Why You Should Hire a Professional Painting Company to Replace Your Wallpaper With Paint

How you choose to decorate your walls is one of the most important elements in determining the general look and feel of your home. When it comes to wall decor you have two main choices, paint or wallpaper and if you don’t have a new home that choice may have already been made for you. While wallpaper was popular in the past it is now considered a little old-fashioned and can give your home a dated look, which can affect its value when you are looking to sell. In today’s blog we will be looking at why you should hire a professional painting company to replace your wallpaper with paint.

Why is it a good idea to replace your wallpaper with paint?

Paint is easier to refresh as time goes by and you are more likely to find the same color than you are to find the same wallpaper. Paint is also more heat and moisture resistant as wallpaper has been known to peel and crack with too much moisture exposure. Paint also gives you greater control over color in your décor as nearly any color you can think of is available in some form.

But why should you hire a professional painting company?

One of the main reasons is that wallpaper should be removed before you do any painting. Wallpaper removal is a painstaking, time-consuming and occasionally frustrating process that can permanently damage your walls if not done properly. If wallpaper isn’t removed before painting it can lead to the seams on the wallpaper showing through the coat of paint. Textures and patterns on the wallpaper may also show through the paint. Lastly paint can react with the wallpaper’s adhesive causing sections to bubble or detach completely. A professional painting company will have the tools and training necessary to remove the wallpaper effectively and then be able to replace it with paint relatively quickly and painlessly after the wallpaper has been removed.

We hope we have been able to show you why replacing your wallpaper with paint is a good idea and why you should hire a professional painting company to do it. If you have any questions about having your home professionally painted, please feel free to contact us at Level 5 Painting.

Level 5 Painting are experienced and dependable interior and exterior, residential and commercial painters based in Surrey, British Columbia. The Level 5 Painting crew performs at the highest industry standards to exceed your expectations and deliver painting projects with phenomenal results. 

If you have any questions about this article or would like to talk to us about your next painting project, then please call us at (604) 910-4828.