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Hi, I had a problem with old soot causing some damp on a wall. It was hacked back to brick work and treated with some product and plastered with limelite plaster. It's had several weeks to dry now and I'm ready to think about painting it. My plasterer suggested a layer of damp proof paint...

Hi, I recently had 4 rooms plastered in my house. Mostly it looks okay but on one wall there was an issue with damp after removing the wallpaper. The plasterer suggested removing to the brickwork then using some layer of sealing I guess or damp treatment and then a particular type of plaster...

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Hi, I'm having this ceiling overboarded later on this week. I just wanted to know if this is okay for the boards to go directly on or if I should scrape the paper too. I'd initially planned to leave the paper on completely but when I was pulling the coving down the top layer of paper started...

Hi, I'm currently removing the wallpaper from my room as I've got the plasterer coming next week to overboard and skim. I noticed in one spot and a bit around it when pulling the wallpaper off it was sticky and tacky and the plaster was a darker colour as you can see. I was a bit concerned...

Hi, A couple of doors in my house look like this: I am painting rooms and not sure what to do to make these look okay? I can see old bits of plaster and wallpaper in the gaps and then towards the top I can't do anything because it becomes too thin. Ideally looking for a cheap and easy...

Hi, I'm having the plasterer in doing a few rooms. The first room was completed 6 days ago and has been drying since, it is drying nicely I think. I noticed there is one or two very thin hairline cracks. I didn't notice them before but I'm wondering if it is because of the drying process, it...

I bought a house and it has doors as pictured below in my photos: I took one off and it felt very heavy and I was told by the surveyor and builder that they would recommend keeping them but doing something with them to make them look good. I'd previously imagined just buying new doors as I think...

Hi I'm having some plastering done on a few rooms in my house. The plasterer is doing a good job as far as I can tell. I noticed though a few marks on the freshly skimmed room and wanted to know if it is anything to be concerned about, do I need to ask for anything to do done, or is it...

Hi, I am having some work done on my house. Prior to purchase the surveyor flagged the slope with the following recommendation I felt the drop towards the bay window and after purchasing so it wasn't unexpected. This is what the slope looks like from the outside, and on the second photo I...

Hi, I am looking to buy a property and wanted to check if it is okay that the purlin is supported by a set of bricks, just one brick wide. Is that normal? Surveyor has suggested some additional support things I should do in the loft, but I was really concerned when I saw this just one brick...