Im in exactly the same boat Palminni2,the main bedroom is realy bad,entire room had 2x1 battons with hardboard and as i was takeing them off the walls were comeing with it,its a night mare and like you i cant get a pro in but i have to tackle it myself,iv no choice,can you put pics up of yours ? in my last house they wernt as bad as here so i went with the flow and colour washed them old school,i put on a softsheen in cream and a watered down ocre over it and wiped of most of it ,it turned out great,if its a case of your walls been very powdery and dusty you might need to do a wash of a pva first so it takes the paint,hope this is of some help, id love to see your fireplace to ,im still useing mine so i cant do anything with it yet .
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