Wallpapering

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

So I've never put up wallpaper before, and its about time I got around to it. I got a new build April 2014 and I'm sure all the settlement cracks that will appear have appeared, so I have no more excuses left to hold back on the decorating.

 

Opinions and tips on wallpapering seem to vary wildly depending on who you ask, so I'll ask the GF and have all the info gathered in one easy to ignore location as I inevitably paste myself into the building never to be seen again.

 

Tips, tricks and advice all welcome.

[Trumo]

 

Well, hanging wallpaper is also very much like making love to a beautiful woman.

Clean all the relevant surfaces, spread her out on the table, cover her with paste,

and stick her up. Then you clean your brush, light your pipe, stand back and

admire your handiwork.

[Champ]

It's a bloody nuisance when you to take it down. Just paint

[A Red]

Dont wallpaper!

 

If you are living with a woman she will want it changed in a year or so. The misery of hanging it will seem like a walk in the park compared to the utter despair and frustration taking it off and starting again.

 

Paint

[ZonkoVille77]

Don't wallpaper. It's a mugs game. It can fuck up the walls too. If you REALLY must then just do a 'feature' wall and buy the paste the wall wallpapers. These are much easier to hang IMO.

[VladimirIlyich]

Phone the guy.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Its my house and I'm deciding that once it goes up its fucking staying up. No woman will have input, thankfully.

 

However, I appreciate the advice so I have ordered just 2 rolls and I'm only papering the chimney breast (hehehe, 'breast'). I'll paint either side of it.

 

Got this:

 

[Rico1304]

When it's all wonky, has air bubbles and starts peeling you'll wish you'd taken the advice to pay someone else to do it.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

When it's all wonky, has air bubbles and starts peeling you'll wish you'd taken the advice to pay someone else to do it.

 

I still might

[Rico1304]

I still might

It's the only way. That's why God invented the Yellow Pages.

[General Dryness]

Its my house and I'm deciding that once it goes up its fucking staying up. No woman will have input, thankfully.

 

However, I appreciate the advice so I have ordered just 2 rolls and I'm only papering the chimney breast (hehehe, 'breast'). I'll paint either side of it.

 

Got this:

 

Is it still the 80s in Ireland?

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

No one has invented the calendar here yet mate so I couldn't tell you.

[Champ]

It's the only way. That's why God invented the Yellow Pages.

Yellow Pages? It was probably the 80s the last time I used one of them.

 

Isn't that what friends and neighbours are for? Good recommendations

[Trumo]

It's the only way. That's why God invented the Yellow Pages.

 

I thought it was so that people can find an emergency plumber or locate a first edition of 'Fly Fishing' by J.R. Hartley.

[Sut]

Coat the walls with a diluted mixture of the paste before you start - it'll stop the plaster drawing all the moisture as you try to place it on the wall.

[Einch]

No.

[Tony Moanero]

Its my house and I'm deciding that once it goes up its fucking staying up. No woman will have input, thankfully.

 

However, I appreciate the advice so I have ordered just 2 rolls and I'm only papering the chimney breast (hehehe, 'breast'). I'll paint either side of it.

 

Got this:

 

Is this shit supposed to be funny?

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Is this shit supposed to be funny?

 

Is this shit supposed to be funny?

[Tony Moanero]

Is this shit supposed to be funny?

Is this shit supposed to be funny?

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Is this shit supposed to be funny?

 

Ask yer ma.

[Jairzinho]

So I've never put up wallpaper before

 

Keep it that way. 

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

That's very kind of you to offer. I need it done by Saturday. Chop chop.

[Jairzinho]

Whereabouts in Wigan are you?

[The Golden Eel]

My ma did a wall for me the other week. Looked pretty easy. I just stood around making sure she lined it up properly.

 

Yes, that's a true story, there's no innuendo implied even though the word "ma" has been used.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

My ma did a wall for me the other week. Looked pretty easy. I just stood around making sure she lined it up properly.

 

Yes, that's a true story, there's no innuendo implied even though the word "ma" has been used.

 

If your ma can do it, anyone can etc