Dealing with woodchip wallpaper

movingforward2010

seen it in wilkos £26 a tub

Woby_Tide

mervyn11 wrote: »

Am I the only sad person that LIKES woodchip ???????

probably, most people have realised that hitting a wall with a hammer is cheaper for that rough/poor surface wall look nowadays

rubbish_at_DIY

I have just spent all day removing woodchip wallpaper from 3 walls with a steamer, it was hard work but it did the job untillb I got to the fourth wall and discovered that some bright spark had wall papered directly on to plaster board! I can't use the steamer to remove it because it is wrecking the plaster board. I was planning to go to Focus in the morning to get some Polycell smootover but having read some of these threads I am not so sure now. any one got any easy solutions? I wasn't joking when I though up my username!
who's bright idea was wood chip wallpaper anyway?!!

olly300

rubbish_at_DIY wrote: »

I have just spent all day removing woodchip wallpaper from 3 walls with a steamer, it was hard work but it did the job untillb I got to the fourth wall and discovered that some bright spark had wall papered directly on to plaster board! I can't use the steamer to remove it because it is wrecking the plaster board. I was planning to go to Focus in the morning to get some Polycell smootover but having read some of these threads I am not so sure now. any one got any easy solutions? I wasn't joking when I though up my username!
who's bright idea was wood chip wallpaper anyway?!!

Woodchip was an 80's invention (ok I remember helping my parents put it up in the 80's) for people who had walls that needed plastering, who couldn't plaster but could hang wallpaper.

Unfortunately my childhood is taking revenge on me and now I have moved into a place where I have to remove woodchip from every room except the kitchen. And nearly every ceiling has embossed wallpaper on it to cover where the polystrene tiles (another 80's DIY invention) were removed.

If you search the boards you will find that if you are going to skim over artex (strangely not woodchip) you should use normal plaster and not waste your money on smoothover.

Alternatively get a plasterer (or 3 in) for a quote for skimming the walls and see if any of them give you a clue on how to remove it/cover it.

I_love_Airedales

Great tip ds 1980. I can see that working well, also saves standing around with the steamer.
Thank you.
ILA

Paul_Wise

I think Wallwik would be quite good for removing woodchip wallpaper. I haven't used it on woodchip personnally, but I have used it on other types of wallpaper and it is very good. I check there website and they have instructions for removing woodchip at www.wallwik.co.uk Hope this helps!

lorien

Paul_Wise wrote: »

I think Wallwik would be quite good for removing woodchip wallpaper. I haven't used it on woodchip personnally, but I have used it on other types of wallpaper and it is very good. I check there website and they have instructions for removing woodchip at www.wallwik.co.uk Hope this helps!

With much sceptisism, I bought the Wallwik system and watched heavily overpainted woodchip peel off like butter after just 40 mins of soaking. Heartily recomend it! :rotfl:

27col

Polystyrene ceiling tiles date back a lot further than the 80's. I remember using them in the 60's. Now, I cannot think for the life of me, why we ever thought that they were a good thing. Ugh!

Newly_retired

Anyone who buys our house will, I am sure, want to remove the polystyrene ceiling tiles, the woodchip wallpaper, the radiators, the bathroom, the kitchen and redecorate - to their own taste.
Just how much of this is it worth us doing in order to get a sale?

27col

Newly_retired wrote: »

Anyone who buys our house will, I am sure, want to remove the polystyrene ceiling tiles, the woodchip wallpaper, the radiators, the bathroom, the kitchen and redecorate - to their own taste.
Just how much of this is it worth us doing in order to get a sale?

That is the $64,000 question. You know in your heart that the new owner will change everything that you do. But you feel that you must do something to make them want to buy your house. In the property programs you see time and again people who just cannot see past what is there, to what could be there, after they have done what they like. I have actually heard people say,"ooh, the carpet is horrible" as if it is unchangeable.. Me, I would rather pay less for an unattractive interior and put my stamp on the place.