Strip 1980s/90s floral, vinyl, and paper wallpaper from any North Bay home. Steam on drywall, gentle chemical method on heritage lath-and-plaster, skim coat flat, ready for paint.
North Bay Painting Services strips wallpaper across every North Bay neighborhood, from 1980s/90s floral patterns in Pinewood and Birchhaven bedrooms to multi-layer paper in heritage West Ferris and West End homes. Pricing runs $1.50 to $4.25 per square foot depending on wallpaper type, with most rooms stripped in 1 to 2 days and skim-coated and primed for paint by day 3. Electric steamer on vinyl-coated, DIF gel stripper on paper-only and lath-and-plaster. Free in-home consult across P1A, P1B, P1C. 1-year written warranty. Owned by Ahmed Khalil. Call (705) 482-1142.
1982 to 1996 subdivisions above Memorial Gardens went up during peak vinyl-coated wallpaper years. Almost every original bedroom, dining room, and powder room came with floral or geometric paper.
West Ferris and West End homes near Cassellholme predate drywall. Plaster swells if oversteamed, so we run shorter dwell times and switch to chemical gel where the wall feels soft.
Most North Bay homes built after 1970 are drywall behind the paper. An electric wallpaper steamer plus a 6-inch broad knife strips vinyl-coated paper cleanly without gouging the gypsum face.
After the paper is off, walls almost always need 1 or 2 thin skim coats with joint compound. We sand smooth, prime with a stain-blocker, surface paint-ready by the next day.
Most homeowners strip because they are ready to repaint. Bundling saves 15 to 20 percent versus splitting visits, since prep is shared and the room is masked only once.
Anywhere in P1A, P1B, or P1C the consult is free, around 30 minutes. Ahmed identifies the wallpaper and the wall behind it, then quotes honestly.
Every estimate includes paper removal, paste cleanup, skim coats as needed, prime, and a 1-year written warranty.
Final number depends on the in-home consultation. No surprise charges, no upsell at the end.
Call (705) 482-1142 for a Free QuoteFree consult across North Bay. We cover P1A, P1B, P1C and identify wallpaper substrate before quoting.
Floors covered, baseboards taped, outlets pulled, furniture moved and draped.
Score the face, steamer or DIF gel, peel in long strips, scrape backer, wash residual paste.
One or two thin skim passes, sand flat, vacuum dust, stain-blocking primer.
Walls handed off paint-ready or we roll into the repaint bundle. 1-year warranty either way.
Two methods cover almost every wall in North Bay. We pick the one that matches the substrate and the paper, never one-size-fits-all.
Benjamin Moore is our primary primer and paint, Dulux our secondary. Both are stocked locally for easy future touch-ups across North Bay.
Almost all 1980s/90s floral paper in Pinewood and Birchhaven bedrooms is vinyl-coated. We score the face with a PaperTiger, run an electric steamer in slow passes, peel the vinyl in long strips, scrape the backer, and wash residual paste off. A 12 by 12 Pinewood bedroom strips in 4 to 6 hours, plus a half day for skim and prime.
Yes, but the method changes. West Ferris and West End homes built before 1960 still have lath-and-plaster, which swells if oversteamed and can crack or pull off the lath. We run shorter dwell times, work in smaller sections, and switch to DIF gel chemical stripper where plaster feels soft. We always test first during the free in-home consult.
One project, almost always. Most North Bay homeowners want the room repainted after stripping. Bundled, the room is masked once and prep is shared, cutting a full mobilization out of the budget. The combined project typically saves 15 to 20 percent versus splitting visits.
Vinyl-coated is cheaper: the plastic face peels in long strips after a quick score and steam, leaving only the backer to soak. $1.50 to $2.50 per square foot of wall, paste cleanup included. Paper-only has no plastic face, so the entire sheet has to be soaked through with chemical stripper and scraped layer by layer. $2.75 to $4.25 per square foot, and almost always needs one or two skim coats afterward.
Yes. Older streets near Cassellholme, the West End, and parts of West Ferris predate the 1978 lead-paint ban. When removal exposes pre-1978 paint, we follow lead-safe practices: containment plastic, HEPA-vacuum cleanup, and disposal under Ontario waste rules. We recommend a lead test swab during the free in-home consult on pre-1978 homes.
Free in-home consultation anywhere in North Bay (P1A, P1B, P1C). Written quote within 24 hours.