ᐅ Concrete-look floor / screed floor

I find the flooring very stylish and don’t really like tiles. Apart from that, we just want to install parquet. In the hallway, bathrooms, utility room, and stairs, we want a concrete look.
There is someone in the neighboring town who does this quite well. I follow their Instagram profile. The results look very nice.
It’s probably expensive. I’m going to contact them.
However, I have a master painter in the immediate family who feels confident doing this and would actually do it for free. We would only have to pay for the materials. But he doesn’t have much experience with it, I suspect none at all. He is familiar with it, has brochures about it, and can get the materials. That’s why I’m not sure how we should decide.

Shiny86 schrieb:

He doesn’t have much experience with it, I even suspect none at all. But he is familiar with it, has brochures about it, and can get hold of the materials.

Well, then the main requirements are met.

pagoni2020 schrieb:

Well, then the main requirements are met

Well, that's the question. Technically, he can do a lot, including applying filler, and he has colleagues who can provide information and tools. I believe he has done stairs before. The real question is whether it’s a complicated task. It’s obvious that a casual DIYer shouldn’t attempt it. There is also a painter in the neighborhood who offers this service.
I have seen online that people have filled their stairs themselves, and it looks good.

I want to

Shiny86 schrieb:

I think the flooring looks very stylish and I’m not a big fan of tiles. Otherwise, we only want to install hardwood flooring. In the hallway, bathrooms, utility room, and stairs, we want a concrete look.
There’s someone doing this very well in the neighboring town. I follow their Instagram profile. The results look really nice.
It’s definitely expensive. I will contact them.
However, I have a master painter in my close family who feels confident to do it and would actually do it for free. We’d only need to pay for the materials. But he doesn’t have much experience with it – I even suspect none at all. He is familiar with it though, has brochures, and can get the materials. That’s why I’m not sure how we should decide.

I don’t want to disrespect the painter, but you should only let someone do it who really knows what they’re doing.

Shiny86 schrieb:

Well, that’s the question. Technically, he’s capable of a lot—he can do plastering for sure, has colleagues, and can source information and tools. I think he’s done stairs before. The question is whether it’s really complicated. It’s clear a DIY enthusiast shouldn’t do it. There’s also a painter in the neighborhood who offers that service.

It probably also depends on your expectations and whether you are willing to accept minor imperfections in the final result. With this in mind, I have often had work done by people whose quality I know well, and we have then “taken the risk” together.

I will ask the well-known painter. We didn’t remove the tiles for cost reasons either, but because we really don’t want tiles at all.