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Rest of the room is painted now, but think he did a much better job with the rest

Last weekend I pulled the wallpaper off the landing walls, haven't steamed it yet, which will no doubt make it worse, but some big chunks of plaster came away... As it'll be a while before I'm ready to get the landing skimmed (3 bedrooms, bathroom and new staircase to do first ) is there...

He was a lot cheaper than the other quote I got, but came recommended by a chippy I trust..! Think it was 950 for the whole room, it's a big room and had thick thermaboard on 2 walls, skim on rest & ceiling.

Umm, yeah, that'd be me... Did a short plumbing course, but didn't cover hollow wall fixings! It's a steep learning curve!

So I've got three new rads to put on walls that we've had thermaboard put on. Two rads are pretty small (30×1000mm) but the third is a beast at 60×1200mm and about 30kg empty. Plasterer said the thermaboard can take at least 25kg on each fitting - is that right?! Planning to use the biggest...

Tha is Monkey Boy, I'll do just that :)

Yeah, plastic. He said it was far away enough not to matter... I'll test it in a bit..!

Thank you, I'll get a fire going and see what happens...! Any idea who makes heatproof paint? Local paint shop tried to sell me a two stage thing that cost £122 and the spec said it was flame retardant, not heat resistant.

We got a couple of rooms plastered by a professional back in January. He used the same plaster to skim around the woodburner and casually said to use "heat proof" paint in that area. After a while looking, I suspect that's on the same shelf as tartan paint. Can I chip off the new plaster to go...

Hello, I'm Laura. Doing up a Victorian property, there's lots to do..!