Life's great mysteries...

Yes that'll be Murphy's law.  OH had to do some repair wallpapering at daughters houses in NZ last visit. He's never put so much paste on paper and sized the wall so many times. Unfortunately it kept falling off, just like a carry-on film before he got down the ladder .  He did succeed eventually, three drops took all day. Once finished it looked good, but I don't think he'll allow himself to be press ganged into that again.

Having recently moved house, I can sympathise with the OP. We removed every bit of wallpaper and had the walls re-plastered -- What a long job !.

K 

I know just what you mean Tombar,  we have been putting in a new kitchen over the last few weeks, and getting the paper off was very hard work. As for the tiles OH put up years ago, getting them off the walls was almost impossible. 

Lots of wood chip and artex in my house when I moved in. No longer! But it did take 11 years to 'decorate throughout', as they say, and it was hard work. 

When I took all the layers of paper off the walls in the main bedroom I found signatures and dates from all the previous people who had papered, so I added mine. The previous dates were 1935, and 1985, and then mine in 2007. So I'm thinking the 'new' paper should last a good 20 to 30 years at the very least. 

So why did you change it after nine years then?

I haven't done yet! This was me remembering the pain of removing woodchip and repapering in the distant past rather than a recent event. I'm not over all that stripping yet, and just intend to add many layers of paint stretching into the far future. And I think it might even have been 2006 the last time I papered anywhere. So I'm glad that Semtex is needed (Other demolition aids are available). 

It's all coming back to me now, as I recall the woodchip wallpaper turned out to be structural in several parts of the house and required new lintels, plaster and coving (to stop the entire ceiling moving). Good times.

Life's too short for decorating.....

Yes that'll be Murphy's law.  OH had to do some repair wallpapering at daughters houses in NZ last visit. He's never put so much paste on paper and sized the wall so many times. Unfortunately it kept falling off, just like a carry-on film before he got down the ladder .  He did succeed eventually, three drops took all day. Once finished it looked good, but I don't think he'll allow himself to be press ganged into that again.

Its not "murphy's law", its fact

I think that woodchip, at times, is the only thing keeping a house standing