looking smart :ok:

looks great:doubleup:

Cheers peeps worth the bitching and swearing with doing the akward bits as nothings been straight forward with the whole hoose so far just cant wait to do the back garden next year as getting ma self a man shed .

Well the main bedroom that had the dodgy fake wall with random computer speakers facing into the wall took alot of work which invloved a fresh coat of undercoat thistle bonding to cover the exposed brickwork on the chimney breast followed by a fresh coat of multifinish on the wall and chimney breast then lininpapered the whole room new coving , paint and paper and its now looking like this just need new skirting , door facings then we are good to carpet the rest of the house .
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amazing progress - both working hard :ok:

Well i bought 2 different colours to stain the skirting in the livingroom to finish it off and ive narrowed it down to 2 stains

1. Jacobean dark oak
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2. Georgian medium oak
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I wonder what the wifey will choose .

hmmmm dark oak for me :ok:

Dark oak is nice. Hope your walls are dead straight ;)

Decided to go with white painted skirting in our place as the walls are a little wavey - the skirt touches in most places but other places there can be a couple of mm gap behind. White lets you cheat and hide this with decorators caulk, great stuff :D

Medium oak for me as it'll get darker & darker as the years pass by

Caulk and a steady hand to cut in the wall colour still works well with wood coloured skirting so long as its only a few mm. Also to finish of the gaps you get under the skirting due to the change in floor levels is well served by a small bead of colour matched mastic from the likes of tops tiles ;)

You kidding got a mexican wave them going on with the walls :lol::lol: but can work with as its only a couple of mm in certain areas .

Things are moving along bought new skirting and door facings gave them a lick of paint a few days ago and to we had the fitters in so all that will be left to do is get new furniture oh and louise wants solid oak skirting to finish the livingroom off shouldnt have showed her the samples what a dumb ass lol
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Nice mate, I can only dream of carpet at the moment! :D

We had our kitchen splashbacks tiled today, moving forward slowly...

Nice I do like a nice rug

Were thinking about doing that but decided on a brush stainless splashback above the cooker .

Looking good buddy :ok:

Yep, we've gone stainless steel behind the cooker but tiled right round behind all the counters.

Got a wash coat on the newly plastered lounge today and hung a door :) Knackered now, ready for dinner and a beer!

Looking really nice

Did you say beer mmmm
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Did u use watered down emulsion on top of the plaster or the 'proper' paint? Finished plastering our front room yesterday and got this to come once I've sanded it all down. Some people reckon it's good to PVA it first?

All i've ever done after plastering is 50/50 water/emulsion wash coat then normal coats of white trade matt on top. I normally end up doing two further white coats on the walls before colour, and 3 white coats on the ceiling.

There is proper stuff like this that allows the plaster to breathe/dry if you have to paint before it is fully dried:
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But its expensive and if you're not rushed, let it dry out properly before paint! :)

We used pva to seal it then lining paper followed by a layer of white paint then the colour .

After the agro i had with multiple layers of old crappy paper and the problems hiding behind it, there will be no more going on! The 'to PVA or not PVA' debate seems an odd one, some are saying the paint doesnt stick to it...!?

Use a 50/50 mist coat with a dash of pva in the mix :five:

Scotty are you lining paper newly plastered walls?

Yes left them for a week to dry before lining them .

Why did you use lining paper on a newly plastered walls ?
You normally (well daan sowf) only use lining paper if the walls are crap??

You only normally PVA new plaster if you are tiling. Otherwise the plaster draws all the moisture and adhesive out of the tile adhesive and they end up in the bath (if in a bathroom) or on the floor the following morning.

As said above lining paper is only to cover a crappy finish either in an old building or a shoddy plasterer ;)

^^^ That Sir is spot on!

Every wall was crap only a few walls got a light skim .

Good thing my mate is been plastering for 20 plus years , he had to rectify the shoddy plastering done by the council lol before we could do anything .

Well since the sun is out thought i would start on the livingroom skirting get it all stained before we cut it to size as im off for the next 3 days .
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Hahah, i've just ordered my skirting for the living room too. Going with white though.... ;)

I did do a sample in antique white and it didnt go so i just do what im told by the boss lol .