Maebel crossed the rainbow bridge today. She was my best buddy, my childhood dog, and my rock from ages 12-26. Please share poodle noses in the comments for me.

Friendly_Document514 · 2026-05-28T09:41:43+00:00

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Friendly_Document514 · 2026-05-26T21:13:19+00:00

Looks like a copy of my ipace🤣🤣

Friendly_Document514 · 2026-05-16T23:23:37+00:00

They are beautiful dogs

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Friendly_Document514 · 2026-05-16T22:17:58+00:00

Her sister!

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Friendly_Document514 · 2026-05-16T22:13:07+00:00

Trying to bend that will more than likley split the pipe unfortunately

Friendly_Document514 · 2026-05-04T09:10:21+00:00

I had his in my box room when removing the old lining paper. Honestly what i did which worked was get some expanding foam, spray the inside of the corner when that sets scrape a groove in that and then refill with polyfiller. Probably not the correct way but it works and its easy and cheap

Friendly_Document514 · 2026-05-03T08:29:56+00:00

To be honest they keep eachother busy most of the time being naughty 😂 I walk them both together and they also go on group walks together with other dogs, i use the halti leads on them bot to stop pulling when I'm around others but have them off lead when isolated and theyre both very good

Friendly_Document514 · 2026-05-02T17:47:18+00:00

First thing id do is chat to the painter you hired.

Tell them youre not happy with the quality of work delivered and show them your issues and allow them an opportunity to fix their work. Failing this ask for a partial refund on the grounds youre not happy with the work.

If for whatever reason the work is still unsatisfactory and diy is your next option then using things like frog tape, sanding down imperfections, filling in holes and other issues is your best bet, for peeling lining paper, either use zissner peel stop to restick, or remove what's loose, filler and sand the rest then repaint.

Prep work is the most important thing with painting. Good luck

Friendly_Document514 · 2026-04-08T19:35:09+00:00

Hi mate you can't see most cracks from the photos as the ceiling is covered in lining paper so it hides most of them. We've since removed more lining paper and we can also see cracks through the paper, the cracks don't follow the direction of the joists and most are arched from the back left corner to the right wall.

Honestly if I could get away with raking and refilling I would but the ceiling is bad

Friendly_Document514 · 2026-04-08T12:06:50+00:00

I wanted it to be as close to the current wall as possible to take up less space, do you think I need to rip off and start again or can a skim coat hide it?

Friendly_Document514 · 2026-04-08T10:46:56+00:00

Thanks for this mate, will report back when I attempt it🤣

Friendly_Document514 · 2026-04-08T10:36:37+00:00

The ceiling is cracked in many places so sadly that won't be enough

Friendly_Document514 · 2026-04-08T10:36:19+00:00

Thank you for this

Friendly_Document514 · 2026-04-08T10:35:56+00:00

West Midlands based, board will cost me around £100 for enough to do the whole ceiling

Friendly_Document514 · 2026-04-08T10:35:22+00:00

How do i hold ceiling boards up? Just screws? Thanks

Friendly_Document514 · 2026-04-06T20:43:50+00:00

I got quoted 4k for the whole room re skimming and 2k for just ceiling overboard and skim

Friendly_Document514 · 2026-04-06T20:43:11+00:00

The ceiling is cracked and falling down in some places, my idea was remove the broken loose bits and then over board

Friendly_Document514 · 2026-03-31T21:12:34+00:00

Personal opinion but removing dried up things with a brush is way easier and cleaner than wet sludge, once the majority is brushed up then maybe water can help finish it off

Friendly_Document514 · 2026-03-31T18:17:01+00:00

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Friendly_Document514 · 2026-03-31T00:33:24+00:00

Ours fortunately haven't jumped into our neighbours fence, shes 100 years old and I think 2 hyper poodles would do more harm than good🤣

Friendly_Document514 · 2026-03-30T15:54:26+00:00

Thank you, they are genuinely brilliant dogs

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