u/Commercial-Film3885

My plasterer got an extremely shiny smooth as glass finish on most of the walls. Told me I would need to sand it before painting so the paint doesn't peel off as I've seen happen on this sub before. I gave it all a once over with 40grit sanding block cos that's all I had and it still feels quite smooth. How do I know when enough is enough?

Wondering if anyone has experience with health effects from all the dust. It's been extremely slow going renovating and living in my late 19th century flat. While I have been loving it, progress has stalled during the demolition phase and I have one lovely finished room, but the rest of the place is full of half-blown plaster walls and a lot of dust floating around.

Having never had problems with oral hygeine before, I suddenly started to develop tonsil stones a few months after moving in. Started as just one or two, and now I'm pulling up to 5 at a time out every few weeks. Also noticing a build up of mucus after days when I've been in amongst it. A lot of googling leads me to think this is definitely because of the dust. I've built up a crazy dental routine with tongue scraping, water flossing, gargling mouthwash. I also invested in an air purifier which I'm going to start running often. The issue persists and makes me really self conscious.

This is mostly a cautionary tale, even though I use masks and try to clean up as I go, my tight budget and lack of free time might be having long lasting effects. Does anyone have any experience with dust causing the same thing and did it go away after the renovation stopped?

I live in a mid floor flat and my water supply comes in from 3 places via a shop downstairs. The bathroom and kitchen have their own supply and stop valves, and the shower has its own supply that was hidden behind boxed in shower. My kitchen supply goes upstairs to the kitchen above. There is an external stop outside. I had a tradesman say that having two entry points is a liability and no insurance will cover that, but I didn't hire him as I wasn't confident about his credentials. It doesn't really seem feasible for me to redo this whole system, is it a common occurance or would you get everything re routed?