We had a Thibaut grass wallpaper professionally put up in a bedroom 4 years ago using Pro 880 adhesive. It looked great and suddenly it started coming away from the wall. The installer (who was highly recommended) came back and used Pro 838 and the next week some of the paper was lying on the ground. When I went to the company they recommended using a vinyl adhesive. Does anyone have a specific kind of vinyl adhesive that might finally stick? Otherwise, I'm going to have to strip the paper and throw up some paint.
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The paint that was on the walls may have been slick and the paper is not sticking. This article recommends putting drywall up first. www.thisoldhouse.com/
If this is the case and the paper is no longer sticking after 4 years it could be because of the surface of your walls. You may need to take it down for right now and prepare your walls better. Then you can go ahead and put it back up with the Pro 838.
Before you look into new adhesives, has something changed in your house?
In my limited experience with wallpaper I have found the only time that paper falls off is when the walls are damp.
This happened to us after Hurricane Ivan. We did not even know our walls were painted over wallpaper until Ivan caused leaks in the roof, into the ceiling and down the walls-- then the paper started cracking and bubbling up.
The guy who removed the wallpaper and then re-plastered and painted said that wallpaper rarely has "fails" like this unless there is moisture involved.
Just something to check before you try something else.
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