As much as I loathe giving any of my hard-earned wonga to B&Q, has anyone tried this:

http://tinyurl.com/7cet5ju ?

I used to buy my lining paper from Focus, the only half decent shed in my humble opinion, and it was great.

Ive used non woven a few times...its good stuff and strong than ordinary paper...easy to hang, like all paste the wall paper its a bit stiffer to cut though..id recommend a tub paste

Decorating direct is better value though...double length rolls and 750mm wide

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never used the b&q one.but if its like any other paste the wall stuff ive used,youll do it in a fraction of the time,less mess, more room to work without the table, stronger,no stretch/shrink etc loads of benifits,only one draw back, b&q! hard to imagine they could go far wrong with that though. lol

With paste the wall lining paper do you still have to leave gaps or can you safely but the joints together?

I didn't think you "had" to leave gaps on paste-the-paper lining paper ... I thought the idea was to butt the joints and only fill where you had to.

Yep...I dont leave gaps if im painting..some people do it as a matter of course..but you only really need to to it if your papering over the top..otherwise your just creating work for yourself

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Why leave gaps? What's the reason behind it?

Isn't it in case -if you butt join - the edge of the paper swells up and overlaps itself slightly, creating a ridge which will be visible when papered over? Narrow gaps allow for a bit of expansion and won't be visible anyway - the paste fills them.

I might be completely wrong though.

That makes sense.

That's a bit harsh!

The B & Q in North Tyneside has the most helpful, knowledgeable staff you'll find anywhere and the toasted teacakes in the cafe are exquisite.

Anyone used Red Label lining paper? Views?

I would have thought that once the paper had been pasted, it would have swelled during soaking, therefore it be more likely to shrink back after drying, creating a larger gap, not move further together. I've seen that happen (albeit infrequently) with paste the wall liners too, though the use of RM paste would minimise this effect.

Red Label from Toolstation? I used it on a large staircase a while back and can report it was really nice. Perhaps a bit pulpy, but used with some Beeline Ready Mix the 1200 made a lovely base. It's a bit more fragile than the stuff DDC are selling, but handled with a bit care and common sense there should be no problems. (and around half the price)

Paste the wall papers are designed not to need a soaking time (they are not traditional type papers - so no expanding fibres etc to allow for)

No, but most lining papers are traditional type.

True, but you can still occasionally get very slight movement (which would point to expansion/contraction). Seen that with Dulux Feature Wallpaper a couple of times - paste the wall, is sadly no cast iron guarantee that the paper will not move, although for the vast majority of the time it's perfectly OK.