“Do I need to PVA the wall before I skim it?” is one of the questions we get asked most by Bristol and Bath DIYers and homeowners — usually because someone, or a YouTube video, told them...

My wall was skimmed yesterday and it’s come up in little blisters or bubbles — what’s gone wrong? We get that question regularly from Bristol and Bath homeowners, and across plenty of...

A hairline crack where the wall meets the ceiling that keeps coming back every time you fill and paint it is one of the most common and most misunderstood cracks in a house. Across Bristol and Bath...

You’re stripping wallpaper, a chunk of plaster comes away with it, and suddenly you’re picturing the whole room being replastered. Across the Bristol and Bath homes we’re called to...

“Do I need skimming or plastering?” is one of the most common questions we get from Bristol and Bath homeowners, usually because they have been quoted for one and are not sure whether they...

Pebbledash is everywhere on Bristol and Bath’s inter-war and post-war housing, and across the many pebbledash jobs we’ve surveyed and carried out, the single biggest finding is that sound...

The green staining most homeowners think means their render is failing is almost always just surface algae that cleans off. Across the rendering work we do and get called back to across Bristol and...

Lime versus gypsum isn’t a quality contest; it’s a compatibility one. Across hundreds of Bristol and Bath jobs, the clear pattern is that almost every damp or blown-plaster callout in an...

Coving costs anywhere from around £12 a metre to several hundred pounds a room. Across the Bristol and Bath properties we’ve fitted and restored over the years, the single biggest cost driver is...