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Thank you. When opened the BIN, it was a watery caramel colour. I didn’t remember it looking like that, so gave it a stir and noticed it was thick at the bottom of the tin. I’ll make sure it’s thoroughly stirred when I try again. I did wonder if it was because I was using vinyl Matt that it...

I flooded my bathroom and it leaked through to my living room ceiling. I went over some of the water marks with the zinsser bin which was last used in November 2023. (I gave it a good stir) However, it’s still showing through. At first, you could see where I have painted on the water lines with...

Thanks @opps There’s damage around a light fitting when they have to be completely replaced. What can be used to repair it? Is it easy enough to do? Or does it need to be someone who knows what they’re doing? I’ve noticed hard bubbles appear in the room that was redecorated in December. I...

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Hi. So I managed to paint the spare bedroom. It took me 3 days , but I feel more confident in doing the rest of the house. Even if my dominant arm feels like it’s going to drop off. I accidentally bought this instead of Red Devil. It will do the same thing won’t it?? (See your quote above where...

@opps Help. I caught some of the ceiling when cleaning the walls in preparation for painting and this happened. Dirt and soot smears. What do I do?! Will emulsion in a similar colour cover it?!

@opps Sorry… more questions. The old skirting board on the staircase seems to have been painted over many times. You can see it’s peeling away from the wall (no idea why?!!) also the panelling up the staircase looks to be painted each time. Would sanding this all down be ok, or does it need...

Thanks. The lad came and had a look at it was on the roof and said he couldn’t see anything. I’m assuming he would know if there were soakers? If so, would that have been picked up on that?

Pink arrow is where the first leak is coming from. Running down the timber, but I can’t see where it begins from when I’m in the loft. Last night, the leak began where I was pointing from and running down it and dripping onto the horizontal beam and onto the floor. The green arrow is where...

Any ideas @datarebal ??

Hi @datarebal The left is where I’ve had the initial leak and the right is where I found the new one last night. The right chimney services my house (one gas fire) Rear photos

In October I noticed a leak on my bedroom ceiling. I had a leak that was running along the timber frame from the pitch of the roof/ adjoining neighbours wall and hitting my bedroom ceiling. Back in 2021, I noticed a tiny damp patch in the same area and a roofer came out and pointed the chimney...

Sorry, I meant to say “is there a technique to painting window panes” Better to mask off each square or just paint and scrape off excess on the glass?

Well it worked. I painted over the top and it’s gone! Thank you!! While I’m here, @opps I want to have a go at doing the spare room myself. It’s only 9’ x 10’ but I have no idea where to start. I’ve got a few questions. I could google these, but I get too overwhelmed! I’ve noticed while I’ve...

Great. Thank you so much @opps . I’ll have a bash today as there are some areas I need to touch up that I have noticed . Some of the painting looks a bit slap dash- however, it’s probably still a better job than what I would have done. I don’t want to be pessimistic, but if painting over the...

Thank you for replying before I took it upon myself to try and fix without any advice! @opps Tbh, I was surprised he asked me to apply the product myself and I was a bit wary (first time home owner with very little diy experience) I don’t know why he didn’t want to do it himself. When i...

Had plastering done in 2021. Only got round to getting it repainted this week by a decorator on Monday. He advised me to use zinsser bin stain blocker on 2 areas. I did this a couple of months ago. One of the areas has covered and the other hasn’t. I’ve spoken to zinsser this morning and they...

thank you. I will re post on that section ‍♀️

Had plastering done in 2021. Only got round to getting it repainted this week by a decorator. (2 days ago) He advised me to use zinsser bin stain blocker on 2 areas. I did this a couple of months ago. One of the areas has covered and the other hasn’t. I’ve spoken to zinsser this morning and...