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It’s the new year and it is time for a fresh start. If decorating is on the agenda for this year, and you are wanting to know how to smooth out bumpy walls, Victory Colours have created a guide to help you along the way. Victory Colours Top Tips on How to smooth out bumpy walls: Apply a skim coat To make walls smoother, we would always advise a skim coat by a trained plasterer first. A skim coat is a layer of finishing plaster which creates a thickness of around 2-3 mm to create a smooth and flat surface....

Now more than ever we need to be careful with our spending, especially with energy bills. Making small changes to our energy habits can reduce how much we are spending annually. The UK government has created a Energy Bills Support Scheme which provides a discount of £400 to help with household expenses during the winter months. How does the discount work? The discount has been put into action as of October 1st automatically to any household in England, Wales and Scotland. For October and November, every household will have received £66 and for December, January, February and March, the discount...

The cost of most things have gone up and up in the past year, and energy bills seem to be higher than they have ever been. The good news is that Victory Colours have home insulation ideas to help reduce your energy costs. Insulating Wallpaper Insulating wallpaper, also known as thermal liner, is one of our cost effective home insulation ideas. It is designed to create a layer of insulation to your walls which retains heat, making it harder for heat to escape. We would recommend using Wallrock Thermal Liners, which have been tested and approved by the Energy Saving...