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Expert: - 10/14/2007


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how to successfully remove old brown paneling in a kitchen/dining room. will the sheetrock underneath have to be replaced? and does the sheetrock underneath have to be a certain size for these rooms in the house?

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Hi Raquel,

Presuming the panelling is nailed onto counter battens and not glued  you should be able to remove it quite easily.Prise it off gently with a claw hammer or crow bar.Stripping it off in a uniform fashion.
The underlying sheetrock(gypsum) as you call it can be plaster skimmed to finish ,filling in fixing holes etc..  or papered over to receive paint.

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Bill

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Questions on UK construction from Setting out Projects through to completion. Mainly concreting ,drainage ,bricklaying, masonry,carpentry and decorating,plaster work ,render/roughcasting.From new build construction to historical restoration, renovation. How to set out ,levelling and survey matters.

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Timeserved bricklayer , developing to Construction Site Manager and Educated to Site Engineer. Having been in the Industry for 35 years carrying out all types of general construction . renovation and historical renovation and remedial works.Now mainly on luxury dwellings to the value of £2M. Having been self employed and advising main Contractors and Developers through Construction phases and managing the works from concept to completion.Having a broad spectrum of experience.

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Scottish Apprenticeship in the crat of bricklaying. Scottish Construction Industry Site Managers Site Civil Engineering Construction and Surveying Set out. Scottish Civil Engineering Analysis of Concrete and Mortar Asbestos encountering. Scaffolding Inspectors Certification Planning, Programming and Management

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