[FONT=arial]I am going to re-texture our bathroom walls. It had several layers of unsightly white paint and many bad patch jobs. I've sanded down the walls but am a little foggy on the next steps. I thought I would then clean the walls, apply joint compound, texture, then paint primer and then paint. Is this the right process? If so, do I apply two layers of joint compound, one thin and one thick? Do I have to put a primer on the sanded walls before the joint compound? Razzles[/FONT]

I'll be attcking this project in about 3 weeks when I'm back at the house and have a few weeks off. In the short term, I'm looking for tips tricks and other suggestions before going into this. Here is the situation; Front (north facing) exterior door is situated at the end of a wide hallway which runs down the center of the house. There is ~1ft of wall on either side of the door, and it's all paster. The house was built in 1937, but had seen some renos (which this area may have seen) in the late 1960's or early 1970's. The Problem; I suspect there is ZERO insulation in the wall around and above the door. The hallway at that end of the house is ice cold and noticeable to the touch. I'm going to cut one or two explorer holes to see what I can see, but I expect I'll be doing a tear down of the interior plaster and replace with drywall after resolving the insulation. I can not confirm if the door frame is original or was changed during the 1970's renos. I was informed by the boss (wife), tools down until we return home. Any tips, tricks or suggestions on how to approach this (start to finish)? There is no electrical from what I can see (visually and using the stud finder).