You would have to make the woodchip very wet bedore starting to remove it. Than carefully try to remove with filling knife.
Anyway probaly you will need plasterer.
just put plastering mesh tape for cracks, apply pva to the whole surface and plaster. to be sure that the cracks will not appear you can use 1m wide mesh wich should put between coats of plaster to the whole plastered surface. cracks will not come back then.
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To remove wallpaper and save the time I always rolling walls with warm water. Also making cuttings to the paper with stanley knife at the beggining. If for example one room needs stripping I spend say two hours only applying water to walls with roller. Offcourse carefully and with propely...