Just one more ...

Just one more exterior to finish before autumn sets in. I usually undertake exterior work between Easter and September. Painting when its cold and wet is a recipe for paint failure.
Fillers and paints for outsides need to have more flexibility than harder interior products to cope with the natural movement of timber substrates. Exterior coatings often contain biocides to inhibit mould growth on the paint film, and should not be used inside the home.
Where rot is present it is mechanically removed back to a sound surface, then a penetrating epoxy stabaliser applied, followed by a specialist two part filler. If the rot is not too far advanced this is a cost effective and durable repair. The system I use has been tried and tested by the UK's leading timber and specialist window repair companies for over 15 years.

This loft conversion was freshly plastered. It is important that paint with a low vinyl content is used for new work. On this job Dulux Trade Supermatt was specified. It is ideal for new plasterwork which is still drying out.

Lamp Room Grey

This living room had Dulux Trade Flat Matt on the ceiling, Farrow and Ball Lamp Room Grey on the walls and the superb Sikkens Satura BL on the woodwork. The dead flat emulsion finishes on the walls and ceiling have a luxurious feel whilst the trim paint, although being waterbased, has a finish very similar to traditional oil eggshells but with the benefit of non-yellowing.