I’ve got a potential painter lined up to paint 2200 sq ft house. how long should I expect ( aprox) job to take?
he is painting ceilings, walls, wood return jambs on windows, plus a couple of built in book shelves and a bit of waniscoating in bath. no crown or base ( base will be seperate).
I think that covers it, but if I missed anything, let me know and I’ll fill in the blanks.
also, he is against spraying, says it has to be backrolled anyway. so he rolls. I thought you could simply spray. but since I am ignorant I have to go by what he says, and by what you painting pros might have to say. when it comes to spraying I get the impression that everyone seems to have there own opinion….seems like you got the ‘old school’ and the ‘new dogs’
EDIT: also..he seems to work mostly alone but also has help available. so how long would it roughly take if he’s alone vs w helper?
Edited 1/2/2006 1:14 pm ET by alrightythen
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Some questions - No doors, jambs, casing, baseboard, kitchen, bathroom, or laundry room cabinets, no exterior trim? Is he gonna spray lacquer on the bookcase? Latex throughout, or any alkyd (oil-based)? New construction, or repaint? If new, are the colors light or dark? If repaint, same color, or different color? Empty house with no floorcoverings, or carpet already installed, any furniture to move/protect?
I've seen a lot of guys spray without backrolling, I guess backrolling would give a little "tooth" to the finish. Depending on the size of his crew, and maybe the weather to a certain extent, I'd say probably a week, week and a half. You should ask him how long he figures, he probably has a better idea of how long its gonna take him. (I'm not a professional painter, just a handyman/remodeler/general contractor)
Edited 1/2/2006 1:32 pm by Huck
inside only, new house construction.will paint doors and door casings, cabinets will already be painted, latex thru out, MDF shelves will be sprayed, as well, I think he plans to spray casings and window and door trim work, all MDF.
Sounds pretty straightforward. But since he's alone, or with only one helper, I'd say figure a week.
ok I talked to him today... he says a week to paint the ceilings and walls with 2 helpers..another week to paint the trim. seems kinda long to me..but this is my 1st build so I'm not sure what the norm is.
Edited 1/2/2006 11:35 pm ET by alrightythen
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When I painted my house a year or so ago I used flat white "ceiling paint" for all ceilings. I had read ceiling paint is thicker and less likely to drip from the roller.For the walls I used a different color of white (it was called cool white) and I used "satin".For the doors and trim I used a third color (bright white) and I used
"semi gloss".This is a lot of extra work to paint this way (three colors in each room) and you have to have rollers, brushes, etc for each color.It would be easier & faster to paint everything the same color and use the same brushes and rollers etc however, I think it's a mistake to put flat paint on doors and trim.I recently bought "gloss" paint for the first time and used it on shelving boards and I think it's better for this than the other sheens of paint as it seems harder and more durable.Edited to say that the above refers to interior painting..++++++++++++++++
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Edited 1/3/2006 9:52 am by mrfixitusa