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Remove fixtures to wallpaper bathroom?

2 years ago

Hi all, could use some advice from those who have been there before. Our tiny powder room needs re-wallpapering and our contractors have recommended removing all the fixtures (including vanity and toilet) to do so. They say they can't guarantee quality if the fixtures are left in place.

This sounds like a huge pain and will extend the job by 1-2 days! Can anyone comment on whether it's truly necessary in order to have a high-quality finished product?

Thanks!

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kandrewspa

2 years ago

They want you to remove the toilet so they can get to the area behind it easily. It's not too difficult to remove a toilet, although if you don't have the knowledge in house you will have to pay someone to do it. They could wallpaper up to a fixed vanity, but without seeing a picture of the room I don't know whether yours is presenting some sort of specific issue. That would mean that if you ever change the vanity you would have to re-wallpaper, but I assume you've already thought about that and it's not an issue. If you have a light fixture over the vanity (or sconces) that will have to come off also.

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Maureen
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
I have wallpapered a few bathrooms and never removed vanity or toilet. It is more tedious with more precision measuring/cutting/matching, which opens the door for small errors (which I was always able to resolve, but I’m not a perfectionist). I assume they don’t want you to be unhappy and perhaps want something redone, so giving you the heads up.
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Another great reason to not paper a bathroom.
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mimimomy
2 years ago
Do you have a photo by any chance? It's hard to say withut seeing it. If it's small it could be extremely difficult to get into some spots.
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Helen
2 years ago
I can't speak to the toilet removal but I wallpapered my bathroom as one of the last things I did in my remodel and there was no need to remove the vanity. The paper was all templated so that it went together seamlessly - pun intended.

My toilet was also in place but the lower part of the room was tiled and so there wasn't much area around the toilet to deal with. I would imagine that the hoses behind a toilet would be tricky to work around. On the other hand removing and reseating a toilet is very simple - I had that done beause the wax seal needed to be repaired. Toilets are routinely installed DIY by homeowners. It is somewhat of a basic homeowner skill like changing a faucet or even installing a garbage disposal.
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Lyndee Lee
2 years ago
I wallpapered a half bath in my my parent's house, many years ago. The wallpaper is still there and should be redone but next time I will tile or install beadboard on the lower part of the wall first. I know it is a powder room but tile is much easier to clean.
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Rho Dodendron
2 years ago
Remove the toilet, paper around the vanity.
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clt3
2 years ago
I have wallpapered several bathrooms and never removed the fixtures.
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HALLETT & Co.
2 years ago
My wallpaper installer removes lights and towel bars but works around vanities and toilets.
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mimimomy
2 years ago
"Our tiny powder room..." tiny is up to interpretation. Is that 3 x 5 or 5 x 7 or??? Tiny powder room might mean one needs to be a contortionist to get around the fixtures :)

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