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| Wallpapers | Distance around the hall/landings- including the doors and windows. For stairwell(s) see below. | ||||||
| Total feet around the hall/landings | 33 | 39 | 46 | 52 | 59 | 66 | 72 |
| Total metres around the hall/landings | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 |
| 7ft or 2.1m wall height | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 7ft6" or 2.3m wall height | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| 8ft or 2.4m wall height | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 8ft6" or 2.6m wall height | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 9ft or 2.7m wall height | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
| Ceilings horizontal to the stairs | Add 18 to 20 inches for each length going down the stair wall.Subtract 18 inches maximum going up the stair wall. | ||||||
| Ceilings diagonal, running parallel to the stair string. | Where there is no matching pattern, lengths can all be cut the same size. Where there is a pattern the length must be matched before cutting.With a large pattern wastage can be as much as 30 per cent. Cutting your lengths using two rolls alternate will reduce your wastage by half. | ||||||
When papering the stairwell(i.e. the walls surrounding the stairs) always try to hang the longest length first. This usually means that you start papering in the middle of a wall.
The amount of paper needed changes according to the size of the matching
pattern. The chart above assumes wallpaper without a matching pattern.
For instance, on a 7ft 6" wall, using a wallpaper with no pattern or a very
small repeat pattern you will get four pieces from one roll but using a wallpaper
with a large (24") repeat pattern you will only get three pieces from a roll.
That means for a large pattern you will need an extra roll for every three
of unpatterned.