Wallpaper Removal Service in Maywood, IL
Old paper stripped, glue washed off, walls skimmed smooth and ready to paint. No gouges, no loose patches, no residue left behind. Licensed and insured, with a written price you get before we start.
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Quick Answer
Wallpaper removal in Maywood, IL starts at $399 per room, and a typical home with three or four rooms covered in paper runs about $1,200. That price comes from Vanguard Painting, a licensed and insured company based just down the road in Melrose Park. Every job covers steaming the paper off, washing the adhesive residue off the walls, smoothing rough spots with a skim coat, and cleaning up the mess. We strip wallpaper from walls, ceilings and stairwells across Maywood and the rest of Cook County.
What You Get When We Remove Your Wallpaper
Book a wallpaper removal job in Maywood and this is the package. None of it is an add-on we spring on you halfway through the work.
Room shifted to the center and sheeted. No glue or dust on your stuff.
Drop cloths over everything. No wallpaper paste stains on your floors.
Wallpaper soaked and peeled off in full strips, not torn in little pieces.
Every bit of glue residue scrubbed off the wall with a sponge and solution.
Scratches and gouges from the stripping process filled and sanded flat.
Primer rolled on so the bare drywall doesn't suck up paint unevenly.
All paper, glue and drop cloths removed. Room ready for paint.
We walk it with you and make sure the wall is smooth enough for paint.
Wallpaper Removal Prices in Maywood
Here's where our pricing starts on the wallpaper jobs Maywood homeowners ask about most. How much paper is on the wall, whether it's been painted over and the condition of the drywall behind it move the final number. You get that number in writing first.
Not sure which of these you need? Call (708) 815-7720. Most Maywood wallpaper jobs get priced over the phone in about five minutes.
Maywood Wallpaper Has Its Own Challenges
Maywood homes from the 1960s and 70s are full of wallpaper. Some has been there for fifty years. Some has been painted over. Both are a different kind of problem.
Decades-old paste
Old wallpaper paste dries out and becomes brittle. It doesn't release with water alone. We use steam to soften the glue so the paper peels off in whole sheets instead of tiny shreds.
Painted-over wallpaper
Some Maywood homeowners painted right over the wallpaper instead of stripping it. That creates a plastic-like surface that steam has to penetrate. We score the paper first so the steam can get through.
Plaster walls underneath
Behind the paper in older Maywood homes is often plaster, not drywall. Plaster repair after wallpaper removal is different than drywall repair, and we handle both.
We've stripped wallpaper in Maywood houses for years. We know what's under the paper before we start, and we know how to get it off without gouging the wall underneath. That's the difference between a wall ready for paint and a wall covered in gouges that take days to fix.
How We Remove Wallpaper in Maywood
Eight steps, same order every time, whether it's one bedroom off 5th Avenue or a whole house.
Inspect and price
We check the paper type, number of layers and wall condition, then write the number down.
Score the paper
Perforating tool used to punch tiny holes so steam can penetrate painted paper.
Steam and peel
Steam applied in sections. Paper peeled off in large strips, not shredded into bits.
Wash the glue
Adhesive residue washed off with sponge and solution. Walls rinsed twice to get it all.
Scrape residue
Any remaining paste or bits of backing scraped off the wall with a flat tool.
Skim coat rough spots
Gouges, scratches and torn areas filled with joint compound and sanded smooth.
Prime the walls
Drywall primer rolled on to seal the bare paper surface and stop bleed-through.
Clean and review
Room reset, floors swept, and we walk it with you to check the smoothness.
Where Maywood Homes Have Wallpaper We Strip
Most wallpaper removal calls come from one of these three places. We use the same approach on each one, just a different amount of paper.
Bedrooms and living rooms
Floral patterns, stripes and texture in living spaces. This is the bulk of our wallpaper work in Maywood homes.
Kitchens and bathrooms
Grease and moisture make kitchen and bath paper tougher to remove. We use degreasers before the steam goes on.
Stairwells and hallways
High walls and narrow spaces with paper that's been up for decades. We set up the scaffolding and get it done safely.
A Crew That Knows How to Strip Wallpaper Without Damaging the Wall
Our shop is at 541 Winston Dr in Melrose Park. Maywood is right next door, so we can usually get out for a wallpaper estimate within a day or two. The person who looks at your paper is the same one who'll be standing there with the steamer.
We strip wallpaper in Maywood all the time. We know which paper comes off clean and which one fights you. We know how to steam vinyl without soaking the drywall. We know how to scrape without gouging the plaster. That's experience, not just technique.
After the paper is off and the walls are primed, a lot of Maywood homeowners add interior painting or ceiling painting to the same job.
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What Goes Wrong With Wallpaper, and What You Get Instead
Almost every wallpaper call opens with one of these. Here's the problem on the left, and here's what the wall looks like when we pack up.
The problem
Somebody used a scraper too hard and tore up the drywall paper. Now the wall is covered in scratches and divots.
Forty-year-old paste is waterproof. Water and soap won't touch it, so the wall stays sticky and textured.
Stripping peeled the brown paper off the drywall. Now the wall needs a full skim coat or it'll show every seam.
What you get
Steam and the right scraping angle mean the paper comes off without tearing the wall surface underneath.
Hot water, a proper solution and enough passes to get every bit of residue off the wall.
Any torn drywall paper sealed with primer and skimmed smooth. No bumps, no seams showing through.
True on every Maywood wallpaper job we take:
What the Walls Look Like When We Leave
No glue residue. No gouges. Just smooth, primed walls ready for paint or whatever you want on them next.
What Maywood Customers Say After the Last Strip
Most of our Maywood wallpaper removal work comes from somebody a few blocks over. Read what they said about the stripping, the cleanup and how the walls looked when we cleared out.
Other Wall and Painting Work We Do in Maywood
Wallpaper removal is often the first step. Here's what comes next or what else we do while we're in your Maywood home.
Interior painting
Fresh paint on the walls after the paper is stripped.
Drywall repair
Gouges patched and skimmed smooth after removal.
Ceiling painting
Ceiling paper stripped and painted in one job.
Commercial wallpaper removal
Offices and retail spaces stripped and painted.
Need work in more than one room? We cover the whole Cook County service area, and everything we do in Maywood sits on the Maywood painting page.
Wallpaper Removal in Maywood, IL: Common Questions
How much does wallpaper removal cost in Maywood, IL?
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Can you remove wallpaper from plaster walls?
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Is Vanguard Painting licensed and insured?
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