woodchip and re-wallpapering (noob)

julsifer

hi all,

so here's the situation, its cold in this North Lincolnshire Homes 2 storey flat and its only gonna get colder during the winter months, so i figure remove this horrible woodchip wallpaper with the wallpaper remover steamer thing sand any lumpy bits and line with this stuff http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/260852927347?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_1133wt_1272 i here its good and more importantly easy to use. Then just paint over it in a pretty colour?

never done anything like this before so just wanted to check with everyone that I'm doing it right. I'll start with my bedroom and if its a disaster i wont do anymore rooms lol

LandyAndy

This bit worries me slightly

Please note that the surface of Thermal Liner is an excellent surface for paint, however you may want to create a perfect finish quickly and easily by using Wallrock Fibreliner, Wallrock Premium, 1100 Paste the Wall Lining Paper or Wallrock Trend textured paintable wallpapers over the top of the Thermal Liner. Why do we recommend using a Wallrock products over the top of the Thermal Liner? Two main reasons:

• It makes it much easier and quicker to achieve a nice neat finish as it minimises the need to prepare any gaps at seams.
• It creates an additional protective shell over the Thermal Liner.

We do not recommend applying traditional lining paper over thermal liner, because lining paper expands when wet and shrinks when drying up (paper based products are dimensionally unstable), which can cause the corners of Wallrock Thermal Liner to be pulled off. All Wallrock products are dimensionally stable.

It suggests that painting straight over the thermal liner won't give a good finish.

Also, if you paper over it how do you get the paper off without damaging the liner?

Leif

There was I think a thread here about this product, search and you might find it. I would check the thermal efficiency of the stuff, I think it only reduces lost heat by a modest amount. A woolly jumper would be more effective.

julsifer

hmmmm thanks for that Andy maybe i wont go with this thermal stuff anymore it just looked so easy. So new plan,

Still want to get rid of the horibble woodchip paper so will

1. steam it off and scrape
2. sand down and fill cracks, is that poly filler stuff you get in tubes alright to use for this?
3. Line with this stuff instead http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200382827315?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
4. paint over in pretty colour
5. Buy a jumper lol thanks Leif

sound fair?

What wallpaper paste is best that I can use straight from a tub no mixing?

Al1x

With wood chip I've found the easiest way to remove it it scrape off the wood chips and wet the walls down, the paper comes off really easy then. saying that I have never used a steamer to remove paper so that may work as well!

julsifer

lol i'll try both....i'll try anything!!! as long as it comes off haha

TOOTHACHE

£25 Steamer from wickes works brilliantly at removing the awful w.chip.
We just finished getting rid in our new house.
It wasn't actually that bad, normal wallpaper is way easier as you can peel a whole section if you are lucky but the wood chip comes away in much smaller bits and usually leaves the lining / backing which then needs to be removed again.
Get a decent scraper, steam an area then scrape and peel whilst holding the steamer elsewhere - soon get through it.
Makes a right mess though so cover everything.
After that wash the walls down with some sugarsoap to get the last of the debris and glue off then do any repairs.
Careful though - sometimes woodchip is there for a reason.
We were lucky, all but one wall was perfect underneath ours - the other needs plastering.
Sometimes the WC is holding the wall together

julsifer

£25 Steamer from wickes works brilliantly at removing the awful w.chip

ooh thanks for that

Careful though - sometimes woodchip is there for a reason.
We were lucky, all but one wall was perfect underneath ours - the other needs plastering.
Sometimes the WC is holding the wall together

Scared a little now

Jumty

Gently bentley with the old steamer or you will blow the plaster.

coolagarry

I must admit I like your original idea with the rockwall..particularly on the outside wall. I used a similar product on a cold outside wall many years ago and it really made the room warmer. I take LandyAndy's point about removing the wallpaper being difficult but I reckon the woodchip was popular in the 1970's 80's so you can see that people don't strip wallpaper off very often.

julsifer

coolagarry wrote: »

I must admit I like your original idea with the rockwall..particularly on the outside wall. I used a similar product on a cold outside wall many years ago and it really made the room warmer. I take LandyAndy's point about removing the wallpaper being difficult but I reckon the woodchip was popular in the 1970's 80's so you can see that people don't strip wallpaper off very often.

hmm yeah that's a fair point too

Gently bentley with the old steamer or you will blow the plaster

Noted