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I was recently asked to do a small job for a friend while he and his wife were away for two weeks. he wanted three ceilings skimmed, two over artex one which was heavily textured and had to be scraped while the other was a shallow popcorn effect, the other had just been plastered and painted...

My neighbor has just asked me if I can repair a section where render has fallen off on the outside wall of his kitchen. it's only on one wall where the render has come off, right at the side of the angle bead. the rest of the render around it is all solid and the corner bead is still fixed in...

Apologies if this is in the wrong section. I have just bought two new 14m 110v extension leads. they arrived held together with plastic strapping to stop them uncoiling. my guess is they have been like that for quite a while because nothing I have tried will stop them from kinking and twisting...

for the last few weeks I haven't had any email notifications when someone else posts in a thread I have posted in or started. I don't get email notifications when I receive a private message either. I adjusted my settings so that I should get email notifications from posts in subscribed threads...

Has anyone had any problems with thistle multi finish recently? yesterday I plasterboarded the ceiling in the spare bedroom in my grans house. today I skimmed the ceiling using multi finish, normally I use board finish but multi finish had been ordered so I used it. I only needed one bag so I...

Has anyone ever used these bags for a wet and dry hoover? I am of course talking about using them for hoovering up dry mess only. would I be better buying a pack of standard paper bags or would a re useable zip up bag be a better idea?

I recently removed all the old plaster (mud and straw I think) from my stairs and landings. the plaster was thick in some places and pretty much none existent in places, in places it was nothing more than a very thin coat of plaster and then then the artex on the stone. I also removed the old...

I'm currently trying to break in my new MT 13x5 SS gold. it was bought after a friend dropped my first finishing trowel which I had been using since I started at college a few years ago. so far I have been using a smooth stone flag in my garden covered with water, which has worked pretty...