You may also choose to lay a protective sheet over the ground, especially if you recently refurnished your room with our wood flooring from Preston or our wood flooring from Lancaster. This may include removing any old wallpaper — every scrap — filling any cracks or holes, and, in some cases, ensuring that the room is free from mold and that the walls are clean. Removing mold from a property can be an arduous task, but it is necessary to rectify this problem before you add wallpaper to a room.
If you do not resolve your mold issue before adding the wallpaper, the mold will spread to your lovely new paper and slowly destroy it. You may need to speak to an expert if the cause of the mold is the result of a leaking pipe or gutter. This only applies if you have new plaster or an absorbent surface on your walls.
A wall sealer is important in these cases because it stops your walls from absorbing too much of the sticky wallpaper paste that is needed to keep your paper up. Because your wallpaper will hang vertically, you should hang the lining paper horizontally — this will reduce the areas where the edges coincide when you wall is finished, which means that you wall should be smooth and free from imperfections.
Lining paper is sometimes hung horizontally if it is being used as a base for wallpaper. Because I used the lining paper to get a good surface for painting, I hung the lining paper vertically. As you would when decorating a room. If you decide to hang the lining paper horizontally, mark a level guide line with chalk and spirit level , see fig 1 below. If your lining paper has a width of 24 inches mm mark the line approximately 20 inches mm below the ceiling, this should easily take into account any discrepancies in the existing ceiling level.
Measure the width of the wall and add 6 inches mm to the length for trimming in the corners. You will need two pairs of steps and a walk board or planks supported where necessary to reach the work area. Paste the lining paper and fold it the way you would with standard wallpaper hanging wallpaper. The only difference being you are hanging the lining paper horizontally rather than vertically.
As shown in fig 1 above, hang each piece of lining paper in position butting the joints together, try to ensure there are no overlaps as these will show through your wallpaper eventually and spoil the finished look. Yes, you can. Always allow at least 24 hours for the paste to thoroughly dry before painting lining paper. If the room is cold or damp, allow longer, perhaps a further 24 hours.
Allow the same time before wallpapering over lining paper. The key is not to overlap the paper in the corners as this will form a ridge which will show through when the wallpaper is hung over the top. Instead, when cut, the two lengths of lining paper will butt up neatly together in the corner.
Cut the excess paper off at either end. When you hang it, line up the top edge so it is flush with the bottom edge of the lining paper above it and smooth it down. Then, slide the edges apart by about 1mm. This will prevent the lining paper join from buckling and becoming visible as it expands when the wallpaper is hung on top.
Crease and trim the ends as before and repeat the process for the rest of the wall. When you reach obstacles like doors, windows, a plug socket or you need to tackle external corners. See How to hang wallpaper for more detailed step-by-step instructions as the principles and techniques are very similar.
As with the ceiling junction, use the back of scissors to make a cutting crease between the wall and skirting board. Alternatively, use a wallpaper cutting guide to cut the bottom of the lining paper. Hold the guide against the skirting board tucking the paper into the crease of the guide, trim off the excess paper with a sharp utility knife.
Allow at least 24 hours or longer if the room is cold or damp for the paste to dry before you paint over or hang wallpaper over the top. If you paint or wallpaper before the paste has dried, the lining paper may come off the wall or blister. There may be noticeable gaps between the strips of lining paper after it has been hung and the paste has dried.
If so, use a flexible filler and a filling knife to fill the gap. If necessary, allow the filler to dry out fully before sanding flat with an 80 grit or medium grade sandpaper and a sanding block. If any lining paper has overlapped after the paste has dried, carefully remove the excess paper with a sharp utility knife and long metal rule. As with walls, it is important to get the first length of paper straight. These steps will outline how to hang lining paper on your ceiling using a chalk line as a guide to hanging it straight.
If the lining paper on a ceiling is to be painted - start papering along a wall that is at right angles to the window wall as per image. This way, if the joins overlap slightly they will not cast shadows.
If the room has windows on two walls - you may not be able to avoid some shadows. So hang the paper across the narrowest part of the ceiling, as this will be the easiest option. If the ceiling lining paper is to be wallpapered over - hang the lining paper so it runs parallel with the window.
This will mean that the wallpaper will be hung at right angles to the lining paper and the window wall.
For example, if your chosen lining paper has a width of mm, mark a small line approximately mm from the wall onto the ceiling. Make sure to measure 25mm in from the adjacent wall so that you have room to hammer in the nail for the chalk line. This will be your provisional starting point but before we can confirm that we need to check that the last length of paper will not end up being too thin.
Check this by measuring the width of the paper across the ceiling e. The last section should not be less than 60mm wide. If it is, move the mark of your initial line to create a decent start.
And end strip of paper with enough overlap to work with at opposite ends. With the start point adjusted, hammer a small nail half way into the mark. Hammer another nail onto the opposite side, again 25mm from the edge of the wall and the same distance out.
Attach a chalk line between the two nails. With the help of a step ladder or platform, pull and release the line to snap onto the ceiling to create a straight guideline for the first length of lining paper. Cut a length of lining paper to this length. The mm will be overlapped by 50mm on each wall and trimmed off when hung.
For more detail on how to measure, cut and paste the paper see the sections above. This will also give you tips on folding pasted paper so that it is easier to handle when papering.
With some help from a friend, position the edge of the first length of the pasted paper against the chalk line. Gently pull back the paper and cut along the crease. Brush the trimmed edge back into place, applying extra paste at the edges if needed. Place one of the lengths of paper face down on the pasting table. Ensure you have allowed enough time for the paste to thicken, take your pasting brush and apply the paste to the first length.
Starting at one end, work the paste evenly over the paper working from the middle to the edges see Fig 1. Allow the paper to soak for as long as instructed see label.
Next, take the paper holding the end in one hand and the concertina section in the other. Put the paper into place butting the end into the corner and lining up the bottom edge with your guide line see Fig 1. Unfold the paper as you go along the wall, removing any air trapped with your paper-hanging brush. When you reach the end, push the paper into the corner there should be 10cm to trim and then run a blunt pencil or the back of the scissors down the fold as a guide see Fig 1.
Pull the paper away from the wall and then trim the paper using the fold as a guide, then smooth the paper back onto the wall. Take the next length and paste as before if the paper needs a long time to soak you may wish to paste more than one at a time , butt it up against the first length and work your way along the wall as before, ensuring to remove all trapped air.
When you hang the last length the chances are it will need trimming along the bottom of the wall. To trim, push the paper into the edge and mark along the paper with your blunt pencil, pull the paper away from the wall just enough for you to be able to trim along the line with your scissors.
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