how to hang wallpaper behind a radiator without removing it!
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- čas přidán 1. 12. 2018
- wallpapering behind a fixed radiator is it possible ? How to wallpaper behind a radiator nice and neat this video shows how to prepare the walls and hang wallpaper behind a "fixed to the wall" central heating radiator, a simple sequence shows how to hang super fresco blown vinyl wallpaper without removing the radiator from its brackets or requiring a plumber to drain and remove the radiator.
Tools you will need
A wallpaper brush or squeegee some good quality wallpaper shears or a paper trimming blade and straight edge tool
long handled radiator paint roller with a removable sleeve
A sharp pencil to mark the wall paper for trimming and some coins to use as weights to help post the wet paper behind the rad
PREPERATION first turn off the heat supply to the radiator.
remove any old wall coverings to get back to bare plaster.
Fill any imperfections with a filler, then sand the walls to a smooth finish, remove all dust present with a microfibre cloth.
apply a coat of wallpaper paste to the walls paying particular attention to the wall behind the radiator use the rad roller to apply the paste in the narrow space.
Apply a good generous layer of adhesive paste to the wall covering and allow to soak as per instructions supplied with the rolls
fold the paper and post behind the rad in the narrow space between the wall and back, when you encounter a bracket and you will as most radiators have at least two mounting brackets, tap the bracket using the rad roller if you cannot reach the bracket with your pencil! then tap a mark using the rad roller with the sleeve removed, pull out the paper and mark a straight line where the bracket will be in the way then cut with the shears , weight the bottom of the paper with coins by inserting them in a small fold (they should easily stick to the back of the paper), line up the paper by holding with both hands and let the paper drop down ensuring the split you have cut falls either side of the bracket and when the paper has reached the end of your cut you can smooth the paper surface to remove any bubbles or creases the rad roller is perfect for this. when youre happy withe the position remove the coin weights and pull or slide the wet paper into position below the rad taking care to make sure the joints close up before finally smoothing out the wallcovering , you then mark for trimming or cutting with a pencil and remove any excess paper for a neat finish, clean all excess paste adhesive from the radiator surface and wall paper using a sponge or microfibre cleaning cloth. when the wall paper is dry i apply two coats of matt emulsion paint to the walls. - Jak na to + styl
This has a disappointingly low number of likes for how many people must have helped!! Looking forward to inpressing my family with the 2p trick!!!
Thank you 👈😀👍have a great day Ameliar.
what a perfect demonstration of how to do it and a well paced video with just the right amount of narrative (and no unwanted muzak!)
Thank you for your feedback! Very much appreciated👍
This video is brilliant. Just the advice I needed for an upcoming decorating job. 10/10
Awesome! Thank you Deborah😊
NO MUSIC! Thank you!!!
That’s nice to watch , there’s a few new things out now like flexible rad roller arms with rubber sleeve , as an apprentice in early 80s , I served my time for a chap one man band , he taught me all his little tricks from the 50s , we used to have a box with copper pipes filled with sand as you used the 2p we had lengths of weighted pipe soldered shut each end , good to watch that , 👍👍👍
Hi Gary nice to hear from you. I was apprenticed to a small firm usually two lads one foreman and the boss ran around quoting, fetching materials etc Pay was £25 quid a week! It was all very traditional in the way things were done! No roller poles, we had to set up trestles and battens to paint rooms in short shifts by moving the whole lot! Fridays was half day when us lads had to burn out the metal paint kettles, sand them and give them a coat of knotting ready for the next week! 😊
@@Instone09ine ha how strange you’ve said that , lads who works for me in there 30s , I was just telling them what you’ve just said !! , we have a lot of plastic kettles now ! but a few in old style we burn out , now we zinsser then which is shellack only coloured, , I was talking about the old shellack bottles !! The pewter ones , like a little jug with Handle and brush in the lid , times change can’t get anything thing like it now a days , 👍👍👍
Regards
Gary
Your 2p trick is fantastic ! Been decorating for 30 years and never new about this! thanks magnificent tip!
Thank you, glad you found it useful 😊
You never thought about it. Examinations is good to use it. Chop 50 cm cable is good enough too. I take off the radiator anyway.
Wonderful! Love the Coin Trick! Cheers!
Super! X
Super use of roller and scissors! X
That was great. Always good to watch a pro. You're so calm and patient about it all. Once paste is on the paper and paste getting all over every surface it's hard not to panic! 2p tip is a gem. Always thought it was best to take down the radiator but learnt the hard way that it wasn't and needed a plumber to sort out my central heating afterwards - pricey mistake...
