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Thanks for your prompt replies DIYisfun and str. str - you have made a good point about painting the last coat at the end after the final woodwork coat! I will take it on board. Thanks again!!

Hi All, I have just had my loft converted and have freshly plastered walls and ceiling with brand new woodwork (skirting boards, architrave etc.). My question is what do I paint first? The fresh plaster or the new woodwork? Or does it not matter???! All advice appreciated and many...

Sorry for my ignorance, but what is the difference between a low level cistern and a close coupled one?

My toilet seat doesn't stay up and keeps falling down. As a bloke this is incredibly annoying when I want to take a leak - also a pain when cleaning the cistern!! Some mates have told me that it has not been plumbed correctly and others that it is because the floor is not quite even. A...

To me a ceiling rose is one of those big circular things sometimes decorated with flowers and patterns. Looking on the internet it looks like a ceiling rose also refers to the attacehment that connects the light fitting wires with the cables so sorry for the confusion. So yes, I do have a...

Thanks a lot!! This is gonna be my job for the weekend now!

Thanks for this! It's a pendent light fitting so doesn't have a ceiling rose but I will give it a few sharp taps with the screwdriver handle. Let's see what happens...

Hello everybody. I would like to replace my lights, however, the previous residents have plastered and painted all over the light fittings!! Does anyone have any recommendations or tips for removing fittings which are plastered in or painted over? I think I will have to go at it with a...