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Originally Posted by Retlaw
When you say stripped them, what exactly, down to bare brick or an original plaster coating, if its the original plaster are there any holes in where you dug a bit deep with the scraper. If its down to bare brick then thats more expensive as it will need two coats. If its an original plaster surface a heavy duty lining paper should do, if you are just going to paint. I had my daughters living room reskimmed, and it was about £250, they finished the same day, and they worked bluudy hard.
Retlaw.
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By stripped I mean I've removed all the wallpaper - not knocked back to brickwork! Phew! Am not that energetic! I've also removed wallpaper from ceiling but have no problems wallpapering this again as I'm told this is v. tricky to plaster. There was one wall that the plaster came off with the wallpaper & hubby gave this a layer of plaster. However, not a plasterer himself, the finish is not great. Just want all four walls skimmed over to have smooth surface that I can paint whatever colour takes my fancy without stripping the room over and over again.
Also, at Christmas we had a log burning stove installed. The builders plastered any damage to the chimney and we have tiled the fireplace so there are no holes/repair work needed, IMO.