Painting & Decorating Questions

Garden room at bottom of garden?
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There is an incline of perhaps 1m between the bottom of garden and the top. Would it be possible to build a garden room with plumbing at the bottom of the garden despite the incline. Would waste water need to be pumped to the house? Any good solutions?

Problem Wall Painting
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I have a wall that won't paint properly.without streaks. I have painted it several times myself with different brands of paint and have even given in and paid someone to come and paint it for me. They sanded it all back and applied two coats of good paint but it …

How to touch up marked walls?
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I have recently had living room redecorated and shortly afterwards had new carpet laid. Unfortunately the carpet layers marked the walls in various places. when touching up the marks I found that the paint became shiny. How can I remedy this?

Peeling paint?
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We recently moved into a new house which we had plastered and painted. My son had managed to scrape some of the paint off and now is able to peel the paint off quite easily. The peeled paint has the texture of dried tissue paper, its not hard but soft …

Interior woodwork painted 10 years ago suddenly smells bad
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We painted the woodwork in our under stairs cupboard about 10 years and with Dulux satin. A couple of days ago we noticed an awful smell under there that’s getting worse. After emptying the room, we realised it’s the paintwork that smells. It’s also quite discoloured. Why has this happened …

How to stop circular humidity marks in kitchen?
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We had our kitchen completely redone with new walls, units, oven, floor etc and when the humidity gets really bad in there cooking you can see circular marks down the wall where the nails/screws are for the boards along with lines for the joints of the boards. Is this not …

Peeling paint in one room?
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Had a painter and decorating company come to paint the whole house in November. We have noticed in last two weeks that the paint is starting to peel quite badly in a couple of places under the coving... no leaks, moisture or damp, house is only 7 years old. There …

Painting over flaked paint - any prep needed?
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We're decorating my recently moved out teenagers bedroom to make it into a spare room. She had a million pictures attached to the wall with blue tac, and in removing them there are now lots of bits where the paint has come off with the blue tac. Will we need …

Pva or New plaster paint and wallpaper?
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I have recently had bedroom walls reskimmed. I have been advised to pva them, previously in other rooms, I used Trade new plaster paint. I will be painting 3 walls and then getting one wallpapered. I have also some imperfections to polyfill. Could someone please advise what I am best …

Wallpapering over boxing-in of pipes
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I have had a pipe boxed in to the side of my front door and wanted to wallpaper paper over this to hide the box and match the rest of hallway. The box is attached to the front door architrave and runs almost flush with this (the box sits back …