Wallpapering in Tipton: feature walls, full rooms, lining paper and stripping. Patterns matched, seams flat, walls prepared first.
Old paper off, walls washed down, filled and sized.
On uneven old plaster, lining paper first is the difference between flat and lumpy.
Drops planned so the pattern runs true across corners and around the chimney breast.
One wall done well is often all a room needs, at a fraction of the full cost.
Steamed off and the plaster underneath looked at honestly. Where it was covering cracks or blown patches, you hear about it before anything new goes up.
Solid walls on the canal-side houses can be cold and damp. Paper will not stay on a wall that is wet, so the wall is checked before a roll is cut.
Papering an old Tipton wall is mostly about what is underneath. Walls papered four times over need stripping and lining before anything decorative goes up, or every flaw shows through within a month.
A lot of Tipton ceilings, and plenty of walls, still have woodchip on them from decades back. Woodchip hides a multitude of sins, and usually for a reason. Taking it off is often the start of a plaster repair rather than the end of the stripping.
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On the older Tipton plaster, usually yes. It is the difference between paper that lies flat and paper that shows every hollow behind it.
Yes, and it is the classic Tipton feature wall. The pattern has to be planned so it runs true around both returns, which is the part that takes the skill.
Yes, and we price it in rather than adding it later. Stripping is unpredictable, so it belongs in the quote, not in a surprise.
Yes. It comes off with steam, slowly. The plaster underneath is often cracked or patched. That is why somebody put woodchip up in the first place. Expect some filling before the new paper goes on, and if the plaster underneath has failed, a plasterer is needed first.
Usually damp or condensation on a cold solid wall, which is common in the older Tipton houses and worse on the canal side. New paper will peel the same way unless the cause is dealt with, so that is looked at first.
Mostly what has to come off and what it leaves behind. Stripping woodchip, lining an uneven wall and matching a large pattern around a chimney breast all add time. A photo of the room and the paper you want is the quickest way to a price.
A feature wall is usually a day. A full room takes two or three days once the old paper is off and the wall is lined. Woodchip removal adds a day. The days are agreed before we start.
Stripping, filling, lining where needed, and hanging with the pattern matched. Floors and furniture are covered, and the waste paper is cleared away each day.