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Internal solid wall insulation and wallpaper

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HappyHouse
HappyHouse Posts: 1 Newbie
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We are buying a house with solid brick walls which are covered in woodchip wallpaper since the 70s. I'm wondering if I need to remove the wallpaper before internally insulating them or whether this will save me a job.

Any experience?

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  • need_an_answer
    need_an_answer Posts: 2,812 Forumite
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    What do you intend insulating the walls with?

    Experience of removing woodchip its a !!!!!!...but just wondering why insulate internally

    if the woodchip has been painted score it before soaking with plenty of water to remove with a scraper or if you can hire a wallpaper stripper its a little easier and quicker

    Although don't forget this is the house buying board,if you want specific DIY or renovation/decoration advice you might be better placed asking the question on that board
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  • ProDave
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    Having previously owned a 1930's solid brick walled house, and now nearing completion of building a near passive house standard house, I would not want to return to such a poorly insulated, cold and expensive to heat dwelling. There would have to be something REALLY special about it to even tempt me to look at it.
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    ProDave wrote: »
    There would have to be something REALLY special about it to even tempt me to look at it.
    Perhaps this house is really special to the OP, though?


    Looking at houses on Rightmove, very few would tempt me to look at them either, simply because they don't have anything like enough land. However, the fact that people buy and sell these properties means that my preferences aren't theirs.


    Some people get a buzz from period property, or from a particular location.One can't usually move a house or even add more land to it, but at least a solid walled property can always be insulated to some degree.


    I could just about afford a Passivehaus-type property, stitting on a typical new build plot, but nothing would entice me to swap for that in a month of blue moons. That doesn't make my priorities better or worse than anyone else's; just different.
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    What insulation are you looking to use? What do their supplier say? The only things I can think would require the paper to be removed are if the insulation is stuck to the wall with adhesive, or if a vapour barrier of some kind is required.
  • maisie_cat
    maisie_cat Posts: 2,068 Forumite
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    We internally insulated our 1930's with a wooden structure plus celotex and overlaid with plasterboard. We didn't remove all the original wall covering where there had been no damp. Although it was hard work at the time, it has made this house very insulated and I'm glad we did it, especially at the moment were it's lovely and cool in the house.
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