Advice on removing wallpaper from dry lining plasterboard please

TanDiy

Hi, daughter is just looking to put an offer in on her first house but agent has advised that this has dry lined walls downstairs and normal plastered walls upstairs. First concern is why the downstairs has been dry lined but my main question relates to the dry lining board..


All the walls are wallpapered with heavy embossed type paper which has been painted over. We would like to remove this and just paint the walls. Just wondered if anybody has experience trying to remove wallpaper from these boards, is it possible without destroying the boards, if we can remove the paper then can the boards be sanded down and painted. I am just worried that my daughter will suddenly find herself with lots of extra work that she cannot afford.


Many thanks for any advice.

TheCyclingProgrammer

I'm assuming by dry lined you mean the plasterboard has been taped and jointed and not skimmed prior to decoration? If so, I'd be very surprised if you can remove the wallpaper without damaging the paper lining of the plasterboard. You'd spend forever doing it and I think it would be a waste of time.

You'll be better off removing the wallpaper and having the walls skimmed. Mist coat when dry then paint.

TanDiy

Thanks for the info. I don't know if it would have been skimmed prior to the paper being hung. I think it will be best if I assume there will be extra cost involved in sorting this. Thanks again.

MisterBaxter

If the property is occupied then it may be worth asking the current owner/occupier whether or not the walls were skimmed prior to decoration. If the property is empty the go back and cheekily peel back a small corner of the paper in a place where it's not likely to be seen and try to check for a smooth plaster.

Kiran

TanDiy wrote: »

Thanks for the info. I don't know if it would have been skimmed prior to the paper being hung. I think it will be best if I assume there will be extra cost involved in sorting this. Thanks again.

It's not dry lining if it has been skimmed. Removal of covring and re skimming would probably be the best bet but it does depend on how well the wall paper comes off