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by revinkevin43
Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:13 am
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: patchy ceiling
Replies: 2
Views: 3679

patchy ceiling

we have mist coated our plastered ceiling twice and put on and two coats of dulux matt emulsion and we have a very patchy finish :(
by revinkevin43
Sat Apr 10, 2010 4:38 pm
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: getting gloss paint off uPVC frames
Replies: 1
Views: 14046

getting gloss paint off uPVC frames

Please could someone advise us of the best way to get gloss paint off uPVC window frames, the frames in question do not have loads of the paint on them but enough to make them unsightly, would using a steamer with a small jet nozzle do the trick without harming the plastic or do we risk melting the ...
by revinkevin43
Sat Apr 10, 2010 4:22 pm
Forum: Decorating Forum
Topic: painting over newish plaster
Replies: 1
Views: 4087

painting over newish plaster

Just moved into a council house with some walls having been replastered, we have been told they were done over five months ago so do we still have to water down our first coat of emulsion or will two or three un thinned coats do the job without cracking, if we do have to water down is it best to thi...
by revinkevin43
Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:30 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: room stat or trv's controlling boiler or both?
Replies: 3
Views: 4943

Thanx for reply htg engineer, now that we are going to try your method to run our heating we have one final concern, we have set boiler at 65 and room stat at 25 as you said, most rad trv's are either on 4 or five, with these settings the room stat will probably never switch off on cold days so will...
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