Your wallpaper will have a 2-3cm overlap on each panel. Your wallpaper panels won’t align “butt-to-butt”. The overlap method is a more effective way to apply wallpaper because of the expansion and contraction of the walls. The expansion and contraction of the walls is due to the change of temperature from season to season or temperature dropping during the evenings. Sometimes when it gets really hot and the wall expands, it tends to leave a millimeter or two between the panels if they are aligned “butt-to-butt”. This is unpleasant to the eye.

• Prepare the wall: The wall surface should be clean, dry, structurally sound and free of mildew, grease, water damage or other stains, and free of irregularities in order to achieve the best hanging performance and complete removal when redecorating.
• To apply on drywall. For best results, apply to a wall surface that has been painted with one coat of builder’s primer and one coat of paint (note: this is typical of new construction; a wall surface that has been painted with a single coat of primer or a coat of satin or gloss paint is acceptable). The wall surface should be clean, smooth, and free of debris or contaminants.
• Follow these step-by-step instructions

• Your wallpaper panels will be numbered from left to right.
• Loosely roll the printed wallpaper with the printed side facing in.
• Work from the top left-hand corner of your wall when facing the wall.
• Place a level ruler on your wall vertically and draw a pencil line straight down the wall. This will ensure your panel is straight even if your wall isn’t 100% straight.
• Line your panel up on the pencil line and tape down with some painter’s tape or masking tape.
• Place the wallpaper 5-10cm over the top onto the roof in case the structure is slightly skew or off, this will allow leeway to line up all panels perfectly without a gap on the top or bottom.
• Peel off the backing paper about 30cm from the top
• Squeegee the wallpaper on section by section whilst peeling off the backing paper and removing the painters/masking tape as you move down the wall.

Line up your 2^nd panel with the same above method including the painters/masking tape and repeat the above steps until your wall is complete.

HOW TO WORK OUT HOW MUCH WALLPAPER YOU WILL NEED:

• Get the measurement of the width of your wall from left to right in metres and divide it by 0.58. Round up your answer to the next whole number.

For example, if your wall is 3.5m in width then do the following:

3.5m / 0.60 = 5,83

Round up 5,83 to the next whole number, which will be 6.

6 is the number of panels you will need for your wall, each panel will have a 2cm overlap to avoid white gaps between the panels at a later stage. This happens because of the expansion and contraction of the wall with hot and cold weather.

• Get the measurement of the height of your wall from bottom to top in metres.

(This measurement should exclude your skirting and/or your cornice if you have any). Then take your measurement and add 10cm for your overflow.

For example, if your wall is 2.4m in height, add 10cm to make it 2.5m.

You will then multiply 2.5m by the number of panels you previously worked out. In this case, your number of panels is 6.

2.5m x 6= 15m

You will need 15m of wallpaper. We sell our wallpaper panels in 3m runs. You will need to divide your answer by 3. In this case you need 15m so you will do the following:

15/3=5

By the quantity below, you will need to add 5 to your cart.

If your final answer is not a whole number please make sure you round up to the next whole number. For example, you your final numer of panels is 5.43m, please round up to 6m in your quantity.