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Weren't they outlawed for being a fire hazard? I want a cork notice board for my kitchen,that I can pin stuff to. Stuff like notes to myself telling me to put the doughnuts down. |
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"Weren't they outlawed for being a fire hazard? I want a cork notice board for my kitchen,that I can pin stuff to. Stuff like notes to myself telling me to put the doughnuts down. "
You need a megaphone... DROP THE DOUGHNUT..DROP THE DOUGHNUT |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Or the brick patterned wallpaper around a fireplace.
Do you remember the wallpaper craze whereby you had two different patterned wallpapers divided by a patterned border. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"We have the polystyrene tiles at work 
Diagonally mounted....? 
No just a boring square pattern.
Awww that's a shame....
Is there any coving...? "
Yeah there is actually it makes all the difference  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"We have the polystyrene tiles at work
Diagonally mounted....?
No just a boring square pattern.
Awww that's a shame....
Is there any coving...? "
I do have ornate coving and ceiling roses. I live in a very old house and would be terrified that the ceiling would come down if they were ever removed. I still have original fireplaces in bedrooms too but it's in keeping with the age of the house and I do love them. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Weren't they outlawed for being a fire hazard? I want a cork notice board for my kitchen,that I can pin stuff to. Stuff like notes to myself telling me to put the doughnuts down. "
Oo'er yeah good idea,,,,,,, I like the idea of having a notice-board too remind me not to eat doughnuts......
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"Weren't they outlawed for being a fire hazard? I want a cork notice board for my kitchen,that I can pin stuff to. Stuff like notes to myself telling me to put the doughnuts down.
Oo'er yeah good idea,,,,,,, I like the idea of having a notice-board too remind me not to eat doughnuts......
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I'm going to put a naked pic of my fat arse on it as a deterrent. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Or the brick patterned wallpaper around a fireplace.
Do you remember the wallpaper craze whereby you had two different patterned wallpapers divided by a patterned border. "
Oh yeah,,,,,, brick patterned wall-paper above fake wood panelling..... a true classic..... 
I'm suddenly getting an urge too buy one of those huge paper-ball light shades...... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Now this is a nice thread...slightly surreal...but nice...I have no comment to make other than it's nice to be here "
Oh c'mon...... tell us about you most embarrassing home décor moments... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"We have the polystyrene tiles at work
Diagonally mounted....?
No just a boring square pattern.
Awww that's a shame....
Is there any coving...?
Yeah there is actually it makes all the difference "
Indeed as do fake oak beams...... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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No, but my last house had some tasteful as fuck ornate polystyrene coving and ceiling roses, to set off the giant plaster reproduction Louis XIV fireplace  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"No, but my last house had some tasteful as fuck ornate polystyrene coving and ceiling roses, to set off the giant plaster reproduction Louis XIV fireplace "
Ohhhhhh pure class......
If patterned flock wall-paper was involved I would say that's almost perfection... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I have polystyrene ceiling tiles in our playroom/office. I hate them but they are low on my priority list for fixing "
Diagonally positioned ?
With or without coving? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Thankfully no ceiling tiles, but we do have some bad artex ceilings that I can't be arsed to resolve.  "
Embrace your Artex ...
Fashions come-and-go...  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"No, but my last house had some tasteful as fuck ornate polystyrene coving and ceiling roses, to set off the giant plaster reproduction Louis XIV fireplace
Ohhhhhh pure class......
If patterned flock wall-paper was involved I would say that's almost perfection... "
I moved house to get away from it |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"No, but my last house had some tasteful as fuck ornate polystyrene coving and ceiling roses, to set off the giant plaster reproduction Louis XIV fireplace
Ohhhhhh pure class......
If patterned flock wall-paper was involved I would say that's almost perfection...
I moved house to get away from it "
A wise option.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Thankfully no ceiling tiles, but we do have some bad artex ceilings that I can't be arsed to resolve.
Embrace your Artex ...
Fashions come-and-go... "
I want to take a hammer to it. I want a smooth ceiling with surround lighting in an upturned coving thing. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I've stripped more than my fair share of diagonally positioned polystyrene ceiling tiles. Need to be careful of the coving, of course. Then skimmed the ceiling to a lovely smooth finish. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Thankfully no ceiling tiles, but we do have some bad artex ceilings that I can't be arsed to resolve.
Embrace your Artex ...
Fashions come-and-go... "
Dont say that! that is the excuse L has for having 5 double wardrobes! and she has nicked some space in mine... hang on... I feel an excuse coming... Sorry L I can't replacer the ceilings, the wardrobes are in the way |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Thankfully no ceiling tiles, but we do have some bad artex ceilings that I can't be arsed to resolve.
Embrace your Artex ...
Fashions come-and-go...
I want to take a hammer to it. I want a smooth ceiling with surround lighting in an upturned coving thing. "
Funny you should say that...... I've recently installed back-lit up-turned coving in my living room and I love it... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I've stripped more than my fair share of diagonally positioned polystyrene ceiling tiles. Need to be careful of the coving, of course. Then skimmed the ceiling to a lovely smooth finish. "
I tried skimming a ceiling once .... ..... I managed to do the carpet at the same time....  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I've stripped more than my fair share of diagonally positioned polystyrene ceiling tiles. Need to be careful of the coving, of course. Then skimmed the ceiling to a lovely smooth finish.
