Index of DIY Decorating articles
- Flooring
- Timber floor finishes - varnish, oils and waxes explained.
- Removing old finishes - a guide to removing paint, varnish, oil wax and polishes from timber floorboards.
- Sanding wooden floors - a step by step guide.
- Staining wooden flooring - a guide to applying stain to timber floorboards.
- Varnishing wooden floorboards - a guide to varnishing
timber floorboards.
- Glossary of decorating terms.
- Painting
- Painting flush wooden doors - a step by step illustrated guide.
- Painting wooden panel doors - a step by step illustrated
guide.
- Painting wooden casement windows - a step by step
illustrated guide.
- Painting wooden sash windows - a step by step illustrated
guide.
- Preparing walls and ceilings - a guide to preparing for painting.
- Preparing wooden doors and windows - a guide to preparing
for repainting.
- Staircase - the sequence for painting a staircase.
- Using a paint roller - the technique explained.
- Removing of decorative finishes such as textured finishes (like Artex), Polystyrene, cork and ceramic tiles, ceiling and wall timber cladding.
- Removing old finishes from wooden floorboards - a guide
to removing paint, varnish, oil wax and polishes from timber floorboards.
- Sanding wooden floors - a step by step guide.
- Staining wooden flooring - a guide to applying stain to
timber floorboards.
- Tiling
- Ten tiling tips - 10 useful tips before you design, purchase or start to lay tiles.
- Ceramic tiles - basic styles - The basic shapes and tile types explained.
- Estimating wall tiles - A guide to working out how many tiles are required for a tiling job.
- Estimating tile finishing strip - A guide to working out how many finishing strips are required for a tiling job and how to cut it to get the most out of it.
- Preparing surfaces for ceramic wall tiles - A guide to preparing the surface whether wallpaper, paint, tile or timber.
- Setting out ceramic wall tiles - A guide to making the job look professional.
- Fixing ceramic wall tiles - A guide to fixing ceramic wall tiles.
- Cutting ceramic tiles - A guide to cutting ceramic wall tiles.
- Grouting wall tiles - A guide.
- Varnishing wooden floorboards - a guide to varnishing
timber floorboards.
- Wallpapering
- Types of Wallpaper - the different types explained.
- Symbols on labels - the symbols on wallpaper labels explained.
- How many rolls? - Calculate how many rolls of wall paper you will require.
- Stripping wallpaper - a step by step guide to stripping different types of wall paper.
- Preparing different surfaces for hanging wallpaper - new and old plasterboard and plaster walls etc.
- Cutting and pasting wallpaper - a guide to setting out the start lines, cutting and pasting the wallpaper.
- Hanging wallpaper - a step by step guide to hanging wallpaper.
- Hanging wallpaper around architrave.
- Hanging wallpaper around electrical fittings.
- Hanging wallpaper around a recess at door and window surrounds.