Saving water damaged wall paper

4/29/2022 (Permalink)

Saving water damaged wall paper

SERVPRO of Leavenworth and NW Wyandotte County knows that when you have a water damage in your home or business it can be overwhelming. And we are here to help clean up the damage and answer any questions you might have.

One important question we get asked often is can we save water damaged wallpaper. When your walls are wet, wallpaper acts as a vapor barrier and restricts our ability to dry it. Special drying measures may be needed when this wallpaper barrier is present, and depending on the extent of the damage we may or may not be able to save the wallpaper.

Some options are:

Removing the baseboard to ventilate the wall

Perforating the wall to ventilate it

Peeling away wallpaper to expose wet the drywall