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Elias_dee29 Dec 2022 10:19Hello, I have a question about doing the painting myself. I’m considering painting my new build on my own. So far, it has been included in the overall price.
I have years of experience from a holiday job with a painting company, where I painted apartments and smaller spaces like cafés, so I’m not afraid of the work and I have some experience. However, that was always repainting existing coatings.
Painting a new build for the first time is new territory for me. So my question is: is it doable with two people? How many days should we roughly plan for? The area is about 200 m2 (2,150 sq ft) of living space. The builder will naturally handle plastering and filling.
Also, do you need to prime the surfaces first, or do you apply the paint directly (probably 2–3 coats)?
Thanks in advance!
I have years of experience from a holiday job with a painting company, where I painted apartments and smaller spaces like cafés, so I’m not afraid of the work and I have some experience. However, that was always repainting existing coatings.
Painting a new build for the first time is new territory for me. So my question is: is it doable with two people? How many days should we roughly plan for? The area is about 200 m2 (2,150 sq ft) of living space. The builder will naturally handle plastering and filling.
Also, do you need to prime the surfaces first, or do you apply the paint directly (probably 2–3 coats)?
Thanks in advance!
For 200 sqm (2,150 sq ft) of living space, I estimate about 500-600 sqm (5,400-6,450 sq ft) of wall surface and 200 sqm (2,150 sq ft) of ceiling surface.
For filling, applying fleece or textured wallpaper, and painting, I would estimate 300-400 hours. Working as a team of two, this is definitely doable if you take about three weeks off and work intensively.
Especially in living rooms, kitchens, and bathrooms, I wouldn’t recommend cutting corners on filling… with spotlights, wall lights, and mirrors with backlighting, grazing light quickly reveals any workmanship flaws.
For filling, applying fleece or textured wallpaper, and painting, I would estimate 300-400 hours. Working as a team of two, this is definitely doable if you take about three weeks off and work intensively.
Especially in living rooms, kitchens, and bathrooms, I wouldn’t recommend cutting corners on filling… with spotlights, wall lights, and mirrors with backlighting, grazing light quickly reveals any workmanship flaws.
What kind of plaster will be applied? Which work stages have not been agreed upon (Q1-4)?
Do you want very smooth walls, or would textured wallpaper like woodchip suffice?
I would recommend having painter’s fleece wallpapered. The painting experience is simply much better then.
If the plaster quality is as desired, the basic process is: priming, first coat, second coat. Sometimes a third coat is necessary.
With two people, I would estimate this can be done within a week working 8 hours per day. After work hours and weekends would take longer accordingly.
I took much longer, but I never painted everything at once—I did one room after another over several weeks.
How much are you saving by doing this yourselves?
I would think carefully about that, even if it is a standard DIY task. The thing is, painting directly on fresh plaster is quite different from repainting for renovation.
Do you want very smooth walls, or would textured wallpaper like woodchip suffice?
I would recommend having painter’s fleece wallpapered. The painting experience is simply much better then.
If the plaster quality is as desired, the basic process is: priming, first coat, second coat. Sometimes a third coat is necessary.
With two people, I would estimate this can be done within a week working 8 hours per day. After work hours and weekends would take longer accordingly.
I took much longer, but I never painted everything at once—I did one room after another over several weeks.
How much are you saving by doing this yourselves?
I would think carefully about that, even if it is a standard DIY task. The thing is, painting directly on fresh plaster is quite different from repainting for renovation.
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Elias_dee29 Dec 2022 11:01Thanks for your quick responses 🙂
The following has been agreed:
Plastering and Filling Works:
All interior wall surfaces of the brick masonry will receive a textured lime-gypsum plaster. The walls in wet rooms will be coated with a lime-cement plaster. Edge protection strips will be installed on external and reveal corners. Movement profiles will be placed at expansion joints.
Interior plaster surface finish level Q2.
The ceilings in the living areas will be fully and firmly filled.
Painting Works:
The wall and ceiling surfaces will receive two coats of opaque dispersion paint in white.
--> We later agreed on silicate paint for an additional cost.
The general contractor says his Q2 plaster is more like Q3, and I believe him because I have seen completed houses from him that look very good.
The following has been agreed:
Plastering and Filling Works:
All interior wall surfaces of the brick masonry will receive a textured lime-gypsum plaster. The walls in wet rooms will be coated with a lime-cement plaster. Edge protection strips will be installed on external and reveal corners. Movement profiles will be placed at expansion joints.
Interior plaster surface finish level Q2.
The ceilings in the living areas will be fully and firmly filled.
Painting Works:
The wall and ceiling surfaces will receive two coats of opaque dispersion paint in white.
--> We later agreed on silicate paint for an additional cost.
The general contractor says his Q2 plaster is more like Q3, and I believe him because I have seen completed houses from him that look very good.
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Elias_dee29 Dec 2022 11:05Tolentino schrieb:
Hi, with Q2-Q3 finishes, you usually need to sand and apply filler again. I’ll generously double my time estimate for that.Oh, okay, good to know. Thanks! Maybe I’ll just skip it then...
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