Tiling over wall paper
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honeymonster
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in some cases you can tile over wall paper
Hi MRc,
All tiling experts and DIY books will normally tell you one thing-DO NOT TILE ON TOP OF WALL PAPER!
This can be obvious but a while ago I was tiling a bathroom and had to strip the paper, it was not embossed paper but had been painted with a few coats. I spent 30 mins and removed about 3 square inches! this was with a steamer.
The occupier was keen for me to finish ASAP as I was being paid hourly, so at her request i tiled on top of the wall paper, they are still stuck now over 3 years on. I did pva the wall first though!
So if the paper is really difficult to remove I would say that you could possibly tile on top of the paper!
Try it at your own risk
All tiling experts and DIY books will normally tell you one thing-DO NOT TILE ON TOP OF WALL PAPER!
This can be obvious but a while ago I was tiling a bathroom and had to strip the paper, it was not embossed paper but had been painted with a few coats. I spent 30 mins and removed about 3 square inches! this was with a steamer.
The occupier was keen for me to finish ASAP as I was being paid hourly, so at her request i tiled on top of the wall paper, they are still stuck now over 3 years on. I did pva the wall first though!
So if the paper is really difficult to remove I would say that you could possibly tile on top of the paper!
Try it at your own risk
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Re: in some cases you can tile over wall paper
BLASPHEMY..OOOoooohhh stand in the corner with your 'D' hathoneymonster wrote:Hi MRc,
I did pva the wall first though!
Try it at your own risk
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