The short answer
We install and remove wallpaper in Pembroke Park, a Broward town about eleven miles south of Fort Lauderdale. Houses, apartments, manufactured homes and business spaces each need different prep, and we match the materials to the wall and to South Florida humidity.
Pembroke Park is a small town in southern Broward County, about eleven miles south of our Fort Lauderdale base. Its size can be deceiving. Within a compact area you will find houses, apartments, manufactured homes and a good number of commercial and light-industrial buildings, and each of those comes with a different kind of wall. A wallpaper approach that works perfectly on smooth drywall in a house may be the wrong choice for a vinyl-faced panel in a manufactured home or a block wall in a warehouse office. We look at what your wall is actually made of, then recommend the material, adhesive and preparation that will hold up. This page covers the situations we run into most often in Pembroke Park.
One small town, many kinds of walls
In a typical South Florida house, interior walls are drywall or plaster over concrete block, often with a sprayed texture. Apartments may have thinner drywall with many patches from previous tenants. Business spaces can include painted block, metal stud partitions or older paneling. Each one changes how we prepare the surface.
Our first visit is about identifying those materials. We look for texture, gloss, loose paint, signs of moisture and any old covering. That inspection tells us whether a primer alone is enough or whether the wall needs patching, skim coating or removal before anything decorative can go up.
Manufactured homes need a different plan
Many manufactured homes have walls made of gypsum panels with a factory vinyl face, joined by narrow strips called battens. Regular wallpaper paste does not grip that slick vinyl well, and the batten strips create raised lines that show through.
Depending on what you want, we can remove the battens and fill the seams, apply a bonding primer that lets paste adhere, and then hang a non-woven or vinyl paper. For a lighter update, a well-chosen peel and stick product on primed panels can also work. We will explain the options and the effort each one involves before you decide.
Offices, showrooms and other business spaces
A front office or customer area is often the only polished part of a working building, and a durable wallcovering can make it feel welcoming. Commercial vinyl handles scuffs from chairs, carts and foot traffic and can be cleaned easily. A printed mural with a logo or a photograph can give a lobby wall real presence.
On block walls we fill the mortar joints and smooth the surface first, since the grid pattern of the block will otherwise show through. We can schedule around shift times so the space stays usable.
Getting ready for install day
A little preparation on your side lets us spend the day on the walls rather than on moving things.
- Clear small items, frames and wall decor from the room
- Move fragile furniture away from the walls if you can; we will handle the heavy pieces
- Keep the air conditioning running at its normal setting
- Make sure the wallpaper rolls are in the room a day ahead so they acclimate
- Plan for pets and kids to stay out of the work area while paste is wet
After the paper is up
Fresh wallpaper needs a few days to settle. Small bubbles that appear in the first hours often disappear as the paste dries, so avoid pressing on them. Keep the AC on steadily, especially during the hot, wet months from May through October, and run bathroom fans after showers. If a seam lifts once everything is dry, let us know and we will look at it.
Hurricane season runs June 1 to November 30. If a storm leaves the house without power for long, check your seams once the cooling is back on.
Neighboring communities
We also take projects in Hollywood, Dania Beach, Plantation, Wilton Manors and Lauderhill. Mention any second property when you contact us and we will try to schedule both.