We had the walls skimmed and after priming, they were painted. The priming went well and dried okay There are patches where ridges have...
I've been trying to steam off wallpaper in our 1920s semi we've just moved into. In the kitchen there's a small alcove which is like to restore as...
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Hi, We are soon to be having two of our bedrooms re-plastered. I have a young family and don't want to expose them to any 'nasties', i.e. dust,...
Hi guys New to the site here so I'll get down to it, no trade background but I can fix aircraft, everything I am doing is from learning and just...
Hi, I've recently moved into an old council terraced house. There is a downstairs bathroom that once had a shower in, but was taken out but the...
Hi all, bought my house a while back and when I moved in there was a damp patch around one of the windows and damaged plaster in the area. The...
Hello, I’m about to start some light renovation work which includes filling settlement cracks and gaps in a new build and I’m looking for the...
Disclaimer: I'm not good with DIY at all, but lockdown and situations have forced us to do some stuff ourselves that we would normally contract...
Wondering if there’s any one around for some advice over the ceiling, I’m overthinking it and getting paranoid the ceiling is falling in......
Plasterboard ceiling that has water damage in one place. Better to board over or replace with new board. One section has crumbled away. Attic has...
Hi there I wonder if someone here can give me some advice / help on this. In our external wall, the brickwork below the render is in poor...
Hi everyone, My 1925 house is having some issues on a chimney breast in our dining room. When we moved in we pulled down the wallpaper in there,...
Hey guys, so we were taking down the plaster in our downstairs bathroom to put a sink as there was some previous damage and we got a bit doubtful...
I had to open few hole to fish out cable for downlights. How do I make good on the right way?
Hi, I'm in the process of getting my bathroom re-modelled and bits of the ceiling have dropped off. I have attached a pic of the plasterboard. I...
I'm considering putting in an offer on a house but most rooms have cracked sections around the edge of the ceiling where the plasterboard seems to...
I have got installed new stair and now need to get ceiling up. I have no idea from where to start with batten. I have attached photos below. Any...
Hi guys, so I tried my hand at skim coating with gyproc skim Coat (Ireland’s equivalent to thistle multi finish I believe). Large sections are...
Removed shot plaster which was sand/cement. Below it is a piece of wall which was always having issues - paint was always coming off so I thought...
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