should i blast the room with heat before using dehumidifier to eliminate a ?

wet wall

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what do i do if the undercoat scratches off easily?

i have undercoated a door and it scatches off easily what do i do

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how to i stop mould on internal walls?

Mould has started growing on the inside of exterior walls. Its in all three bedrooms upstairs. It is growing from the skirting boards up in the corners of the room and from the roof down again in th ... more

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flaking paint?

hi, after stripping the wallpaper and applying a coat of paint, i have noticed the paint flaking off in some areas of the room. any suggestions on why? and how to resolve this?. its very disheartening ... more

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wallpaper around chimney breast?

im wondering if anyone out there can help me, im going to try wallpapering around a chimney breast at my daughters house, the walls are anything but straight, its quite a pattern to match, is there an ... more

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How to refix loose plaster coving to the wall/ceiling?

I have recently had coving added to my 1970's semi-detatched house. All the newly applied plaster coving was fine for the first 4weeks or so but now an area of around 1meter long (not near a corner) h ... more

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What adhesive can I use to refix a uPVC windon trim, uPVC to uPVC?

I wish to refix an internal uPVC cill to the uPVC window, I need a string quick grip adhesive, any suggestions?

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Papering over vinyl?

Could someone please help. My hall, stairs and landing had vinyl paper, which my decorator said would be fine to paper over - which he did. After a short while the top paper started coming away from ... more

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how can i get the old look distressed look?

how can i paint my wardrobe to get the old distressed look?

bath stone?

best way to remove masonry paint fom bath stone

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Repairing coving?

I am in the process of re-decorating a 1930's house and in the process of removing the years of built-up paint I have chipped the coving/ceiling rose in several places. Can anyone advise on how to ... more

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cracks on interior?

ive recently had a problem with paint cracking on my walls ive scrapped off the paint then replastered,a few weeks later repainted,now its happened again the paint has cracked every where and is blist ... more

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paint on exterior brickwork is cracked and split?

The front of my Victorian terrace house is a mix of brick and decorative stone, all of which has been painted sometime ago, the paintwork is badly cracked and split all over, the brickwork and stone l ... more

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Wood gloss, been used as an undercoat for matt paint???

There is White gloss over my previously wallpapered Walls, it had been used as an undercoat for matt emultion paint. How do I fix this. Can I paint over it or do I strip the wallpaper. I have a time l ... more

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Harden a sticky painted desk?

A decorater has painted a desk with gloss paint and the top remains sticky about 2 weeks later. Can I varnish the top to make it hard or do I need to sand down and start again? Any other recommend ... more

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can i paint on top of varnished wood?

i would like to paint a white colour on my wall panelling which has clear satin varnish on for the past ten years

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plasterboard papering?

can i put lining paper onto new plasterboard

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plaster board tape?

moved into this house about 3 years ago,all nicely decorated but gradualy the plaster tape which runs down some of the walls where they join in the corner is starting to bubble,crack or flake away.why ... more

Will a papered ceiling dry back and lose the blisters caused by emulsion?

I am decorating my living in which the ceiling has been papered and previously painted over. I started to apply a good basecoat paint, to help hide the colour, before applying the finished cream colou ... more

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lining paper round corners?

Can anyone tell me how you do corners with lining paper - do you have to overlap?

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