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Yes, you can paint outside in winter in the UK, but only on the right days and with the right products. Most standard exterior paints should not be applied below about 5 to 10°C, onto a damp surface, or when frost or rain is forecast before the paint has dried. Specialist cold weather masonry paints…

The best time of year to paint the outside of your house in the UK is late spring to early autumn, roughly from April or May through to September, when the weather is warm and dry enough for paint to go on and cure properly. That said, the calendar matters less than the actual conditions…

Yes, you can tile over existing tiles, provided the tiles underneath are firmly stuck down, flat, clean and sound. It is a common and perfectly legitimate way to update a wall without the mess, dust and potential damage of hacking the old tiles off first. The key word is sound. Tiling over a solid, well-bonded…

To paint kitchen cupboards properly, take the doors off, clean every trace of grease from them, key the surface with a light sand, and prime with an adhesion primer before applying two or more thin coats of a hard-wearing cabinet or trim paint. The order is not optional. Kitchen cupboards are the hardest-working painted surface…

The reliable way to choose paint colours is to test them properly in the actual room before you commit, because a colour on a small card or a phone screen tells you very little about how it will look on your wall. Buy sample pots of your shortlist, paint large patches, and look at them…

The best way to paint doors is to prepare the surface properly, remove the door furniture, and apply two or more thin coats of a durable trim paint rather than one thick one, always laying off in the direction of the grain. On a panel door the order matters as much as the technique. Paint…

To paint around light switches neatly, you have two options. You can mask the faceplate with low-tack tape and cut in carefully with a small angled brush, or you can isolate the power at the consumer unit, ease the faceplate forward a few millimetres, and paint behind its edge. Whichever you choose, never paint over…

To stop paint streaks on walls, keep a wet edge as you work, load the roller properly so you are never spreading paint too thin, and apply at least two full coats rather than stretching one. Most streaking is not a paint fault. It is caused by the roller drying out partway across the wall,…

So, What Paint Do Professionals Use UK Professional decorators in the UK almost always use trade paint rather than the retail versions sold in DIY stores. The names that turn up most often on site are Dulux Trade, Johnstone’s Trade, Crown Trade, Leyland Trade and Armstead, with Zinsser for primers and problem surfaces, Tikkurila or…

So, What Should You Look For In Decorators In Kent When you are choosing decorators in Kent, three things decide whether the work still looks right in five years. How much preparation the quotation actually covers, whether the decorator has worked on your type of property before, and whether you have been given a fixed…