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Whats the best way to get flat walls?
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PasturesNew wrote: »As I see it, thinking long-term, if you do pay for a skim now it's done and your flat walls can be painted and repainted when you like.
If you put up lining paper, it might still be a little bumpy and then there are the join marks. Over time, in a steamy environment, you might find that the paper gathers smell and/or starts to split down the join lines. You'd also have to be careful you didn't tear it with the 1001 sharp instruments and gadgets you'd use in a kitchen.
Get 3 quotes and see ... might be less than you think.
I bought an old house, every wall was papered. I took all the paper off and replastered where the walls off came with it. Best thing ever in the long run as all walls were exposed and could breathe again. I prefer a wall where you can see what you're dealing with to one that's got hidden secrets.
I think I might get a few quotes, no harm I suppose..just to see....it does look alot better when its skimmed doesn't it? I'm still trying to get the paper off at the moment, its never ending!!:rolleyes: Where the ceiling was redone the paper is ripping parts of that so I need some sharp instrument to score right alone the top, stanley knife or something should do it!
I was gonna start in my hall but I've changed my mind!!:rotfl:You may walk and you may run
You leave your footprints all around the sun
And every time the storm and the soul wars come
You just keep on walking0 -
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:...snip..
Theres a lot of '7 day plastering courses' knocking about and people doing them, and passing themselves off as a plasterer, and belive me, it looks like they used a bag full of hedgehogs rather than a trowel to do it.I think I saw you in an ice cream parlour
Drinking milk shakes, cold and long
Smiling and waving and looking so fine0 -
But they were MarshallTown pre-worn hedgehogsTheres a lot of '7 day plastering courses' knocking about and people doing them, and passing themselves off as a plasterer, and belive me, it looks like they used a bag full of hedgehogs rather than a trowel to do it.
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hey £400 his alot cheaper than I thought...I was thinking 700, 800??????
Oh I'm quite excited now!!LOLYou may walk and you may run
You leave your footprints all around the sun
And every time the storm and the soul wars come
You just keep on walking0 -
poppyolivia wrote: »I'm still trying to get the paper off at the moment, its never ending!!
12 layers is the maximum i ever came across..... my old house hallway...... took me and OH 4 weeks just to strip..... before the days of steamers....... warm water and spnges..,......
:rotfl:smile --- it makes people wonder what you are up to....
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