Hi all, this is my first post here and am a total amateur when it comes to DIY! (sorry)
I did a search to see if there was any useful topics already on this and couldn't really find anything, so here we go.
Basically we bought our house just over 2 months ago and have had a brand new kitchen in and had all new doors etc. We got somebody in to do all of this.
We have now moved on to our front room (it's a through front room - living room so obviously quite a large area). We have totally stripped the walls ready for covering, we have a dado rail halfway up. With the walls fully stripped etc we can see that the walls are not particularly great, very solid and everything and no damp but there are areas of the wall which have a few hairline cracks (only short ones) and a few bits which are kind of "unplastered". Would we need the wall replastering or could we just put some basecoat over it all? We are going to have someone in to do the wallpapering for us but want to save on the expense by getting all of the prep done if possible.
We are not attempting the wallpapering as haven't got the greatest head for DIY as I said, so please don't suggest that HAHA
We are also going to seperate the 2 rooms with a set of French doors but want to get the decorating done first.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Tom
I did a search to see if there was any useful topics already on this and couldn't really find anything, so here we go.
Basically we bought our house just over 2 months ago and have had a brand new kitchen in and had all new doors etc. We got somebody in to do all of this.
We have now moved on to our front room (it's a through front room - living room so obviously quite a large area). We have totally stripped the walls ready for covering, we have a dado rail halfway up. With the walls fully stripped etc we can see that the walls are not particularly great, very solid and everything and no damp but there are areas of the wall which have a few hairline cracks (only short ones) and a few bits which are kind of "unplastered". Would we need the wall replastering or could we just put some basecoat over it all? We are going to have someone in to do the wallpapering for us but want to save on the expense by getting all of the prep done if possible.
We are not attempting the wallpapering as haven't got the greatest head for DIY as I said, so please don't suggest that HAHA
We are also going to seperate the 2 rooms with a set of French doors but want to get the decorating done first.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Tom