The YBIG DIY Thread

Lads this probably a stupid question but since I've not added plasterboard etc before will ask it. I've lights and power in the shed already and all the wires are hidden inside conduit. Can the plasterboard just be added on top of them if I cut out a channel in the insulation part or whats the best approach to doing this 

cullenswood wrote: McG wrote: Anybody have experience of sanding hard wood floors and recolouring?  Yep, rent an industrial sander thingy for a few days, sand them down.   And paint once you have gotten rid of all the dust.     I am not the most DIY savvy, but I managed it for four bedrooms in an old gaff.     The sander can take a bit of getting used to, but once you get the hang of it it is easy enough.    Until the Mrs tries to take a go in an effort to help and takes massive chunks out of the skirting boards.

Pretty much what he said,handy enough to do.  How many rooms you doing?

Roberto Baggio wrote: When decorating a house and going from wallpapered rooms to paint, is it a big job for the painters and decoraters to strip the existing wall paper? Have done a few rooms myself but there are a good few bumpy bits left that look like they need sanded down

Edited by Trap junior - 04 Apr 2022 at 5:26pm

Roberto Baggio wrote: When decorating a house and going from wallpapered rooms to paint, is it a big job for the painters and decoraters to strip the existing wall paper? Have done a few rooms myself but there are a good few bumpy bits left that look like they need sanded down

bump bits as in little bits of wallpaper still left on the wall?

BigStrongMan wrote: [QUOTE=Roberto Baggio]When decorating a house and going from wallpapered rooms to paint, is it a big job for the painters and decoraters to strip the existing wall paper? Have done a few rooms myself but there are a good few bumpy bits left that look like they need sanded down

bump bits as in little bits of wallpaper still left on the wall?[/QUOTE

BigStrongMan wrote: cullenswood wrote: McG wrote: Anybody have experience of sanding hard wood floors and recolouring?  Yep, rent an industrial sander thingy for a few days, sand them down.   And paint once you have gotten rid of all the dust.     I am not the most DIY savvy, but I managed it for four bedrooms in an old gaff.     The sander can take a bit of getting used to, but once you get the hang of it it is easy enough.    Until the Mrs tries to take a go in an effort to help and takes massive chunks out of the skirting boards. Pretty much what he said,handy enough to do.  How many rooms you doing?

Edited by McG - 04 Apr 2022 at 9:05pm

Huggybeer wrote: Lads any suggestions on how to unfreeze an irish water meter no water to house this morning, got drive redone last year and told contractor about it happening before so he buried pipes a bit deeper and insulated them. so im pretty sure the freeze is on the footpath outside the house. any suggestions?