How long to paint a 3 bed house for a DIY'er?

getmore4less

Think about taking all the doors off.

Make painting all the architrave easier.
You can also paint them separately away from your new flooring if you don't get them done in time, make the flooring fitters job easier as well.

If ripping up the laminate and refitting something else get it up and the skirting will be easier.

newbieFTB

Mojisola wrote: »

Plastering after decorating and putting down new carpets!

I'd rather live with the laminate, put up with the magnolia and save up for the ceilings.

Plaster dust gets absolutely everywhere and takes weeks to completely settle out of the air. Do you want your new carpets to be full of plaster dust?

If I didn't paint throughout plus have new carpets throughout I could easily afford to have the ceilings done, I think I could put up with hideous ceilings for longer than I could 90's laminate and magnolia though!

newbieFTB

getmore4less wrote: »

Think about taking all the doors off.

Make painting all the architrave easier.
You can also paint them separately away from your new flooring if you don't get them done in time, make the flooring fitters job easier as well.

If ripping up the laminate and refitting something else get it up and the skirting will be easier.

I thought hanging doors was a hard, time consuming (non-DIY) job, or is that hanging NEW doors rather than RE-hanging doors? If re-hanging doors is fairly simple then it makes sense to take them off to paint.

getmore4less

With the others on the ceiling won't happen if you don't do it first.

Probably best to plan painting them.

martinthebandit

newbieFTB wrote: »

If I didn't paint throughout plus have new carpets throughout I could easily afford to have the ceilings done, I think I could put up with hideous ceilings for longer than I could 90's laminate and magnolia though!

Plastering ceilings is a messy job, you'll almost certainly going to want to repaint again after the ceilings have been done.

Get all the ceilings done first then paint and carpet each room as you have the funds.

As my Dad used to say 'Do things right first time and you only have to do them once'

getmore4less

:money:

newbieFTB wrote: »

I thought hanging doors was a hard, time consuming (non-DIY) job, or is that hanging NEW doors rather than RE-hanging doors? If re-hanging doors is fairly simple then it makes sense to take them off to paint.

New is not so easy

You can get them off by pulling the pins or unscrewing the hinges

Just remember to mark where they go(top edge).

Depending on the new flooring you may need new doors or a trim anyway.

Mojisola

newbieFTB wrote: »

If I didn't paint throughout plus have new carpets throughout I could easily afford to have the ceilings done, I think I could put up with hideous ceilings for longer than I could 90's laminate and magnolia though!

martinthebandit wrote: »

Plastering ceilings is a messy job, you'll almost certainly going to want to repaint again after the ceilings have been done.

Get all the ceilings done first then paint and carpet each room as you have the funds.

As my Dad used to say 'Do things right first time and you only have to do them once'

It's not so much what you can put up with - it's doing thing right the first time.

As martin says - you'll probably want to paint again after the plastering and clean the carpets.

newbieFTB

getmore4less wrote: »

With the others on the ceiling won't happen if you don't do it first.

Probably best to plan painting them.

They're so 'detailed' I don't think it's even possible to paint them!

martinthebandit wrote: »

Plastering ceilings is a messy job, you'll almost certainly going to want to repaint again after the ceilings have been done.

Get all the ceilings done first then paint and carpet each room as you have the funds.

As my Dad used to say 'Do things right first time and you only have to do them once'

Could they not be done with ready made plasterboard (once I can afford it) so less messy?

getmore4less wrote: »

:money:

New is not so easy

You can get them off by pulling the pins or unscrewing the hinges

Just remember to mark where they go(top edge).

Depending on the new flooring you may need new doors or a trim anyway.

I could live with the doors so may leave this til last as it seems a week may be pushing it going by some of the later replies.

Mojisola wrote: »

It's not so much what you can put up with - it's doing thing right the first time.

As martin says - you'll probably want to paint again after the plastering and clean the carpets.

If I had a choice between leaving the ceiling as it is forever, and having lovely new walls and carpets I'd choose that every time. The pale laminate and magnolia just have to go! If that means never doing the ceilings due to the mess, I'd rather do that than pay to have the ceilings done and live with laminate/magnolia.

phill99

I run a property maintenance company and this is our stock in trade. On a house of this size, we would allow 1.5 days as an average per room. The stairs, hallway and a landing will take up to three days as you will probably have 7 doors to paint, a high ceiling to access plus balustrades and stringers. This allows to coats of white on the ceilings, 2 coats of colour on the walls, 2 coats of undercoat and one satin wood on the white woodwork. These are guys doing it all day, everyday who are quick and accurate at cutting in and know all of the tricks.


I would suggest that realistically as a good amateur, you will be over 2 weeks.

newbieFTB

phill99 wrote: »

I run a property maintenance company and this is our stock in trade. On a house of this size, we would allow 1.5 days as an average per room. The stairs, hallway and a landing will take up to three days as you will probably have 7 doors to paint, a high ceiling to access plus balustrades and stringers. This allows to coats of white on the ceilings, 2 coats of colour on the walls, 2 coats of undercoat and one satin wood on the white woodwork. These are guys doing it all day, everyday who are quick and accurate at cutting in and know all of the tricks.


I would suggest that realistically as a good amateur, you will be over 2 weeks.

Thanks phill99, that's really good to know - if a little disheartening!

Looks like I'll have to scrap the idea of doing the doors while the house is empty and maybe miss out one of the bedrooms - I can do both at my leisure once I'm moved in. As mentioned in previous posts I'm not doing the ceilings, from the comments given it looks like I'll just have to live with them (heavily artexed patterns) or go through the hassle of redecorating again once I've saved up.

Stair-wise will be easier than ballistrade stairs as it's an enclosed stairway which goes up the middle of the house with rooms either side so has solid walls either side with a handrail attached to the wall...