walls tag
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Skim textured walls We have textured walls in our lounge, it is texture on mdf not gib. The mdf is glued on to original wood panels so not as simple as removing the mdf panels. Can we get a plaster to skim the lot? Or any other solutions? We can't gib over as then window and... |
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Lockwood style interior walls cleaning Hi how do you clean or keep nice Lockwood style interior interlock wood walls? Obviously with painted gib you can wash down a couple of times a year and repaint if needed. What's the process with these? Thanks |
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Insulation in walls I have an older house, 1930's. It has insulation in the roof, but I dont think any in the walls etc. (below is also mostly on a flat slab due to an extension etc) If i do go downt he insulation track, is it only outside walls I do (which would |
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Painting walls that have only ever had wallpaper Hi we're wanting to strip our wallpaper off and then paint the walls - they've never been painted before. Is there any special preparation we need to do prior to painting? |
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Skiming walls Is it expensive to get walls skimmed? |
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Wiring in external walls Our 1908 house has no powerpoints in the external walls. Is there any reason for this? I ask because we're thinking of rearranging our bedroom and a powerpoint (or 4) in the external wall would be really useful. Thanks! |
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Stripping wallpaper then painting the walls Please, can someone advise me on the procedure. Problem - rental house has damaged wallpaper in the toilet. (1980s shiny vinyl). A large strip of paper has been torn off. It looks awful. No spare paper to fix it. We don't want to re paper, as we don't hav... |
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Bringing two coloured walls together-ideas? I live in a unit, there is a brick wall dividing my unit from the front one.The wall starts at my front door going through the lounge, then becomes the kitchen wall with oven and cupboards along it. I have painted the kitchen one colour and th |
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Cleaning sooty walls My lounge wallpaper has smoke damage from the fire smoke and I am going to clean it all by hand on a ladder. Should I use sugar soap or any other suggestions. |
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Making shower floor and walls out of vinyl I need to install a shower that has no big step to get into it. I was thinking of laying new vinyl over the whole bathroom floor (which is tiny). andsloping the vinyl towards the shower outlet. There's no room to install a conventional sho |
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Retaining walls- which is more cost effective rendered breeze blocks or timber!Does anyone know please! |
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Chipboard walls? I have just started stripping away 2 layers of wallpaper from one of the bedrooms in our new house, only to find chipboard underneath, something I have never come across before. I need to find out how to properly prepare this type of surface for rewallpap... |
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How to get oil off walls Help please, my husband was cooking in the deep fryer last night when he said it just erupted and spat oil all up the wall and on to the ceiling. He thought I wouldn't notice! What do I use to get these marks off! |
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Lino on Walls - Can i paint it? We are going to be painting our laundry and the owners before us put lino on the walls half way up - Anyone know if i can paint straight over this or would it need some kind of primer OR maybe not work at all! Cheers |
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Painting Kitchen Walls. Have just had friend over & was saying that I was thinking of painting a feature wall in my kitchen and she said that you must paint the window sills and the window frames on that wallthe same colour as the feature wall. I never asked the reason why s... |
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Washing down plaster house (exterior walls) we wash plastered houses all the time - because we paint em all the time -get a 1500 psi pressure washer (not a 5000psi blaster) from a hardware store for $150.00 - load the soap dispenser with resene house wash ( a slightly akali product) and it'll b... |
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Gabion retaining walls in a residential garden Has anyone used these? Thoughts please. We have a massive garden that needs retaining walls/terraces. I hate timber retaining walls so looking for alternatives. TIA |
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Hanging heavy-ish picture on concrete walls Moved in to an apartment with a brick/concrete wall. I’ve got a large picture and a large mirror to hang, both are between 10-13kg each Got myself a cordless Makita hammer drill and some Kango masonry bits. Shoul |
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New floor on top of office walls. Who can point me to plans for my next job. The office is inside a bigger building & hasn't currently got a roof on that office. I want to build a roof /ceiling thats going to be strong enough to walk on & store light weight gear up there. |
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Can taps be fixed onto gib walls without tiles? Planning on installing a freestanding bath. Is it necessary to have tiles behind the mixer and taps or can they be fixed straight onto aqua line gib? TIA. |
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Old classroom walls Hi! Does anyone know what the material was that used to be on the inside of old classroom? You could pin into it and if someone punched a hole in it, it was quite fibrous. Thanks! |
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Plastering internal concrete block walls I have some ugly painted internal concrete block walls in a flat. Don't want to go to the expense of battens and Gib, I can handle a trowel ok. The plan is to paint over with Alkyd Flat, fill mortars and skim over with bedding compound (tradeset) ge |
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Ants climbing up exterior walls I have ants entering the premises at several locations up the blockwork and under the barge boards - presumably, from there into the interior walls. I tried using No Ants gel bait by Kiwicare, as it sticks to walls, but now they just ignore it. Any |
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Re Lining a Ceiling without Re Lining Walls Hi Guys, we are starting to renovate our first house and the ceilings are horrible! they are the type thats made of largeish panels with a strip in between, they are all cracked now and we've been told we can't plaster over as it will just crack again. Wi... |
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Bathroom walls gib or villaboard We are about to start a renovation on a bathroom and builder says aqua line and tiler says villaboard. Thinking go with the tiler recommendation? . |
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HELP! please - Tiling a Bathroom Floor & Walls 1. Do we apply Waterproofing on Tile & Slate Board before tiling. 2. Do we apply Gibstopping over wetline Gib that has to be tiled. 3. Do we apply Waterproofing on wetline Gib before tiling - whether or not Query 2 is done. |
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Painting Lockwood interior walls Has anyone done this? After 21 years of living in my Lockwood home I am considering painting the interior. Just not sure about brand of paint to use and whether a semi gloss. |
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Is it normal practice to insulate internal walls? Relining the house and I was wondering if this is the modern way to do it. cheers |
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