What wallpaper installation involves
Hanging wallpaper starts well before the first strip goes up. The installer checks the walls, patches and sands, then primes or sizes the surface so the paste grips and the paper can come off cleanly later. Old paper often has to be stripped first. Then comes layout: finding the starting point, matching the pattern, and trimming around outlets, trim and corners. Many older Winsted houses have plaster walls and out-of-square corners, which makes this prep and layout work matter even more.
What to look for
- Experience with your paper type: pre-pasted, paste-the-wall, grasscloth, or peel-and-stick all behave differently.
- A written quote that covers prep, removal, and extra rolls for pattern waste.
- Photos of finished seams and corners, since that is where poor work shows.
- Clear answers on who orders the paper and what happens if a roll is defective.
How our scoring helps
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