Tedious or outright impossible? Wallpaper removal stage
We are at the point in re-modelling where it is time for the wallpaper to come down. In this whole process, there has never been much of a bad time for the wallpaper to come down, but after demo was finished, we have had a lot of different kinds of contractors in and out of the place and I was out of town for a weekend so I’m getting around to it starting last Monday and continuing yesterday. I had to take a break throughout the week because we were without water in the house for a few days last week after an incident involving the shower. Also, our shower now turns on by hose valve attached to the shower head. It’s a great look for an upstairs bathroom. Luckily, the room is a total afterthought to me. I haven’t even really thought about color schemes or fixtures or changes I want to make to it. It is just the room with the window that looks out at my favorite tree and it is basically a Johnny-on-the-Spot at our worksite. Really.
We happen to be very cursed with the kind of wallpaper that was applied directly to drywall. This means that it’s difficult to take down. I want to emphasize that it’s difficult but apparently not impossible. I’ve read a lot of places that it’s impossible and that you should consider painting over the paper. But our paper was somewhat poorly applied so it’s coming down in too many places and re-gluing it to the wall would likely take as long as removing it with worse results.
Yesterday, I started at this point and I now have all of the wallpaper above the border removed. Today, it is back at this room and then I may get going on an upstairs bedroom or too because I’m convinced that will be a little bit easier because there isn’t three or four layers of wallpaper to work with. And, I kind of sort of have the hang of it. Sort of.