Hello everyone,
I am planning to build with a general contractor (Town Country or Heinz von Heiden).
According to the scope of work description, for example:
- The cladding is made of profile wooden boards and smooth verge boards made of softwood, installed parallel to the facing brickwork or external thermal insulation composite system/external plaster, fixed on battens. All visible wooden elements receive a factory-applied initial wood preservative coating in white color (375€).
- The soffit boarding and all visible wooden components (such as boarding, supports) are coated with a weather-resistant colored paint. The color is applied with two coats (1300€).
Questions:
- If I understand correctly, the first offer includes only the wood preservative coating, and the second offer includes two coats of paint. How many coats are actually necessary?
- What do you think about the price?
- I am considering arranging this directly with the craftsman/carpenter (to possibly get a better price). Do you have any experience with this in cases involving general contractors like Town Country or Heinz von Heiden?
Thank you for your answers.
I am planning to build with a general contractor (Town Country or Heinz von Heiden).
According to the scope of work description, for example:
- The cladding is made of profile wooden boards and smooth verge boards made of softwood, installed parallel to the facing brickwork or external thermal insulation composite system/external plaster, fixed on battens. All visible wooden elements receive a factory-applied initial wood preservative coating in white color (375€).
- The soffit boarding and all visible wooden components (such as boarding, supports) are coated with a weather-resistant colored paint. The color is applied with two coats (1300€).
Questions:
- If I understand correctly, the first offer includes only the wood preservative coating, and the second offer includes two coats of paint. How many coats are actually necessary?
- What do you think about the price?
- I am considering arranging this directly with the craftsman/carpenter (to possibly get a better price). Do you have any experience with this in cases involving general contractors like Town Country or Heinz von Heiden?
Thank you for your answers.
immermehr schrieb:
thank you for your reply.
The offer states that it is already installed at the factory. That’s why I want to negotiate directly with, for example, Braas. A second coat of paint is applied after installation, and this is done by a painter.
If you choose plastic instead, no painting work is required. Plastic is not painted.
Softwood is still suitable for this purpose. The boards are available raw, affordable, and white-dipped in a primer with wood preservative included. Use those. Then apply a coat of insulating paint that prevents resin from knots from bleeding through and causing yellow stains, followed by one or two layers of a protective coating like Konsolan. Two people—my wife and I—took one day to do this ourselves on May 1, 2017. Therefore, the quoted price is too high. Paint costs 100,- for 16 hours at 50 per hour, which totals 900, not three-something. C.
This can be a nice do-it-yourself task during the construction phase. Ideally, the scaffolding is still in place, making it easy to reach everywhere. However, it is time-consuming, so the costs can quickly add up to a considerable amount just for “a bit of paint.” In this case, it probably doesn’t matter whether you ask someone from the general contractor or hire a separate person.
My painter recommended applying two finish coats, which I followed, as it gives a richer appearance.
My painter recommended applying two finish coats, which I followed, as it gives a richer appearance.
bauenmk202015 Sep 2019 13:46Has anyone installed a roof overhang made of plastic? We want to avoid painting and are considering a plastic cladding/battening in light gray with a wood-look finish.
We now need to forward the documents/data to the site manager. Can anyone offer advice? Thanks.
We now need to forward the documents/data to the site manager. Can anyone offer advice? Thanks.
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