Where to start gluing wallpaper?

Wallpaper is one of the main elements of the interior of any room. Due to their affordability, both financially and in terms of a wide variety of colors and materials, they have gained wide popularity among buyers. However, there is still no single correct opinion about where to start gluing wallpaper. Let's try to figure out the nuances of different ways.

Before purchasing this finishing material, you need to take into account a large number of nuances, which in the future will help to translate the conceived ideas into a high-quality repair:

• It is necessary to decide whether you will carry out the repair work on your own or a highly qualified team will do it for you. In the second case, no problems should arise, and the only concern is the choice of wall coverings. It turns out that you will have to pay a certain cost for the quality of the work. Experts will independently choose the desired gluing option and, using all the necessary materials, will promptly update the design of your room with new wall coverings.
• If you decide to do the repair yourself, you need to choose the right products, have a complete set of necessary tools in your arsenal, choose the right landmark and much more. We will talk about this with you now.

Every day people are becoming more and more attentive to the repair work in their home. In the twentieth century, the overwhelming majority of Soviet citizens performed wallpapering on their own, using only one method - overlapping. This option recommended starting from the window and slightly running one lane on another. The produced canvases already had this strip, where subsequent sheets should be glued. A feature of this method was lighting, because it was thanks to it that such overlaps remained almost unnoticed.

Also, overlap gluing was very popular due to the fact that the window cuts were the smoothest, and this automatically made them reliable reference points. Even today, this method is widely popular, however, progress does not stand still and a number of other methods are presented to choose from.

The choice of the starting point in most cases depends directly on the apartment itself. If we compare modern buildings with houses from the USSR, then we can see that nowadays they began to pay more attention to the strict verticality of window and door openings. Special devices (level and other tools) allow you to check how vertical the openings in the house are.

Thus, the conclusion suggests itself: the smoother the window or door openings (and walls in general), the more starting points can be chosen before gluing. This, in turn, will help improve the quality of the renovation.

Due to inexperience, the wrong start may be chosen, which can lead to some visual defects:

• If the place where to start gluing was initially chosen incorrectly, over time the canvas may tilt (the sheet will be glued already at an angle).
• Also, the docking of the picture can be complicated or completely impossible.
• The wrong choice can lead to increased consumption of wall products.

Before you start, you need to find the smoothest opening in the room. If none of the available options is suitable, you can make a new landmark.To do this, you will need a rope, a load and something with which the rope will be attached to the ceiling (for example, a nail or a button). Procedure: attach a weight to the end of the rope and hang it with the opposite end to the ceiling using a nail.

Then, along the resulting line, draw a strip with a pencil, which will serve as the place for gluing the first strip of wallpaper. The smoother the initial reference point you choose, the less difficulties there will be with the repair work.

Once you have chosen a landmark that is strictly perpendicular to the floor, you can continue to walk around the circle of the room, or, more precisely, close its rectangle. But then there is one obstacle that almost everyone ignores - these are uneven corners. This defect in the construction of the room can affect the overall picture of the room.

However, there is one way to visually make uneven corners unnoticed. To do this, you need to use a new vertical line when pasting each of the walls. Thanks to this, the sheet will go just a few centimeters into the next strip. Such an imperfect joint will visually hide uneven corners and preserve the aesthetics of the selected wallpaper design. You also need to take into account the natural lighting of the room, since unsuccessfully falling sunlight can visually highlight the joints.

Typically, a doorway can be chosen as the starting point, because doors are replaced more often than windows are replaced. When replacing the loot, it is necessary to observe a strict vertical so that the door stands perfectly level. Therefore, often people just start pasting the walls from the door, without even taking the necessary measurements.

If in your house or apartment the corners of the room are perfectly flat, you must also make sure that the wall products are glued correctly. A single sheet of wall covering cannot be simply glued to the corner of the room. This is fraught with the appearance of free space between it and the wall, which in the future can cause mechanical damage to it (as a result of which a hole is formed). The correct solution would be to use several sheets, while a little more time will be spent, but the result will be of better quality.

If the drawing is made in the form of all kinds of stripes and other geometric elements, even with perfectly even corners, it is a rather difficult task to dock it. It is necessary to strictly adhere to the vertical position and prevent slipping. Only in this way will the drawings of the first and last stripes be able to match.

Today, there are several options for pasting wallpaper.

In this case, the pasting takes place clockwise starting from the right side of the window opening. When using thinner materials, the overlapping wallpaper will be almost invisible after the glue dries.

As already mentioned, the door is a good starting point, since it is believed that it is the doors in the premises that are replaced most often.

This option is an exception, since it is used only in rooms with perfectly flat corners. It is best to use more standard options.

Any large landmark in the room can be an excellent starting point. This method is relevant if there is more than one door or window passage in the room. Thus, the largest opening is the starting point.

Using multiple lines. This method is relevant only if the pasting is done on opposite sides of one of the openings (door or window).

The choice remains directly with the one who carries out the renovation and is based on the individual characteristics of the room.

When starting pasting walls, you need to perform a number of preliminary measures:

• It is necessary to clean the walls of old wall coverings, including old plaster. A special brush is used for this.
• It is necessary to degrease the surface and apply a primer mixture.
• It is necessary to apply a new layer of plaster to hide all kinds of irregularities or cracks, and then apply a special adhesive liquid.

These preliminary measures will help to improve the quality of the repair, since the prepared surface will hold the wallpaper more firmly.

It is also necessary to perform preliminary cleaning of the room so that the wall coverings do not get dirty: dry and wet cleaning (from dust and dirt). Particular attention must be paid to the floors, since it is often on them that measurements and glue are made. First, it is necessary to dilute the glue with water in the required proportions (indicated on the package).

Make sure you have all the necessary tools and accessories before starting work. These include:

• Ruler, tape measure, pencil and, if necessary, a calculator (for calculations and marking).
• Roller and spatula for smoothing.
• Sharp upholstery knife for cutting slopes and more.
• A bucket of glue and a brush.
• Stepladder and sponges or rags to remove excess adhesive.

Make sure all power outlets are de-energized before gluing. Next, you need to remove their upper box (as well as the upper switch box) and paste over the walls. Then you should cut out the space for the sockets and the switch, and after drying, replace their upper boxes. This point is very important, because during repair work, wet glue can get directly into the socket, which will cause a short circuit.

General recommendations:

• Choose your wallpaper carefully for each individual room. Remember that wallpaper for a hallway will not work in a bathroom, and vice versa, since paper materials (which are most often used in hallways, halls and other living rooms) do not tolerate moisture. Study the features of walls and rooms and only then proceed with the choice of wall coverings.
• In case of existing wall defects, it is recommended to choose non-woven wallpaper or products from embossed materials. They are able to hide minor irregularities in the walls, and they are also very easy to work with.
• You also need to select the glue for each individual selected product.

• If you want something unusual, look at natural materials. They are environmentally friendly, and their appearance will emphasize the individuality and delicate taste of the owners of the house.
• Liquid wallpaper can also be attributed to the unusual. The way they are applied is similar to covering a wall with plaster, and after drying, they become soft and like a fabric.
• Smoothing wall coverings is best done diagonally. This will eliminate glue residues and air gaps.
• If you are not sure that you can make high-quality repairs yourself, it is better to turn to professionals.

How to prepare the walls for wallpapering, see the next video.