Hello everyone!
The drywall installers will be finished soon, and after the tilers, we can focus on painting and flooring work. Accordingly, we’ve requested a quote. Unfortunately, it is well above our budget (over 16,000€). The quote includes covering and masking work, priming, filling and sanding, and paint fleece.
We now want to skip the paint fleece, as a perfectly smooth surface is not that important to us and the cost is quite high. But even without this item, we are still looking at over 10,000€. The filling and sanding work is also quite expensive. We could probably save those costs if we apply textured wallpaper (Raufasertapete) on the Q2 walls, right, or am I mistaken?
What other options are there? We have Q2 plaster. We know it’s not recommended to paint directly on this surface. However, our expectations for the finish are not very high. We are not fans of wallpaper, so eventually we just want to be able to paint on our own.
What exactly speaks against simply painting our Q2 walls? (Of course, we would sand and fill them beforehand.)
Thanks for your answers!
The drywall installers will be finished soon, and after the tilers, we can focus on painting and flooring work. Accordingly, we’ve requested a quote. Unfortunately, it is well above our budget (over 16,000€). The quote includes covering and masking work, priming, filling and sanding, and paint fleece.
We now want to skip the paint fleece, as a perfectly smooth surface is not that important to us and the cost is quite high. But even without this item, we are still looking at over 10,000€. The filling and sanding work is also quite expensive. We could probably save those costs if we apply textured wallpaper (Raufasertapete) on the Q2 walls, right, or am I mistaken?
What other options are there? We have Q2 plaster. We know it’s not recommended to paint directly on this surface. However, our expectations for the finish are not very high. We are not fans of wallpaper, so eventually we just want to be able to paint on our own.
What exactly speaks against simply painting our Q2 walls? (Of course, we would sand and fill them beforehand.)
Thanks for your answers!
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Neubau20229 Jun 2022 06:23ypg schrieb:
It's not a bungalow anyway...What does the price have to do with whether it’s a bungalow or not? I thought the dimensions (height, width, length) were more important in this context...
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Neubau20229 Jun 2022 07:50Tolentino schrieb:
Well, you definitely have one less ceiling...
The walls around the stairwell are more complicated to paint too, you need a strong mindset or have to climb around on a tall ladder. It's not easy, I can say from hard-earned experience. Yes, but does that justify doubling the price for the same or even smaller area? The primer costs us €0.70 per m² (0.1 ft²), while at the original poster's place it’s €1.99 per m² (0.1 ft²).
No, I addressed the fundamental question of what impact a bungalow versus a two-story house with a similar floor area has on additional or reduced costs for painting work.
Ceilings are generally more difficult to paint than walls...
The total height quoted to the questioner also seems rather high to me.
By the way, I have had very good experiences with painter’s fleece. After that, you can easily paint over it yourself.
Ceilings are generally more difficult to paint than walls...
The total height quoted to the questioner also seems rather high to me.
By the way, I have had very good experiences with painter’s fleece. After that, you can easily paint over it yourself.
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Mitleser1239 Jun 2022 08:24nordanneyX schrieb:
Just keep in mind that without painter’s fleece, you will likely develop some cracks in the walls over the next months or years. These are typical settlement cracks that can be concealed with painter’s fleece. Not a big deal, but don’t get upset about it. It can be minimal or appear throughout the walls.
I actually forgot to mention that.
We have been living here for almost half a year now, and some subtle cracks are already visible, but they don’t bother us at all since they’re out of direct sight. :p
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