Hi all,
I've recently bought a house and in the process of doing it up a bit, including the bathroom and kitchen. Originally it had plain textured paper but some of it had come off so the decision was made to remove it. We found the following stuff underneath...
As you can see some of the plaster underneath the wallpaper is still there (and remains there). A friendly builder came in and had a look at it but couldn't identify what the backing material is - the best I can say is that it feels like a plastic surface, very smooth (and quite inappropriate for plastering on). The second image below shows a hole in the wall which might give a better idea of what it is?
Any ideas on 1. what it is, and 2. how to proceed?
I was thinking of roughing up the surface, putting down drywall adhesive, and putting plasterboard on that. Then finally putting lining paper over that and painting...
Your thoughts are much appreciated.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Alex
I've recently bought a house and in the process of doing it up a bit, including the bathroom and kitchen. Originally it had plain textured paper but some of it had come off so the decision was made to remove it. We found the following stuff underneath...
![IMG_1216.jpg](http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/Sartois2010/58 RB/IMG_1216.jpg)
As you can see some of the plaster underneath the wallpaper is still there (and remains there). A friendly builder came in and had a look at it but couldn't identify what the backing material is - the best I can say is that it feels like a plastic surface, very smooth (and quite inappropriate for plastering on). The second image below shows a hole in the wall which might give a better idea of what it is?
![IMG_1217.jpg](http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/Sartois2010/58 RB/IMG_1217.jpg)
Any ideas on 1. what it is, and 2. how to proceed?
I was thinking of roughing up the surface, putting down drywall adhesive, and putting plasterboard on that. Then finally putting lining paper over that and painting...
Your thoughts are much appreciated.
Alex