painting

Simple question here? How does water get passed slates when they are showing no wear or cracks? My only feeling is water gets passed between the slates laid on each other? If that's so why amI told not to seal the edges of the slates, because in my mind wouldn't that stop the leak? Next question...

Hi there, I recently had some night storage heaters removed and while sanding to prepare the wall where the heater was for painting, this pink stuff appeared where I had sanded (white bits are filler). Anyone know what it could be? It seems slightly more pink than the plaster, but has been...

Hi, full disclosure. Ive never done any plastering, or indoor house painting and plan to do both for our home (Probably not all at once mind you). The question I have is regarding refining the wall surface before painting. Ive removed the majority of wall paper (still need to clean a little...

Hi, I am moving house but a surveyor picked up a leaking pipe in the soil stack, which was causing rising damp in a couple of walls. The leak is now fixed but need to get the wall fixed. The paint was cracking off and so we peeled most of the loose bits off with the aim to repaint/get someone...

Good morning, I'm in the middle of a bedroom redecoration and I'm posting here in the hope of some advice. I think this is a pretty common situation but I'm not sure of the best method. The wallpaper is almost off, however in some places it took the paint below it with it, mainly at the vertical...

New member here ! I'm sorry if this is a really silly thing to ask but painting over a horrible paint job in a new property we purchased in Greece. I've been given an emultion which I had to add 10 percent water too, here's a photo.. Is this all going to wash off the second i use the shower...

I’ve removed some wallpaper from the bedroom in our 1930s house and the plaster has come away in a couple of areas. 1. Under the window - exposing the timber of the bay window wall 2. Partition wall with another room - guess this is brick with plaster and the skim coat has come off. Based on...

Upstairs window frames really need painting. Will require sanding and putting on a few coats. I haven't painted upstairs windows before (DIYer) and get the impression hiring a scaffold tower is the best way to go. However, I can see two problems: 1) How do those with semi-detached/terraced...

Hi all, Some of the paint of my bathroom ceiling has started to flake off, so I figure that's a useful prompt as any to re-do it. Just a quick few queries - would it be okay to remove the flaking paint, and then paint over the whole ceiling again (with Dulux Easycare, or similar) or do...

Hi, we recently had our walls skimmed and re-plastered. The decorator used a mist coat before painting. This is the third coat of paint and we’re still seeing patches. They almost look more porous? Does anyone know what this could be and how to fix it please? Thanks!

I have bought a house that requires renovation and I have spent a considerable amount of time reading material and looking at videos for smoothing and painting uneven walls. The walls are drywalls build on 1991, and they are already painted, but they require fixing holes and smoothing. Given I...

Hi, We are due to move in to our new house soon. It is a victorian property with a fireplace in the living room and once settled in we plan to have some cabinets built in to the alcoves either side of the fireplace. We will have access to the new house a couple of weeks before we need to...

Can any decorator types help me with this please? I’ve been painting a cabinet in Crown fastflow quick dry satin and I’m not that happy with the result. The cabinet is mid century teak veneered, gave it a sanding, clean and two coats of zinsser. Applied two coats of Satin and the finish is...

Hi everyone, What’s your opinion regarding quality of painting and plastering on the photos below? Not everything was replastered, only the ceiling on the first photo actually Is the painter responsible to fill and sand everything or not? Is it ok he didn’t paint behind the radiators? In case...

I've removed the top layer of some wallpaper which has left its backing paper. Underneath the backing paper is lining paper. Can I paint over the wallpaper backing paper or I'm I going to have to strip back to the plaster, reline it again and then paint? Please note I can't paint directly...

Hello, Looking for some advice about primer. We have stripped the walls in our 1930s house. The walls are in quite good condition, nice and flat. In one room, we have sanded down, filled any minor dents, painted one coat of basic white emulsion, then our colours on top. The problem is, the...

Hello, I've just done a patch test on our stairs which have many layers of poorly applied paint, as I was looking into restoring them back to wood. Our house is built early 1950s for reference. While paint stripping, I found a couple layers of white emulsion, then a semi gloss cream coloured...

Upstairs window frames really need painting. Haven't done it before, but hiring a scaffold tower seems to be a reasonable compromise between cost and safety. E.g. https://www.hss.com/hire/p/mitower-plus However, the problem is one of the upstairs windows is directly above the front door, which...

Hi, I have just done a mist coat on a newly plastered wall. There are patches where the mist coat doesn’t seem to have taken fully. Would this be ok to paint over in 24 hours? Or do I need to put something else on the wall?