I live in a house that dates to about 1800 with fairly thick solid stone walls.
The external bedroom wall has lining paper on it, which is tending to come off at the vertical edges. Ideally, I'd like to wallpaper the wall with a decorative wallpaper. But worried it would not adhere properly to walls if they are damp.
But I'm concerned that there may be damp given the way the current lining paper is behaving. A decorator looked at it and recommended I get the wall plasterboarded, then he would have a nice even surface to apply wallpaper.
I wonder whether this would cause problems, having heard horror stories about internal wall insulation in old homes, need to allow damp to escape etc. Would plasterboard trap damp behind it and would that be a problem?
The pointing on the outside looks ok to me. It may not be lime and perhaps it should be - I suspect wouldn't be able to afford to have that facade of house repointed in any case.
What's the best way forward?
The external bedroom wall has lining paper on it, which is tending to come off at the vertical edges. Ideally, I'd like to wallpaper the wall with a decorative wallpaper. But worried it would not adhere properly to walls if they are damp.
But I'm concerned that there may be damp given the way the current lining paper is behaving. A decorator looked at it and recommended I get the wall plasterboarded, then he would have a nice even surface to apply wallpaper.
I wonder whether this would cause problems, having heard horror stories about internal wall insulation in old homes, need to allow damp to escape etc. Would plasterboard trap damp behind it and would that be a problem?
The pointing on the outside looks ok to me. It may not be lime and perhaps it should be - I suspect wouldn't be able to afford to have that facade of house repointed in any case.
What's the best way forward?
