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Wallpaper Calculator Featured in Interior Design Newsletter
Posted by Adrian
May 11th, 2010
Interior designer Françoise Murat : Wallpapering Article Featuring our Wallpaper Calculator
Today www.propertydecorating.co.uk was featured in the newsletter of Interior designer Françoise Murat in her feature on Wallpaper “Wallpaper – an amazing decorative wall covering”.
The newsletter can be read online at Françoise Murat’s website
And the full article including details of our wallpaper calculators and why I developed them for the website and as a resource for DIYer’s and Trademen alike can be read in the article :
http://www.francoisemurat.com/interior-design/231–wallpaper-amazing-decorative-wall-coverings.html
EDITED – 14/05/2010
Today we are also featured on Sarah Beeny’s website Tepilo where Françoise guest blogs about ‘A British approach to decoration: Wallpapers‘.
Françoise says in the blog:
“CALCULATING HOW MANY ROLLS YOU NEED….
The first question any client always asks me is: how much do I need to buy? How do I calculate what I need for such and such room? The answer? Adrian Rayfield of www.propertydecorating.co.uk has devised a fantastically easy tool – see what he says” https://www.tepilo.com/blog/2010/05/a-british-approach-to-decoration-wallpapers/
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How to strip wallpaper
Posted by Adrian
May 2nd, 2010
How to strip wallpaper, and not take off half the wall with it!
At sometime or another wallpaper has to be removed from walls or ceilings, this could be due to many reasons but mostly because it’s faded, old and out-dated.
Knowing how to remove paper without taking off half the plaster with it is important and could save you a load of work and money.
Many people think they will simply go and hire a wallpaper stripper and an hour later all the wallpaper will be off, it’s not as simple as that.
You can save yourself money and not hire a wallpaper stripper just yet, you may not need one, firstly try the old fashioned method.
To start, gather the equipment needed.
You will need:
- Dustsheets – to cover the floor and furniture
- A scraper – to remove wallpaper
- A bucket – Filled with water
- A step ladder – Optional
- A paste brush or a large brush – To wet the wall
Firstly you need to remove the top layer of the wallpaper, with most papers you can remove the top layer as they are peelable, start in a corner by lifting the paper with your scraper and remove the top layer.
By removing the top layer you leave the backing paper behind, don’t be tempted to leave this on and either paint it or paper over it. The backing paper can bubble or lift as you paint or stick the new paper over it.
Tags: Decorating, Filling, Strippiing Wallpaper, Wallpaper, Wallpaper Steamer, Wallpaper stripping
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Lining paper – What thickness should I use?
Posted by Adrian
December 3rd, 2009
Lining paper thickness
If you are planning on decorating a room and the walls aren’t that good your best option would be to line the walls with lining paper first.
So what thickness should you use?
Lining paper comes in different thickness known as ‘grades’.
The grades range from 800 to 2000 and vary quite a lot in thickness between the lowest to the highest grade.
Some ‘DIY’ stores only stock the lower grades of lining paper, maybe up to 1200 if you’re lucky, but normally only up to 1000 grade. You can buy the thicker grade papers form ‘trade’ outlets, local suppliers or online.
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Tags: Cross lining, Decorating, Emulsion, Lining, Lining Paper, Painting, Wallpaper
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