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Hello This all started with a dripping overflow in my airing cupboard & British Gas replaced a pressure value which solved that problem, he did redo a bit of pipework in there too but I don’t know exactly what. Since then though whenever I turn on the hot tap in the bath there is a weird noise...

Firstly, sorry it’s taken me so long to respond, I’ve had a few problems with my PC. The instructions on the plaster said “that the surface must be primed before painting” & that’s about all. I tried a solvent based undercoat on one wall last week & it seemed to solve the problem, so I’ve...

The undercoat says it's idea for wood & metal but not for walls, so I think I'm gonna give that a miss. Also, gonna have a go at watered down emulsion to "seal" the plaster. On another section of wall. I hope I find the answer soon, coz I'm running out of bits of wall to try things out on.

Cheers for you help so far guys. All I can remember off the top of my head is that it’s B&Q Calm Colours Matt for interior walls & ceilings. I also don’t remember anything different in the instructions to any other kind of paint I’ve used. Before reading the post about PVA being an old...

Cheers Guys In response to your questions. Third_Eye I used Wickes ready mixed plaster skim It's B&Q matt coloured emulsion After stripping the wall, uneven plaster remained I didn't bond the walls prior to plastering Zampa The cracks are in the paint, the 2nd coat more than the...

After removing some wallpaper in my hallway, I decided so skim the wall to get a flat finish for painting, the plastering went surprisingly well & after sanding a few rough bits off I used B&Q Plaster Sealer as the pot of paint suggested. After this had dried I put a coat of B&Q emulsion on...