Comment posted to How to strip woodchip wallpaper by Drew.

Hi
I’ve just finished renovating my victorian town house and removed lots of old wallpaper. My advice is get a decent steamer and all wallpaper comes off with relative ease including woodchip. Incidentally if you use decent woodchip (not the poor penny pinched product in B&Q, Focus etc) sourced such as Anaglypta brand or the trade brand MAV Professional the appearance is much better and in fact it can be ‘in period’ for houses up to 60 or less years old, covers poor walls effectively and is recycled so at least its eco friendly!

If you want to cover over poor plaster and create a lovely flat wall, there are 2 products available from Independent stores that work really well – ‘wallrock’I, which I think is another MAV Professional product and also 1700 grade lining paper which I bought in my local Crown Decorator Centre.

Good luck, Drew

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