I tried skimming a ceiling once .... ..... I managed to do the carpet at the same time.... "
Multitasking. Impressive |
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polystyrene ceiling no way dont want molten plastic dripping on you if they catch fire
as goes for cornices ive had to save many of them they look really nice.
but there a pain to work with sanding them down for a repaint or if they get fire damaged
dropping the the center ceiling and replastering it is ackward.
painting the cornices and the fancy ceiling rose is another matter when people really want it looking fancy |
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"I have polystyrene ceiling tiles in our playroom/office. I hate them but they are low on my priority list for fixing
Diagonally positioned ?
With or without coving? "
Normal position square I'm afraid & no coving in that room - the only room (except bathroom) that doesn't have it!! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"polystyrene ceiling no way dont want molten plastic dripping on you if they catch fire
as goes for cornices ive had to save many of them they look really nice.
but there a pain to work with sanding them down for a repaint or if they get fire damaged
dropping the the center ceiling and replastering it is ackward.
painting the cornices and the fancy ceiling rose is another matter when people really want it looking fancy"
I can imagine....
I'm not a huge fan of ornate nooks and crannies ...... I'm more of a plain and simple clean line type of tranny-guy... |
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"Thankfully no ceiling tiles, but we do have some bad artex ceilings that I can't be arsed to resolve.
Embrace your Artex ...
Fashions come-and-go... "
becareful with artex ceilings as it can contain asbestos in them anything pre 1985 artex does contain asbestos |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Once brought a house where every ceiling and wall in the entire house was artexed. It was everywhere. The old owner was an artexer"
Is that what attracted you too it...  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I got rid of the ones in my house before I moved in. Plus the wood chip wallpaper and massive 70s fireplace."
OMG woodchip...... how utterly quaint....
I really want some woodchip now....
Ohhhhh see what you've done....
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By (user no longer on site)
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When I bought my house they were all up the hallway ceiling and took ages to take down. They'd been bloody super glued on!!! Had to totally replaster it such was the mess lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I got rid of the ones in my house before I moved in. Plus the wood chip wallpaper and massive 70s fireplace.
OMG woodchip...... how utterly quaint....
I really want some woodchip now....
Ohhhhh see what you've done....
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Omg my Dad had that everywhere when we were kids haha |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I have polystyrene ceiling tiles in our playroom/office. I hate them but they are low on my priority list for fixing
Diagonally positioned ?
With or without coving?
Normal position square I'm afraid & no coving in that room - the only room (except bathroom) that doesn't have it!!"
Oo'er,,,,,, that's quite an image... I trust the tiles are the larger type rather than those piddly little ones.... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"When I bought my house they were all up the hallway ceiling and took ages to take down. They'd been bloody super glued on!!! Had to totally replaster it such was the mess lol"
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Once brought a house where every ceiling and wall in the entire house was artexed. It was everywhere. The old owner was an artexer
Is that what attracted you too it... "
Yeah, in an artexy sort of way |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Once brought a house where every ceiling and wall in the entire house was artexed. It was everywhere. The old owner was an artexer
Is that what attracted you too it...
Yeah, in an artexy sort of way "
Quite right too.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Once brought a house where every ceiling and wall in the entire house was artexed. It was everywhere. The old owner was an artexer
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Please telL me you have at least removed it from the walls... My plan if I do get round to it is to get a plasterer in and just cover it, removing it is not an option.
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"Once brought a house where every ceiling and wall in the entire house was artexed. It was everywhere. The old owner was an artexer"
we looked at one similar and declined, the owners had artexed every ceiling and had to boot also done the complete open plan lounge/kitchen hall and stairs..
wasn't even smooth, bloody atrocious looking and not safe.. |
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"I had a woodchip papered celing in my bedroom as a child. As it wasn't painted is look up and get bits fall into my eyes as I lay in bed. "
I seem to remember spending many a childhood night gazing at my woodchip ceiling and wondering if the little bumps were made from dead woodlice....
Hey you believe anything you're told when your a kid... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Anybody got an avocado or coral pink bathroom suit? they go well with polystyrene tiles  "
The last house but one, I bought, had an avocado green bathroom suite complete with avocado green water-splash wall tiles ......
Oh and an antique pine cladding bath panel ......
Yikes.....
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"or a cork tile feature wall ...... own-up who's got them.....?
Wouldn't touch them with a barge pole "
Which begs the question....Do you own a barge pole? |
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By *vsnikkiTV/TS
over a year ago
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"Weren't they outlawed for being a fire hazard? I want a cork notice board for my kitchen,that I can pin stuff to. Stuff like notes to myself telling me to put the doughnuts down.
You need a megaphone... DROP THE DOUGHNUT..DROP THE DOUGHNUT"
No. You just need selfcontrol. Apparently. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"or a cork tile feature wall ...... own-up who's got them.....?
