What would be cheaper, filling the holes and papering a room before painting it, or having it re-skimmed with plaster?
I was talking with a friend about redecorating their house. They have just removed a ceiling full of wood chip paper and a load of lining paper from walls, because they have removed a load of fitted furniture and done like the woodchip look.
The plaster left behind is mainly sound, oldish I think, and has clearly been filled/touched up once before under the paper. Three walls are solid and rendered before plastering, others is pb partition wall, ceiling appears to be plasterboard over laths and plaster. Its an old house the non of the walls are that flat/vertical other than the one side that's a party wall.
Personally I am not a fan of lining paper as such, but mainly that fear of the unknown having never really dealt with it before.
Thoughts?
The finished aim is for smooth looking emulsion, as far as i know, in a fairly light/neutral color.
Daniel
I was talking with a friend about redecorating their house. They have just removed a ceiling full of wood chip paper and a load of lining paper from walls, because they have removed a load of fitted furniture and done like the woodchip look.
The plaster left behind is mainly sound, oldish I think, and has clearly been filled/touched up once before under the paper. Three walls are solid and rendered before plastering, others is pb partition wall, ceiling appears to be plasterboard over laths and plaster. Its an old house the non of the walls are that flat/vertical other than the one side that's a party wall.
Personally I am not a fan of lining paper as such, but mainly that fear of the unknown having never really dealt with it before.
Thoughts?
The finished aim is for smooth looking emulsion, as far as i know, in a fairly light/neutral color.
Daniel