoothed out in a few areas. Any ideas how to fill the hole and give the rest of the...

Decided on 7mm finefloor fibreboard. Thanks for all the help

That's great, thanks for your help. I'm going to decide at the weekend what I want to do

Just to throw this into the mix, what about sheet 6mm mdf to cover the existing floorboards? Its cheaper than ply and still a solid material

I'm laying them in the same direction, I'll get a picture up later on. I would like to minimise how cold the floor will feel underfoot, and a slight amount of cushioning might be nice. Cost wise, it looks like ply would be more expensive as I have approx 12msq to cover. Thanks for your help

Finally a decent response! No, I have plenty of space so that won't be an issue. Will fibreboard have better insulation than ply, keep the floor from feeling cold? If there's no real benefit then it will save me some time as I'll use ply and not worry about the uneven floor boards

"Much of a muchness" what the he'll does that mean?

Can you answer the question in my original post?

No its a solid floor it's the floorboards that aren't all level, some are cupped or warped.

Awesome, thanks for that! The wood is one long length so would need to lift a few joists at a time or cut into sections and change one by one.

Yea the floorboards are very old and uneven so I would prefer to use something.