Wouldn't touch them with a barge pole
Which begs the question....Do you own a barge pole? "
No, but I do have a pair of quarterstaff's that could be tied together to approximate one well good enough for not touching cork tiles with anyway |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Weren't they outlawed for being a fire hazard? I want a cork notice board for my kitchen,that I can pin stuff to. Stuff like notes to myself telling me to put the doughnuts down.
You need a megaphone... DROP THE DOUGHNUT..DROP THE DOUGHNUT
No. You just need selfcontrol. Apparently."
best not to buy them in the first place, can't really see the logic of having doughnuts in the kitchen and not eating them  |
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By *vsnikkiTV/TS
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"I had a woodchip papered celing in my bedroom as a child. As it wasn't painted is look up and get bits fall into my eyes as I lay in bed.
I seem to remember spending many a childhood night gazing at my woodchip ceiling and wondering if the little bumps were made from dead woodlice....
Hey you believe anything you're told when your a kid... "
I am still gullible. Did you know gullible is the only word in the dictionary twice? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"or a cork tile feature wall ...... own-up who's got them.....?
Wouldn't touch them with a barge pole
Which begs the question....Do you own a barge pole? "
Not a barge pole but a couple of oars |
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By *obitoutMan
over a year ago
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"Anybody got an avocado or coral pink bathroom suit? they go well with polystyrene tiles
The last house but one, I bought, had an avocado green bathroom suite complete with avocado green water-splash wall tiles ......
Oh and an antique pine cladding bath panel ......
Yikes.....
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... I did a survey on a property last week, matching burgundy bath suite with matching carpet on the panel but the deal breaker for me...never seen this before the matching carpet theme continued onto the toilet cistern  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Anybody got an avocado or coral pink bathroom suit? they go well with polystyrene tiles
The last house but one, I bought, had an avocado green bathroom suite complete with avocado green water-splash wall tiles ......
Oh and an antique pine cladding bath panel ......
Yikes.....
... I did a survey on a property last week, matching burgundy bath suite with matching carpet on the panel but the deal breaker for me...never seen this before the matching carpet theme continued onto the toilet cistern "
Ohhhhh nice..... |
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By *vsnikkiTV/TS
over a year ago
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"Anybody got an avocado or coral pink bathroom suit? they go well with polystyrene tiles
The last house but one, I bought, had an avocado green bathroom suite complete with avocado green water-splash wall tiles ......
Oh and an antique pine cladding bath panel ......
Yikes.....
... I did a survey on a property last week, matching burgundy bath suite with matching carpet on the panel but the deal breaker for me...never seen this before the matching carpet theme continued onto the toilet cistern "
That was so you could partake in watersports over the loo while keeping your knees warm! |
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By *obitoutMan
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"Anybody got an avocado or coral pink bathroom suit? they go well with polystyrene tiles
The last house but one, I bought, had an avocado green bathroom suite complete with avocado green water-splash wall tiles ......
Oh and an antique pine cladding bath panel ......
Yikes.....
... I did a survey on a property last week, matching burgundy bath suite with matching carpet on the panel but the deal breaker for me...never seen this before the matching carpet theme continued onto the toilet cistern
That was so you could partake in watersports over the loo while keeping your knees warm!"
different take on carpet burns.. |
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Our house which we moved in to in October was an homage to the early eighties. There was no polystyrene but we lived for several months with a pampas green bathroom suite complete with over head shower that trickled water out at a rate of a litre a month and a hall and kitchen completely panelled in dark tongue and groove. My dad bless his heart couldn't understand why we were changing it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I have a cork tile floor.
I feel like I should be making a comment.....
Erm..... ermmmmm erm..... hmmmm
Yikes I've got nothing....I've dried... "
Let me moisten the tip for you...
I laid the cork floor in question. On purpose. Intentionally. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Anybody got an avocado or coral pink bathroom suit? they go well with polystyrene tiles
We Had a chocolate coloured suite when I was a kid.... "
Ohhhhhh....... ohhhhhhhhh......I remember those...... |
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By *essiCouple
over a year ago
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"Anybody got an avocado or coral pink bathroom suit? they go well with polystyrene tiles
We Had a chocolate coloured suite when I was a kid....
Ohhhhhh....... ohhhhhhhhh......I remember those...... "
Rather wish I didn't |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I have a cork tile floor.
I feel like I should be making a comment.....
Erm..... ermmmmm erm..... hmmmm
Yikes I've got nothing....I've dried...
Let me moisten the tip for you...
I laid the cork floor in question. On purpose. Intentionally. "
Ah ok.... I see it now.....
Was it to hide some garish linoleum that was stuck down with industrial grade bitumen adhesive .... |
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"Once brought a house where every ceiling and wall in the entire house was artexed. It was everywhere. The old owner was an artexer
Please telL me you have at least removed it from the walls... My plan if I do get round to it is to get a plasterer in and just cover it, removing it is not an option.
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Nope. Just carefully removed the peaks and had the walls skimmed |
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