Thought I'd see if anyone has any ideas/suggestions/opinions about a
remodeling project that is currently in the "She hasn't quite decided
phase"... ;-)

Our house is a brick three story that was re-built in 1887 (I'm
guessing due to fire). It used to have a wrap around porch, but at
some point someone enclosed the portion on the side to use as a
bathroom/laundry room. (that's room that's under consideration)

One of the former owners of our home did wallpaper work in this
downstairs bathroom and were kind enough to make it a challenge for us.
(No one likes an easy project afterall) They didn't do diddly to prep
the drywall and just applied wallpaper... I've read a few of the
archived posts on this topic... I'm thinking of going with the 2 heavy
coats of oil based primer over the paper to seal it, then using
textured paint. Anyone done this? What was your results?

The idea we're floating right now is to seal the wall paper, then
texture paint it, I'm going to put tile floor in to replace the vinyl
that is there now. The request from the boss is that she'd like it to
have more of a "porch" like look. I got some old picket fence that was
originally at her parents home from her folks. My plan is to use the
fence sections as a wainscoating along the outside wall of the room.
Then have a friend (whose's a lot more artistically inclined than me)
to paint vines, flowers, and such on and around the railing and up the
walls.

We have hot water baseboard heat so having the fence stick out from the
walls isn't really going to be any loss of space since the heater
sections run almost the length of the outside wall too. The fencing
isn't the wide style rails, the "fence" sections are around 2" wide.

Thought I'd bounce the idea around here and see if anyone has
suggestions or ideas...

Thanks!!!

What is the wallpaper applied to, druwall or plaster or what ? You can
*always* get wallpaper down and I'd hate to see giving up on that goal
unless it really doesn't matter.

Make sure the fence boards don't have termites or other bugs in them...

On 2006-10-10, bremen68 wrote:

They didn't do diddly to prep the drywall and just applied
wallpaper... I've read a few of the archived posts on this
topic... I'm thinking of going with the 2 heavy coats of oil based
primer over the paper to seal it, then using textured paint. Anyone
done this? What was your results?

I have not done this, but I have dealt with remodeling after the
previous owner did it. Removing the textured paint and wall paper was
a real bear. Don't do this to wall paper, remove it now.

We have hot water baseboard heat so having the fence stick out from the
walls isn't really going to be any loss of space since the heater
sections run almost the length of the outside wall too.

Will the extra projection from the wall interfere with the air flow
from the baseboard heat?

Cheers, Wayne

The paper is on drywall right now. What's the best way to get it down
short of taking the drywall down too?

The fence is bugless, it was used in my Bro-in-laws store for quite a
while and I know his Mrs. required it be treated. (I'll make sure and
confirm no bugs, Hadn't really given it a thought... Thanks!!!!

The fence shouldn't really interfere with the heaters at all....

I agree if at all possible remove the paper before painting. There are
several tools available, and some other products to help loosen the glue.
If no prep work was done, you will probably have some damage to the drywall,
but if you use care it will probably still be easier (and cheaper) to repair
this than remove and re-drywall the entire room. The texture paint will
hide some minor blemishes, and if you are going for a look that might be
indicative of the homes age, you probably wouldn't want a new-house finish
on the walls anyway!

The 'fence' idea sounds like something you wife would like (so I'm deleting
this message ASAP!). To me it sounds like a dust/dirt catcher in the
making, particularly in a laundry room! And a maintenance item the next
time you need to paint as well Maybe you can find some wall paper with that
sort of look that would be less maintenance and easier to keep clean.




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The paper is on drywall right now. What's the best way to get it down
short of taking the drywall down too?

The fence is bugless, it was used in my Bro-in-laws store for quite a
while and I know his Mrs. required it be treated. (I'll make sure and
confirm no bugs, Hadn't really given it a thought... Thanks!!!!

The fence shouldn't really interfere with the heaters at all....