Don’t forget folks: you’ll need to get approx 5 years of practice doing this day-in day-out before you can do this in your own home as good as the chap in the video.
I’m just sitting watching the video thinking this! 🤣 i am doing ok papering my second room but it is difficult - the bubbles won’t go away until the next day & i can see my join lines 😭
If you're not a handy person meaning you can't read measurements or paint a wall or do anything else around the home then you might have trouble. But any decent "handyperson" can do this easily on your first room. You won't be as fast obviously on your first or few panels, but this is not difficult at all if you follow the steps and buy the few inexpensive tools necessary. Anyone saying you need 5 years experience probably just wants to scare you into hiring it done, and wallpaper hangers charge WAY more than they are worth.
Too true. No chance your average person is just going to whip out these skills from this video hahahaha. My advice.... Pay for a pro! You will make a mess. Not you personally. Lol
So how is the whole roll at the top being held up while he smooths the paper, apart from the paper being upside down. And why draw a straight line and try to line up 2cm inside it? Rubbish.
He is only hanging the piece he cut from the roll. He only holds up the full roll to measure the drop distance, ceiling to floor. He measures 28cm in from the corner and hangs along this plumb line, this should be less than the width of the roll to account for walls / corners that are out of square. First piece up always hang along the plumb line then all other pieces along that wall line up to that. When you start a new wall measure and mark a new plumb line.
I have a question ..for how long hoy guys let the adhesive set?? Before you place the first sheet?? I am an installer in México And have a big issue ...THE SEAMS!!!!
Draw a plum line then hang the paper 2cm inside it? Utter garbage, just draw it 2cm closer to the wall and hang to the line. 10cm extra at the top? Hang the paper upside down? No way is this guy a pro, I could do better myself
Matching the paper the way he does means the pattern will be upside down, which of course doesn't matter for the pattern he is hanging but if he was hanging flowers or a pattern with birds in it, this method wouldn't work, as you would have to have the roll at the bottom.
Why wouldn’t you just remove the switch plate instead of messing around with cutting a big “X” across it and then trying to get it to lay flat all around it as shown here? Just seems like it would be easier to paper a flat surface instead of a big bump. Then you could just cut out with your razor knife the spot where the light switch is and put the cover back on over the spot. That would also eliminate possible lifting of the paper around the edges and corners of the switch plate. Just a thought!
Coin master hack The switch plate is not connected to any wires. It’s held in place with screws which are easy to remove. I just took a couple off to replace a switch plate. Maybe it’s different in other locations, but here it’s just an outer decorative plate.
The Stig's English cousin Oh, ok, that makes sense!! Thank you for clarifying that! I was trying to figure out why you wouldn’t just remove two little screws and take the plate off.....I should have realized that it was most likely different there. Thank you!
@@wendymathews1030 Switches can look very similar in front and be different behind. Some, the switch , with its wires, is attached to the front plate and both are screwed into the recess; others, the swich stays in the wall when the front plate comes off. Then it helps to know how much you local regulations allow you to do yourself, and at what point they require an electrician to do it.
