Papering a ceiling

meg00

Every website I have looked at says to run the paper from a wall edge (using a plumb line!)- but I know from previous wallpaperings the walls are not square (old house). The removed woodchip paper ran from wall to middle of chimney breast. How do I make sure the first strip is in straight and where do I put it?. Do I go middle of room to centre of chimney breast, or side to side from window to internal wall. Paper is very plain with no join, ceiling has central light fitting only.
thanks, meg.

FreeBear

Personally, I'd start from the chimney breast and work my way across the room. Fill in the alcoves either side (if you have them) with narrower bits of paper.

In my view, the chimney breast is a focal point of a room, so any lines should be parallel to it.

Le_Kirk

If you have one window, just work square to the window; if you work parallel to the window shadows may appear at the joins. If you have windows on adjacent sides work square to the biggest window.

ariba10

If you are using a Paterned paper I would strongly recommend using a plumb line.

Start at a wall and put the first piece up about 20 ins away from it (a little narrower than the width of the paper) you can put the missing piece up last.
Sounds complicated but it works.

FreeBear

ariba10 wrote: »

If you are using a Paterned paper I would strongly recommend using a plumb line.

Plumb lines work fine on vertical walls, no so good on horizontal ceilings. A chalk line would be good for marking things out though. Ping a line across the ceiling at 520mm (or what ever width the paper is) intervals, and then sit back to see which looks best.

ariba10

The bit about the walls not being square threw me off track.

I read it as papering walls.

(Old age does not come on it's own)