Robin discusses more letters and tips in the second part of his Resurfacing series.
This month, we continue our discussion of resurfacing. Let’s start with a letter I received in March from Brian, of St. Louis:
“I am rehabbing a house built around 1910. The interior walls are covered with two to three layers of wallpaper that have been painted and cracks are showing through. I heard some conflicting stories. One plaster guy told me that I would not have to remove the wallpaper. He said that I should put a wire mesh over the walls and mud them, some type of ‘floating wall system.’ I had another plaster guy tell me that I would have to scrape all the wallpaper off the walls. Which is true? I am trying to keep my cost down to a minimum. Is mudding the walls the best way to go?”