does anyone who lives near me have a steamer i could borrow? pretty please

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or

how much does it cost to get a man in to do it and then paint?

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haha! i thought you meant vegtable steamer!!

ive just had my sons room stripped of wallpaper and painted etc,it cost me £450. but i am in greater london so may well be cheaper where you are.

i thought you meant a veg steamer and i was going to offer you mine! Probably not much help..... doh!

omg - £450?

naily thats cheap for round here!! he done a fantstic job tho and hes just done my lounge for me to,no papaer to strip so that was only £250.

i have half stripped - its just a joke as the paper is ages old and my arm is falling off with a sponge and a knife

room is enormous with quite a high ceiling

and i have guests coming next week

NO, dont use a sponge to wet the walls, far too messy, use a spray bottle with a couple of drops of fairy liquid, I prefer to do it this way than use a steamer.

I have a steamer but I don't know where you are

oh thanks ill try that (should be doing ti just now instead of mning)

im in ednburgh

Oh - you are miles from me then.

Steamers are quite cheep as I remember (about £15?)

cheap, not cheep

you can buy one from Argos for £30...it where i got mine from and its fab.

And why are you using a knife? do you not have a scraper?..........blimey I would'nt even start the job without a scraper

er, imnot paying £30

i meant scraper - couldnt remember what it was called !

Ok so they are £20

But we have had ours for years and done several rooms with it so well worth the money

have a look on freecycle

here

wtf is a wallpaper perforator? only a fiver for a week

norma is it any good? is that the kind you have? £20 is ok

I bought one from Aldi for £15 and it's superb. You can hire them from the tool hire places. Failing that, soak the walls with warm water and leave for about 20-30 mins, then get a really good scraper and the paper should just strip quite easily. (Unless it's woodchip, in which case a steamer is the only way!)

My BIL wouldve done it for £50

but were nowhere near!

I don't think you need an expensive one - they just steam the wall and that is all you need