Thank you so much for this video. So interesting and useful. Will be trying this later today.
Coins ! Brilliant 👏
Interesting video thanks . Been in trade for years always nice to see new ideas.
Thanks James 😊
I have been a painter and decorator for 20 years and I know how difficult radiators can be good tip with 2 pence pieces👍
Thanks Robert nice to hear from you
Cheers, thanks for the reply 👍
Oh wow! This worked an absolute treat!!!!!! Thank you so much
Glad to be of assistance Michelle, thanks for letting me know😊
very proffessional mate great to watch..
Thank you very much.
Very instructive. Thanks for the coin-tip! Very inuitive :)
Thank you I appreciate the feedback ! Have a great day 👍
Two pence pieces! Ingenious. Thanks.
Glad you like them!
Great, just used your coin tip, worked a treat. Keep them coming.
Thanks, glad you found it useful😊
Some great tips here, thank you. I'm attempting to paper behind a small radiator tomorrow. Will definitely use the coin tip . Best wishes
Thanks Lynne hope it goes well 😀
@@Instone09ine Thank you. I did manage a nice job using the coins. My only problem was that my radiator was very low, so it was very tricky to trim at the bottom. Just managed it by lying on my side .Pleased with the job though and your tips.
@@lynnescott3072 Glad it worked for you Lynne and thanks for the feedback ! Much appreciated 😀
Thank you for posting this video, very helpful.
You're very welcome!
Clever .
Wow! Learnt a lot there! Thank you.
Thank you glad it was helpful😊
2p coins, brilliant! Nice work mate.
Cheers Robert 👍
never tryed that before but you made it look easy your the man
No your the man 😉
Very good, I just loosen the valves inlets and lift off and lean forward and retighten, but if I don’t have an adjustable wrench on me I’ll remember this !
Hi the customer didn't want me to touch it because the boiler system was temperamental! 😊
Good to see you using scissors.old school best.the amount of customers I ve had saying why dont I use a Stanley knife
Brilliant tips
Thank you Bella
Great tip mate thank you for sharing :)
Your'e very welcome😊
Great tip mate I’ve tried it the other day stay safe 👍
Nice one thank you 😊
Bloody genius!!!
Moi! 😉
Am learning wallpapering now and this is fantastic tips
Very satisfying to know youre learning from this video , good luck Matthew😃
@@Instone09ine hi mate the very first length of wallpaper on that radiator wall is it 50cm from the wall
@@matthewhilton2979 Hi Mark a plumb line @52 cm then check with a scrap of paper to find any shortfall points make a pencil mark if it is short of the corner anywhere ( usually in older properties!) Then mark yourself a new vertical edge a little back from 52 cm accordingly and trim any overlap in the corner after matching as best as you can.
Clever 👍
Thanks Paul 👋😀👍
Nice one dawg 👍🏻
Cheers Lee 😀
had to stop by and check out this video
Bless you Paul and everything you stand for
👍 nice one
Thanks Mark 1st comment 👍🙂👍
great job.
You have a great channel Phil! Working my way through i'm definately going to visit Paintwell😊
@@Instone09ine lol thanks. PaintWell does cover a lot of bases when it comes to choice of paint.
Have you tried Tikkurila yet?
@@ProfessionalPainterDecorator Hi no not yet ! If I’m honest never heard of it !
awesome trick dude, posted to fb for you
Bless you, thanks Aron😊
Good job lad, flop it and hop it think we say in the trade. 👍🏼
Gerrit did n gerroff
@@Instone09ine Lol 😆 off to wallop a hallway 👍🏼
Great idea with the coins and I will definitely give it a go.
I suggest to you use a 9 inch roller when pasting up the wall paper, it’s so much faster. Hope this is helpful to you. Give it a go.
Thanks Tony😊
I recently changed from a roller back to a brush. can really give the paper a good pasting with a pasting brush
I never thought of using a roller to put paste onto the wall. I always used a pasting brush. Faster with a roller I think
Years ago we used to paste woodchip paper with a nine inch roller for speed! But those little rollers do a great job and tend not to pick up the paper as you apply the paste , they are a very handy size😃
Best idea I've seen so I'll be doing it that way when I get to the radiator part. Thanks. Do you have a "round the inside of windowledge video? That another tricky point for me?
Thanks Jayne😀 I don’t have a window board video yet first chance I get I’ll do one 👍
Do you have vids on how to paper behind horizontal pipework? I’m a newbie to wallpapering 😊
Sorry not as yet but ill try and get one done 😀
Any tips on condensation/damp build up behind wallpaper? I've tried damp seal paint even have moisture containers going but no joy. It's near my front door down some stairs so no heating there
Hi it does indeed sounds like a condensation issue! I know it's old fashioned but a door curtain might help.
