Wallpaper installation covers prepping walls, hanging paper (traditional pasted rolls, pre-pasted, peel-and-stick, or grasscloth and other specialty materials), and finishing seams, corners, and trim so patterns line up cleanly. In older New Britain homes, especially triple-deckers and pre-war housing stock near downtown and Walnut Hill, the job often starts with wall prep: skimming plaster cracks, sizing the surface, stripping old paper, and sanding uneven patches before a single roll goes up. Skipping that step is the most common reason paper bubbles, peels, or shows seams within a year.
New Britain has 8 businesses listed in this category, ranging from painting companies that offer wallpaper as an add-on service to installers who focus on it as a specialty. That range matters: a crew that mainly paints rooms may handle basic vinyl paper fine but struggle with pattern-matching a large-scale mural or hanging delicate grasscloth without staining it.
What to look for before hiring
- Experience with your material. Peel-and-stick is forgiving; pasted grasscloth, silk, or foil papers are not. Ask what the installer has hung recently.
- Wall prep included in the quote. Skimming, priming, and removing old paper should be itemized, not assumed.
- Pattern matching and seam work. Ask to see photos of finished corners and seams, where sloppy work is easiest to spot.
- Written estimate by room or roll count, not a vague day rate, so you can compare quotes apples to apples.
How our ranking works
We score the 8 wallpaper installers in this category on factors like review consistency, responsiveness, and how well their work history matches the type of job (accent wall versus full-room, standard vinyl versus specialty material). See the ranked guide to painters in New Britain for the full list, and read our methodology for how we weigh each factor.
