wall paper

[kane]

Looked at a job the other day customer wants lounge skimmed, wall-papers been stuck straight onto plasterboard how easy will it come off with a steamer ? Cheers for any replies.

 

[oasis]

do not use steamer! rip of first layer then use water spray to take the backing paper off.


use a sharp chisel to life the edge of the paper then rip by hand.

 

[spunky]

i'd look into fixing to the dabs/stud and overboard it mate i reckon itll make a right mess

 

[kane]

Yea I was thinking that mate ;D deff nit this one i think specialy when the place is covered with brand new dark blue carpet!! Just asking for blod trouble eh !!

 

[terry]

i done a job recently it was same thing but i got the client to take paper off.the boards were mullard so i pva bond skimmed.so if i were you warn them that you might have to do the same

 

[oasis]

overboard! that meens new skirts and frames hope they got the money ha

 

[spunky]

either that or all the plaster falls of the walls ???

 

[carlos]

get the client to take the paper off.

Either that or i did a job last year where the client overboarded the wall with 9.5mm screwed over the old plaster with
raw plugs to be far made a nice job of it i just skimmed it.

Said he only did it because he didn't want the mess of hacking off.

 

[oasis]

its on plasterboard not solid plaster

 

[Render Systems]

tell the owners to scrape it off... or allow a bonding coat over the knackered walls after you have scraped it off as they will be a right mess... bloody dry liners...

 

[richardbrown]

yeah tony .... your f**k**g useless