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paint removal / damp / skimming walls? - lots to do and advice needed please

theLearner_3 · 2007-03-01 13:03:02

in my first house i've started attacking the dining room first - lots to do as the skirting looks rubbish, the coving is wonky and the walls are pitted and flaky in areas but first.... bit of a strange thing - i put a fabric-backed chair up against this wall (exterior facing) and left it there for about 5 weeks. when i…

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theLearner_3 Posts: 73 Forumite

19 March 2007 at 6:35PM

i think i've found my plasterer. £180 for skimming all of the dining room, need edges etc. i've now concentrating on removing all the loose paint, stripping the wood from the door surrounds. the skirting boards are off, and all the old rubbish coving is down. slowly, but surely we're getting there.....i could do with some advice on boxing in pipes and removing our old house alarm....pics to follow

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