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Floors and railings masked before wallpaper removal and painting work in a Mebane, NC home
Professional Painting Services

Wallpaper Removal and Wall Prep in Mebane, NC

Peeling seams and a pattern you've outgrown? We take off the paper and glue, then repair the wall so paint goes on smooth.

  • Adhesive residue washed off
  • Torn drywall sealed and repaired
  • Owner quotes every job
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Tell us which rooms are papered, and Jose will take a look in person.

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Signs Your Wallpaper Is Ready to Come Off

Wallpaper tends to hang on long past its style. Seams lift in bathrooms, corners curl near doorways, and a bold pattern that suited one owner makes the room hard to sell to the next. In humid spaces it can trap moisture against the wall and hold mildew behind it. Painting over it seldom works, since seams and bubbles show through the new paint and make later removal harder. Stripping it yourself is where walls get hurt, because pulling too hard or scraping dry tears the paper face of the drywall and leaves a fuzzy, gouged surface that no paint will hide.

Warning signs
  • Seams lifting or corners curling
  • Bubbles or loose patches under the paper
  • Dark spots or a musty smell in a bathroom
  • A pattern that dates the whole room
  • Painted-over wallpaper now showing its seams
  • A room you want painted before listing the house
What's Included

What Our Wallpaper Removal Includes

Stripping wallpaper is really two jobs. First the paper, backing and adhesive come off, then whatever that exposes gets repaired so the room is ready for paint. Taking paper down is the easy part to picture. The wall work afterward is what separates a paint-ready room from one that looks rough under the first coat. Jose checks the paper and the wall in person, including how many layers are up and what the wall looks like at a lifted seam. The quote reflects the time your walls will take, and for homes around Mebane it usually arrives the same day as his visit.

Testing Before Stripping

The crew tests a corner first. Some papers peel away dry, while others have to be scored and softened with a remover solution or steam before they'll let go. Paper hung straight onto unprimed drywall is the hardest to remove cleanly, because the glue bonds to the drywall's own paper face, and older homes sometimes have two or three layers stacked up. Floors and trim are covered before any water or solution comes near the walls.

Stripping and Cleaning Off the Glue

The paper is peeled and scraped off in sections, keeping gouges in the drywall to a minimum. Wet scraps are bagged as the crew works so they don't get tracked through the house. Then comes the step most DIY jobs skip. The adhesive left behind is washed off the wall until the surface is clean, because glue residue under paint causes cracking and bubbling later.

Wall Refinishing

Removal often reveals damage the paper was covering, such as small holes, dents and spots where the drywall's paper face tore. Torn areas are sealed with a primer made for damaged drywall before any compound goes on, since compound applied straight over torn paper bubbles. Holes are patched, rough areas are skim coated, and the walls are sanded and primed.

Ready for Paint

The debris and scraps leave with the crew. You can have the same crew paint the room next, with color and sheen guidance from Jose, so the room doesn't sit half finished between removal and paint. You walk the finished walls with the crew before they go. Wallpaper removal isn't listed by name in our current warranty terms, so ask Jose at the estimate how the finished wall work is covered. A few finished rooms are shown below.

Before and After: Wallpaper Removal

Stairwell railings and floors masked with plastic before wallpaper removal begins
Prep first: railings, floors, and fixtures masked before we touch the paper.
Living room wall finished in crisp white paint after surface repair and priming
A wall repaired, primed, and painted with a smooth finish.
Old floral wallpaper with a lifted peeling seam before removal
Aging wallpaper with a lifted seam before removal.
Wallpaper being carefully stripped from a protected interior wall
Wallpaper removal in progress.

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The Glue Comes Off Too

Paper coming down is only half the job. We wash the adhesive residue off the wall, because paint rolled over leftover glue is what cracks and bubbles a few months later.

Torn Drywall Gets Sealed

When the drywall's paper face tears during removal, it's sealed before any patching. Skipping that step is why DIY walls end up with bubbles and fuzzy spots under fresh paint.

We Test a Corner First

Every wallpaper behaves differently. Testing a corner tells the crew whether the paper strips dry or needs softening, which keeps the wall underneath from getting scraped up for nothing.

Removal to Paint, One Crew

The crew that strips the wall can refinish and paint it, with Jose helping on color. You're not waiting for a second contractor while the room sits half done.

Quoted on Your Actual Walls

The price is based on the hours your paper and walls will take. Painted-over or layered paper gets spotted at the estimate, so the hard parts are already in the quote before work starts.

Our Process

How Our Wallpaper Removal Works

1

Look at the Paper and Wall

Jose checks the wallpaper type, the number of layers and the wall condition at the seams. You get a quote the day he visits.

2

Protect and Test

Floors and trim are covered, and the crew tests a corner to choose between dry stripping and scoring and softening the paper.

3

Strip and Wash

Paper and backing come off in sections, then the adhesive residue is washed from the wall until the surface is clean and dry.

4

Seal, Patch and Prime

Torn facing is sealed, holes and rough spots are patched or skim coated, and the walls are sanded and primed, ready for paint.

Pricing

How Much Does Wallpaper Removal Cost in Mebane?

Nothing about wallpaper removal is priced by the roll or the square foot. The price follows the time your walls will take. Two rooms the same size can take very different amounts of time, depending on what's on the wall and what's underneath. Jose quotes after seeing the room. The biggest factors:

Your quote covers protection, removal, adhesive cleanup and wall prep through primer. Painting the room afterward is priced separately on the same visit, so you can decide whether to do both. If removal uncovers more wall damage than expected, Jose shows you before extra work is done. The number is fixed when you approve it.

$250 OFF

On projects of $2,000 or more

What changes the price

  • How many layers of wallpaper are up
  • Whether the paper strips dry or needs scoring and softening
  • Whether the paper was painted over at some point
  • How much drywall repair the removal uncovers
  • Ceiling height and bathroom fixtures in the way

Quoted separately

  • Painting beyond the stripped room, quoted as its own interior painting project if you want more rooms done
  • Mold remediation, quoted separately if moisture damage is found behind the paper
  • Popcorn ceiling removal, quoted as its own service
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Some walls need more than prep once the paper is off. Holes, cracked seams and water damage get cut out, patched and repainted.

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Service Coverage

Where We Serve

From our home base on Giles Street in Mebane, we bring family-owned quality to homes across Alamance and Orange counties and out to Durham, Chapel Hill, and Raleigh.

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Your Questions

Wallpaper Removal FAQ

The paper decides how long wallpaper removal takes, more than the size of the room does. A single layer that strips dry comes off quickly, while painted-over or layered paper has to be scored and softened section by section. Wall repairs and primer then need drying time. Jose looks at the paper during the estimate and tells you how long your rooms should take before you commit.

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