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Installing cork tiles. I understand it's recommended to go over the tiles with a heavy roller. But I'm having trouble finding somewhere to rent one. HSS don't seem to have them. They've got a (water-fillled) lawn roller I guess I could try but I don't think this is ideal. Any ideas?

I have a room with thermoplastic tiles on a concrete floor. 1970s build so tiles almost certainly contain some asbestos. The tiles are quite brittle now - but there is only minor damage in a few places around the edges of the room. Otherwise they provide a nice flat sealed surface. So I was...

Follow up to a previous question. I'm stripping many layers of poorly hung wallpaper from plasterboard. The surface is going to be a bit damaged once I've got all the old paper off. But I don't fancy putting up new wallpaper right now (even just liner paper) - big job - tall ceilings...

Peeling layers of wallpaper from plasterboard. What I'm left with is a surface that is covered in small flakes of paint. Perhaps the first coat that was applied to the plasterboard before it was ever wallpapered. How to prepare the surface for painting? Am I going to need to apply liner...

Once a metal socket mounting box is fixed to masonry - is it acceptable to use a foam filler to fill any large gaps around the box before finishing the surface with plaster / polyfilla? Obviously I'd need to make sure no foam found its way into the box - but is there any reason not to have...