stripping wallpaper problems

the pants man

has anyone any tips on removing wallpaper.i moved into a new house and the wallpaper just seems to be put on over the plaster board, normally i would use a steamer or plenty of warm water from a spray bottle but this results in the outer paper holding the plasterboard together to peel away.

plasto

I see this all the time, the walls were never plastered. There is no easy way of taking the paper off, just keep at it!

You'll find that the walls will look terrible when your finished, most people get them skimmed before painting.

Good luck.

the pants man

yes had a feeling all i could do is add more elbow grease, i finished one room took all the paper off filled any holes and then sanded, looks ok but not perfect. do you know anything about roll on plaster? i seen some in b&q and wondered if it was any good

plasto

the roll on stuff is pretty useless, to be honest. It wont give a perfect finish and its quit expensive, especially for large areas.
If you can fit it into your budget to get it skimmed, you'd be better off in the long run.