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Morning all, I just wanted to say thanks to those of you who have replied to my messages over the past year. With no previous decorating knowledge i have now finished my flat :D I had to deal with plaster over vinyl wallpaper, distemper on ceiling, more polyfilla than i dare to mention...

I've just finished stripping the paper in my hallway. Some of the plaster underneath is blown in various places. Is it advisable to pull off the blown plaster and re-fill in the holes, get a plasterer to fix the job properly or is it something i can repair myself? I don't want to have to...

Hello all, I'm not sure if this is the correct place for this message or not. I live in a 1940's built self-contained flat. At one point or other in the past there was an old coal fire, which is no longer here. At the end of the hallway I have a cupboard which has a chute coming in from...

I am about to begin decorating my hallway (the last room to be done hoorah!). Having removed 4 layers of textured wallpaper some with glitter painted onto it i've got to prepare the doors/skirting for a new coat. From a brief look at some of the doors/skiring there is a layer of gloss...

I have recently bought some Laminate HDF flooring (1285 x 192 x 7mm) and underlay boards (590 x 850 x 7.5mm). I have noticed that it says in various places that I need to leave the underlay in the room (unopened) for 24 hours to acclimatise and the laminate flooring 48 hours to acclimatise...

I just finished decorating my sons bedroom. When we painted the ceiling we sanded it down and sealed it with watered down dulux brilliant white rich matt emulsion. About 5 mins after the ceiling was finished a few bubbles/flakes appeared and the whole lot of paint on the ceiling peeled off...

In my kitchen i have a double plug socket half way up one wall in a moulded casing the type that sits as a box on the surface of the wall and looks horrible! Its about 4ft from the floor and 1ft from the corner of the wall. I would like to install a worktop so would like to lower the sockets so...

In my living room i had 1970's greeen floral wallpaper when i moved in, while i was peeling the layer of vinyl from the chimney brest i bought half the chimney brest with me! Turned out whatever eejit re-plastered the fireplace after removing the gas heater plastered over the wallpaper!!

I want to put up 5 shelves in an alvove to the left hand side of my chimney brest. I have measured the walls and lo and behold there isn't a rightangle anywhere to be seen! i want them with concealed fixings and attached to the wall on the three sides, As the three sides of the wall are neither...

Having looked through over 20 pages of previous messages and numerous google searches i can't find the answer to my question so i'm hoping someone here will know the answer! (btw it doesn't say on the bottle either!) How long do i have to wait after sugarsoaping the walls before i can begin...

Just spent 3 days filling in god know how many holes in my living room walls! However, now is the time to sand down the polyfilla and sandpaper or a sandpaper block is a bit too much like hard work for lil old me! As i'm only sanding small areas at a time can anyone suggest a suitable sander...

I have a chimney brest where the old fireplace has been ripped out and the wall re-plastered. Its been at least 4 months since the work was done so i gather that this is sufficient drying time for it. (if not please let me know!) According to the instructions on the emulsion paint i have...

Not long moved into my flat, i have a Glow worm compact electronic boiler, a potterton pat 2 thermostat and 6 radiators. All the copper (i think thats what they're made of!) pipes connecting the radiators are visible and in places are not clipped to the walls. (In my opinion whoever instaled it...

Have been advised to use Dulux Trade Vinyl Matt to paint my walls and ceiling, the bloke said i should thin it. Why? (He said just because you should!) Will it look horrendous if i don't thin it or is the idea of thinning the paint to make it go further? Also how many coats will it need?

Not long moved into a 2 bed flat and apart from the bathroom and toilet the whole place needs to be redecorated. I've stripped most of the wallpaper already and the backing came off easily. Before i paint do i need to use an undercoat or can i just pick a colour and start painting? Also i have...