Lining paper fiasco

baby and crumble

Hi everyone,

We're currently living in an unfinished house we bought a few months ago. It's grand, had a full rewire and replumb, so now we're onto the decorating side. When we were getting the work done we gave the work to a family friend of my OH who was a tiler and plasterer. Now, his tiling and plastering was in fairness really good, but we also asked him to put up lining paper all over the interior of the house. He said he knew what he was doing but tbh it's awful. Half of it is coming off the walls in corners, we've used pollyfilla to try and merge the seams (again using advice from family!) but when we paint they bubble up and don't go down. It's wrecking my head.

What are the viable fixes? We were using the lining paper because the old plaster in the walls was old, not really because it was bad (although bits are) and to try and get some small amount of insulation in the rooms.

Would we be best to just try and fix what we have, strip the paper and just paint the old plaster or get an actual decorator in?

I'm at my wits end now, and I don't want to make it worse by trying to fix it if it realistically can't be fixed.

Calahonda52

Half of it is coming off the walls in corners

may indicate a damp, condensation, poor ventilation, thermal bridging issue

Lining paper as insulation :P)

Given that it is an old house I would strip it all off as it will only attract moisture and mould if the house is not warm enough

baby and crumble

TBH the house isn't damp or cold at all, it's built like a tank- my last house was damp so I'm confident enough in knowing the signs. I think the guy pasting it just didn't let the paste soak in, or even paste the corners down to start with.

Happyman42

baby and crumble wrote: »

TBH the house isn't damp or cold at all, it's built like a tank- my last house was damp so I'm confident enough in knowing the signs. I think the guy pasting it just didn't let the paste soak in, or even paste the corners down to start with.

Just repaste it back, let it soak in first.

It would normally bubble if you use water based (the paste is water based too remember) paint that is too thin.

If it was me and the gaps where too wide I would consider cross papering over it again with a heavy grade lining. But I would have to see it first.

fussyonion

Your best bet is to get a professional painter and decorator in to fix the shambles your friend left.
My God, a tiler and plasterer doing a decorator's job...I've heard it all now.