i have a loft bedroom covered in wood-chip wallpaper which is in turn stuck to the paper side of plasterboard. very difficult to remove with steam stripper. can a plasterer skim over it?

The only proper way is to strip the wall paper before plastering. If its that difficult overboard the existing, then skim.

Just get a stripper in, whoops wrong forum! Persevere with the stripping, but forget the steamer, thats more likely to crack the plaster if you are not careful. Try this combination method: 1. Get a Paper Tiger wheel (14.99 on ebay) its little teeth break through the paint / woodchip without damaging the plaster, so can soak up water. 2. Buy a long handled scraper to scrape off the woodchips heads. 3. Use a large garden sprayer and just keep on soaking the paper, a dozen times, then you will find the paper comes off almost effortlessly. Best o luck Paul

Hi, I would still remove as much as possible because the wall paper has a tendancy to bubble if you try and plaster over it, another thought would be to remove as much as possible and then cross line with a 1300 gauge lineing paper and then after 3 days line with 1300 gauge, leave for a further 3 days and then paint.

Chip paper on plasterboard is a nightmare.If poss overboard then re-skim