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LisaW
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Drywall Rec's?
We are having a total nightmare of a time removing wallpaper for the whole freaking house 
We have gotten a few quotes for removal and were wondering how much more it would be to just re-sheetrock...
Anyone have any reccomendations?
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Re: Drywall Rec's?
i don't have any rec'd for drywall, sorry.
but we did have ALOT of wallpaper to remove also. what kind of trouble is it you're having??
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| Posted 8/10/05 12:50 PM |
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LisaW
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Re: Drywall Rec's?
There are 3+ layers in EVERY room. The first layer comes right off, but leaves the backing. The bottom layer is directly on the drywall, no primer. So, it's very hard to chip it away without damaging the heck out of the wall. Plus, it took hours to do one little section and we have 3 bedrooms, a living room and a hallway to do 
We tried scoring and DIF, hot water, hot water and fabric softener, etc....nothing works.
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| Posted 8/10/05 12:55 PM |
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Re: Drywall Rec's?
the scoring/dif method, hot water, etc...should have all helped take it off a little more easily!!  how long do you let it soak in? maybe use a sponge and REALLY saturate the wall....that's what we did, b/c it wasn't coming off that easily either...and we had 3 layers too..in the bedroom...
this is a pic from when we were working on it... Image Attachment(s):
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| Posted 8/10/05 1:04 PM |
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this is the outcome of our hard work!!
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| Posted 8/10/05 1:12 PM |
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LisaW
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Re: Drywall Rec's?
That looks great!! How long did it take you to get the wallpaper off in that room?
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| Posted 8/10/05 1:14 PM |
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MrsERod
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Re: Drywall Rec's?
well, one wall took about 3 hours alone!!! that's the one that had 3 layers!!! 
the other walls weren't as bad..they only had like 2 layers....altogether, i'd say it took us about a good 5 hours.
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| Posted 8/10/05 1:15 PM |
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DRMom
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Re: Drywall Rec's?
Price out 1/4 inch drywall that will definitely be easier. Have you been removing with a steamer because I found DIF didn't work AT ALL!
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| Posted 8/10/05 1:53 PM |
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meganNbobby
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Re: Drywall Rec's?
we had this problem in our diningroom... 8 layers of wallpaper!!!!!!!!!!!!! we just took the sheetrock down and re did it... we did ourselves... it was messy to take down but rather inexpensive the boards only cost about $7-9 per board 4ft x 8ft. it was alittle tricky cutting some spots... if you want to spend the $$ i'd pay someone to do it, you may find it hard to find someone tape & spackle after you've done the sheetrock, thats our problem now... good luck! FM me if you have any more questions.
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| Posted 8/10/05 3:13 PM |
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LMFitz
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Re: Drywall Rec's?
A good sheetrocker is going to charge about $20 per board (for board, taping and spackling). IMO - stick with the various removal methods....sheetrocking will get pricey! It may take some time, but so does everything else when you own a house. 
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| Posted 8/10/05 3:55 PM |
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LisaW
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Re: Drywall Rec's?
Posted by LMFitz
A good sheetrocker is going to charge about $20 per board (for board, taping and spackling). IMO - stick with the various removal methods....sheetrocking will get pricey! It may take some time, but so does everything else when you own a house.
Well, we have gotten quotes for $3500 for wallpaper removal and skimcoating!!!
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| Posted 8/10/05 8:37 PM |
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Re: Drywall Rec's?
Posted by LisaW
Well, we have gotten quotes for $3500 for wallpaper removal and skimcoating!!!
 not sure what the average charge for something like that is, but it does sound like alot of $$. 
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| Posted 8/10/05 8:58 PM |
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LisaW
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Re: Drywall Rec's?
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Posted by LisaW
Well, we have gotten quotes for $3500 for wallpaper removal and skimcoating!!!
not sure what the average charge for something like that is, but it does sound like alot of $$.
I thought so too, but we have gotten 3 quotes and they are all within a few hundred dollars of each other. That's why we wanted to get some sheetrock quotes, it seems like it would be less work!!!
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| Posted 8/10/05 9:03 PM |
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Re: Drywall Rec's?
sure does...if it's going to come out costing around the same to just completely sheetrock, then i'd go that route myself.
good luck with it...i'm sure it'll turn out well. 
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| Posted 8/10/05 9:05 PM |
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LisaW
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Re: Drywall Rec's?
Ok, I have someone coming tomorrow for an estimate, so we will see!!!
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| Posted 8/11/05 8:00 PM |
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LisaW
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Re: Drywall Rec's?
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, the moron didn't show up!!! I called and left a message to see if he was still coming and he never even called back!!!!
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
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| Posted 8/12/05 4:42 PM |
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Re: Drywall Rec's?
Posted by LisaW
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, the moron didn't show up!!! I called and left a message to see if he was still coming and he never even called back!!!!
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
thats the problem- these guys either dont show up from the beginning or they dont show up into the job too!!!!! we had that problem for our deck
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| Posted 8/12/05 5:57 PM |
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MrsERod
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Re: Drywall Rec's?
Posted by LisaW
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, the moron didn't show up!!! I called and left a message to see if he was still coming and he never even called back!!!!
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Well Lisa, some people just don't WANT to make money!!!!
at least you know who you WON'T be using!!!
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| Posted 8/13/05 9:48 AM |
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