wallpaper

Bit of a long story, but will try to cover the facts! Wall was professionally replastered September. Wall was sized with 3 coats of Contract Matt And Water 50/50 October. Wall was papered with Superfresco Easy (Paste the wall) December 5th. Come January 2nd, the edges of the paper have shrunk...

Hi, Does anyone know the best way to wallpaper over the external corner which has an unusual shape as per attached pics? The external corner is rounded which is no problem but at the top and bottom it peaks or slopes into a right angle. I just want to avoid making several awkward cuts that...

Hi all Back once again! The property is an 1860's terrace with lovely high ceilings, cornicing and ceiling centres. As you can see in the pictures the wallpaper on the ceiling has lifted at the seams. It is nonetheless lovely paper and I am wondering if there is an effective fix for this...

Hi, Some advice needed, I'm using wall sizing on a new wall before wallpapering (Solvite Wall Sealer from B&Q). It says allow to dry overnight before wallpapering, but what if I leave it for 2-3 days before papering. Will that be OK? Cheers

Looking to reinstate a traditional embossed frieze. Previous occupants have decorated the frieze with a modern anaglypta. Have had a nosey on the internet but (with one exception) can only find embossed paper that is 12" wide/deep - we require 18". Can anyone suggest any suitable stockists. We...

Evening all. Unfortunately there are two rooms in our house which haven't been re-skimmed and need lining paper. When I started room by room, I had never had a decent go at lining paper so when I came to doing it there were a few mistakes. Although I correctly sized the walls and avoided any...

It's high summer in the Mediterranean with outside shade temperatures hovering around +35C, and the inside temperature around+30C with 40% humidity. I am trying to wallpaper and am running into problems. The rooms are an old stone farmhouse, solid 800mm thick walls plastered with local lime...

Hi Another Victorian house held together by thick wallpaper. I've stripped it off, but unsurprisingly the plaster needs removing too. Is it possible to preserve that nice plaster coving? Or will it all fall down the minute chisel hits plaster? 20170530_130741 by MICH43L posted 30 May 2017...

Stripped wallpaper from lounge walls. Under this was old emulsion over plaster, some emulsion came away with old paper leaving bare plaster. Having now filled and sanded I am ready to prepare the wall for re-papering. Advice from local major DIY store "specialist" was to use a 50:50 mix of PVA...

Hello everybody! I’ve just removed peeling lining paper from the walls of my living room and I’m now left with quite a lot of paste residue on the walls. I’ve just about resigned myself to steaming/scraping/sugar soaping the paste off as best as possible but just noticed a product that might...

Good Morning All, been lurking here for a while, but this is my first post! I've done some searching on this, but couldn't really find a definite answer for my exact scenario. Please see the attached image for reference. I'm a newbie DIYer who has recently bought a 1970's house and have...

Hi there, i know this question has been asked 1000 times, but i've seen 1000 different answers! So we have a big bathroom which has been tastefully(!) wallpapered by the previous owner, and we want to get rid of it. However, despite having 3 external very solid walls, it seems they have put up...

Hi. I'm new to this forum and looking for some guidance on a subject that has made me worried sick.... A few years back my wife and I bought a mid 1930's house that needed a fair amount of work. We had a back of house extension done for a new kitchen/diner, however to save money my father in...

Hi, my first post as I venture into buying a home and doing it up. The house I want to buy has orange-ish dotted stains on the wallpaper at a few various locations around the house (some high, some low). It feels dry to touch. Any ideas what this is? Very grateful for any advice.

I've been having great difficulty hanging the wallpaper in my living room recently. The information provided with the paper says Repeat 16cm with the offset symbol. Nothing else So I picked a header. Cut my first piece labeled it (A) then matched the second piece up against it cut and labeled...

Hello I've just moved in to a new property, and to save costs we are going to paint over the wallpaper in the hallways. However, there is a piece that has been torn. By any chance (and I know this is a slim chance) if anyone could tell me of any companies where I could match some old wallpaper...

Okay so I have trawled books and the internet to find this blummin' wallpaper... We've just moved into a house and the whole downstairs and up the staircase to the landing is covered in this paper. Right now we just dont have the time to re-do the whole thing as it is encrusted with paint and a...

We have moved a door and where the join from the new plaster board meets the original wall there are several layers of old wallpaper. It's a HUGE wall and I not really want to have to strip all the paper. If I get a plasterer will they be able to blend in the join so it is smooth? Thanks for...

Hi everyone. First post here. I will be stripping the paper off the ceilings on a flat I have just bought. Though to me it looks like some sort of artex? I know this stuff could contain amounts of asbestos which is my main concern. So first off is one of the bedrooms. It's thick wallpaper though...

Hi there, I need some help with this. A while ago, about nearly 4 years ago, we had our bedroom decorated. It cost a lot of money to have it done, it's been fine for a while but recently we have noticed there's some dark patches now under the wallpaper on the wall which is an outside wall at...