Your a very good decorator but you don’t need to take the radiator off but it’s easy to drop radiator forward on to paint cans etc.once you done this remove/replace brackets and lift radiator back in place much easier
I use a water soluble artist pencil to mark the paper with, it wipes away completely.
Great tip must remember that one thanks😊
I've had a problem on a job with joint shrinkage and showing lines from wallpaper. Any tips? Know about lining walls beforehand but didn't . There's only a few showing through. Customer not paying.
Hi is it paste the wall stuff by any chance?
No it wasn't just cheap paper.
did you leave the paper 5mins or more for the paste to soak into the paper?
not leaving the paper to soak up the paste can cause shrink back and joints opening up.
When papering you should use a purdy 6.5 rad roller and sleeve , paste one wall then paste approx. 4 lengths of wallpaper, then hang the 1st length and so on , so they are all “soaked “ with paste . Also use border/overlap adhesive on every single joint and use a seem roller on all joints. If you don’t paste the wall first it is to dry, also you can move the wallpaper about whilst it’s on the wall. Try this method and see
Hi, I didn't see you trim anything off width ways so have you papered over the brackets, because you have only made one cut upwards so surely that would leave paper over the horizontal piece of bracket that's on the wall. Nice tips though
I do paper over the brackets! if they are not flat i put some caulk on the back of the paper to stick it down😊
Great vid, all the year's Iv struggled doing behind radiators!!. do you have any tips on getting a pyrex lid out from behind a radiator ? x
Yes! wrap a sticky messy bundle of sellotape or similar around a stick that fits between the wall and rad ,
make a sticky contact with the object to lift and remove.
Pyrex lid?! 😃
@@Instone09ine thanks I'll try that, I'll let you know if it works x
@@Instone09ine hey it worked, I got the lid out lol x my daughter knocked it down there by accident x
@@kathymaslowskibrightflower9638 Well done Kathy😃 Hope your well and keeping safe x 😊
Just remove the radiator, it's not difficult, close two valves and unscrew two nuts (drain if required) and lift it off .
Also do you have any tips on, when you've wallpapered and it's dried but left a small gap in between ? x
Some wallpapers can tend to be a bit "jointy looking" and look worse than they really are because of the wall peeping through! try blending a bit of chalk in the joint😊
@RAVEN AK47 Thankyou will try this. Is there a nack to getting the paper to join correctly?
@RAVEN AK47 yea the paper I used was paste the wall, but was a lil tricky but have used another one recently that's thicker and black glitter/sequin which was easier to apply x
Is that wallrock
When I paper there is paste oozing out everywhere, did you use ready mixed or the mix yourself? I never know if it best to use a thicker or thinner mixture ? Thanks
Hi Claire im using a packet mix adhesive here for fresco paper, when i hang patterns i use a ready mix paste and rather than put too much on the paper try pasting the wall also ie half on the wall, half on the paper is a good way to apply!
How do you remove paper from behind a fixed rad, please?
Hi Peter strip as far as you can all around the rad , try to leave the paper loose ie not pull it away , cover the floor with towells to protect below the rad, mix warm water with lots of washing up liqiud and let the frothy mixture dribble down onto any remaining paper, repeat until your sure it's all well soaked. I then use an old long bladed wood saw to then go behind and down the rad scratching the surface with the saws jagged teeth, repeat the soaking process until all the paper gives way pushing with the saws top edge and teeth, this works for me. Good luck😉
@@Instone09ine Many thanks !
Take it off or drop it forward look for CZcams videos on this method
No u can use rall rock n paist the wall
Lube that tight gap right up son😅
Will do 🤣
Yeah, I’m an amateur but I’d have put a separate piece from underneath the radiator…
2p trick it very good... but the way you have cut the paper to go over the bracket isnt rite... rab brackets are L shaped and have a flat part on the wall so you would beed to cut that out not paper over it.
You could see big joins there mate at bottom of the rad customers not gonna be happy with that ??
Thought it was just me that noticed the gap, like the coin trick though.
That type of paper needs emulsioning afterwards , so any slightly open joint is filled with paint
The problem with doing it this way you can’t really stick edges down well when radiator is turned on it may start to lift.
One great tip use border/overlap adhesive on every edge, every corner, top and bottom edges and around all pipes , paper will stick much better
@@DB-kv5mb no need if you use tub paste anyway. can't remember the last time I needed overlap adhesive on a paper.
looks gappy , guess the emulsion will fill um
Load crap take rad off