ᐅ Have you painted the interior yourselves? Performing painting work as a DIY project
Created on: 18 Jun 2015 20:06
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willWohnen
Hello,
Originally, when we planned the house, we thought we would do the painting ourselves. (Walls with interior plaster, ceilings with paintable fleece)
Now, with all the stress of building the house, even though we are doing fewer tasks ourselves, and with two full-time jobs on the side, we can hardly imagine doing it anymore.
Moreover, we now think it would be better if the painting were done within a short period, while the screed is still drying and before the flooring, interior doors, or staircase are installed. Less masking tape work, less dirt. That’s the idea. (Happy to hear any experiences related to this.)
Besides, we have never painted ceilings before. How to paint a stairwell without the staircase is also a challenge – in the end, we’d probably have to organize scaffolding and all the necessary equipment. Some family members might be able to help (with emphasis on might), but for each person, we would need to get sheepskin rollers, and several might need the ladder at the same time, getting in each other’s way… that’s how I imagine it.
Now I wonder how other people, like you, have handled this. How much effort, time, and cost it involved, whether you think your chosen approach was the right one, and how the result turned out. *grin*
That’s why I’m creating a survey here. I believe you can also add some individual comments after selecting an answer.
Thanks and best regards
willWohnen
Originally, when we planned the house, we thought we would do the painting ourselves. (Walls with interior plaster, ceilings with paintable fleece)
Now, with all the stress of building the house, even though we are doing fewer tasks ourselves, and with two full-time jobs on the side, we can hardly imagine doing it anymore.
Moreover, we now think it would be better if the painting were done within a short period, while the screed is still drying and before the flooring, interior doors, or staircase are installed. Less masking tape work, less dirt. That’s the idea. (Happy to hear any experiences related to this.)
Besides, we have never painted ceilings before. How to paint a stairwell without the staircase is also a challenge – in the end, we’d probably have to organize scaffolding and all the necessary equipment. Some family members might be able to help (with emphasis on might), but for each person, we would need to get sheepskin rollers, and several might need the ladder at the same time, getting in each other’s way… that’s how I imagine it.
Now I wonder how other people, like you, have handled this. How much effort, time, and cost it involved, whether you think your chosen approach was the right one, and how the result turned out. *grin*
That’s why I’m creating a survey here. I believe you can also add some individual comments after selecting an answer.
Thanks and best regards
willWohnen
EveundGerd13 Jul 2015 21:26We had the ceilings on the upper floor plastered and sanded; we did the painting ourselves.
The shower bathroom was plastered by my husband and painted by our daughter.
The main bathroom was plastered by a professional and painted by our daughter and me.
Our walls are decorated with paper wallpaper, some with patterns. The wallpapering was mostly done by our son and my husband.
The ceilings on the ground floor were also wallpapered and later painted by us.
The flooring on the ground floor was installed by our son and our daughter’s friend, while the carpets on the upper floor were laid by my husband.
All the masking and taping was done entirely by me.
Only my husband had time off, four weeks. Both of us work full time.
We would do it the same way again. As a family, it brought us even closer together with our children.
Our outdoor area, except for the lawn seeding and various tree plantings, has been completed by the landscape gardener.
The shower bathroom was plastered by my husband and painted by our daughter.
The main bathroom was plastered by a professional and painted by our daughter and me.
Our walls are decorated with paper wallpaper, some with patterns. The wallpapering was mostly done by our son and my husband.
The ceilings on the ground floor were also wallpapered and later painted by us.
The flooring on the ground floor was installed by our son and our daughter’s friend, while the carpets on the upper floor were laid by my husband.
All the masking and taping was done entirely by me.
Only my husband had time off, four weeks. Both of us work full time.
We would do it the same way again. As a family, it brought us even closer together with our children.
Our outdoor area, except for the lawn seeding and various tree plantings, has been completed by the landscape gardener.
nathi schrieb:
It would have been the same for us and was an important reason to have the company handle it right away.That would have caused trouble with my old man. If it were up to him, he would have built half the house himself.
If he lived nearby (our families live about 600 km (375 miles) away), we would have had free daily site supervision. And the construction workers probably would have gone on strike after 3 weeks.
But when it comes to the painting work – he would have been very annoyed.
One thing is certain: by doing some of the work yourself, you get the feeling that you actually BUILT the house yourself.
I really admire those who have the knowledge, skill, and time to contribute a lot of their own labor. They build THEIR home. But that’s not how it is with two left hands and 10 thumbs like me.
Painting was pure relaxation for us after all the stress. We never considered having someone else do it. We painted our entire house ourselves, with 162 sqm (1,742 sq ft) of living space including a gallery, plus a 95 sqm (1,022 sq ft) basement and an open roof structure. I find painting very calming. Earlier, I read "We want to have the ceilings painted, but we'll do the walls ourselves." … Painting ceilings is not more difficult than applying paint to walls, or are you painting with buttermilk? I can definitely understand if someone hires this trade out, for example, because they’d rather go on vacation during that time or have something better to do. But lack of expertise is not a valid argument here; what can you really do wrong when painting?
One00 schrieb:
Painting was pure relaxation for us after all the stress. We never considered hiring someone else to do it. We painted our entire house ourselves, with 162 sqm (1,741 sq ft) of living space including a gallery, plus 95 sqm (1,022 sq ft) basement and an open attic. I find painting very calming.Respect – not because of the painted surface area, but because it sounds like it was truly relaxing for you.
I can imagine few things more relaxing.
One00 schrieb:
Earlier I read "We want to have the ceilings painted, but will do the walls ourselves."... Painting ceilings isn’t more difficult than painting walls, or are you using buttermilk?Well – it depends on what you want to do.
We wallpapered everywhere first and then painted. For the walls, we used a primer – very easy to apply.
For the ceilings, we applied an adhesion primer (sometimes called bonding primer). This was quite thick and hard to spread. After painting half the ceiling, my arm was almost giving out. Before priming, we did some filling and sanding on the concrete ceilings. The wallpaper and paint were applied on top of the primer.
When painting ceilings, it’s important to paint in two directions (lengthwise and crosswise). In one room (unfortunately the living room), even though we used the best quality paint and applied two to three coats, there were visible color differences (we only used white paint). I suspect this happened because we only painted in one direction, as we were worried the long wallpaper strips might come loose.
Well – my wife plans to repaint when we get new furniture for the living room in two years anyway.
Ok, we primed first and then painted directly onto the concrete ceilings, the plastered walls, and the skim-coated drywall ceiling in the attic, without using wallpaper or fleece. We used high-quality silicate paint, applied a slightly diluted primer coat, and then rolled on a topcoat. The result is excellent. Alright, relaxing might be a different story, but compared to the previous tasks, this was really easy. For those who haven’t done much themselves before, painting might seem like a huge challenge. For us, it was more like the finish line and, above all, you see significant progress very quickly.
In our case, I didn’t find it difficult.
In our case, I didn’t find it difficult.
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