Lynny
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I've recently purchased a 3 bedroom flat which needs decorating throughout. I'd every intention of doing this myself, but with working up to 70 hours weeks I'm struggling! Is it worth paying a decorater, never used one before, just wondering rough idea of how much I'd be looking to pay? I have all the materials already. Just need 3 rooms painting, one wall papering? Should only take a professional a couple days surely?
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Ojc
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Just 3 bedrooms?
It's very hard to say a couple of days, if you are dealing with fresh plaster that doesnt need any filling rubbing down and all new woodwork then yes 2 days.
But if you need to make good then it could be 4 days, its easy to splash some paint around but it wont ever look finished.
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Ojc
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Fill, caulk, rub down walls/woodwork/ say a day
Ceilings 2 coats say half a day with a portable heater drying it out.
Walls roll, cut in another half day maybe more depending on size
Undercoat woodwork half a day maybe more depending on size of rooms
Gloss, day
3 1/2 days really.
Down here we charge £160 a day, but you being up north and people being desperate for work I'd say you would get someone for £100 a day
So, £350-400
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Ben J
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Tbh if ojc can do it in 3.5 days someone who knows what they are doing will be able to do it in 2.
[Edited on 24-01-2012 by Ben J]
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jungle
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depends on the day rate tbh i work out as £100 plus travelling costs then what ever materials afterwards so probs looking at £200-350
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Ben J
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Jungle & ojc to have a paint off to see who's best.
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jungle
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deal lol
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jungle
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can post up some recent work i've just completed? lol just for show and tell like lol
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Ojc
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben J
Tbh if ojc can do it in 3.5 days someone who knows what they are doing will be able to do it in 2.
[Edited on 24-01-2012 by Ben J]
3 at a push. You could cheat and do one coat which is just fucking pikey
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Chris F
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Fill, caulk, rub down walls/woodwork/ say a day
Ceilings 2 coats say half a day with a portable heater drying it out.
Walls roll, cut in another half day maybe more depending on size
Undercoat woodwork half a day maybe more depending on size of rooms
Gloss, day
3 1/2 days really.
Down here we charge £160 a day, but you being up north and people being desperate for work I'd say you would get someone for £100 a day
So, £350-400
Sounds about right, the painters we use are about that but they are the fucking bollox
[Edited on 24-01-2012 by Chris F]
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Chris F
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But on another not we as chippys do alot of the caulk, filling and knotting to help out!
I have seen all manors of shit work, i bet the one thing that pisses painters of is the arris left on door liners
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ash_corsa
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Just had a painter in, £100 for the day, did loads in a day and a tob job aswell, well impressed with the results. I supplied all paint.
Painting does my head in so im more than happy to pay someone else to do it especially as its a shit load better finish than i would have achieved.
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Chris F
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Better and much faster normally
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Chris F
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Better and much faster normally
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Ojc
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Chippys that caulk are my friends, saves loads of time.
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andys sxi
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Chippys that caulk are my friends, saves loads of time.
 we always do it, and not to hide that theres gaps  just finishes it off even more
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Chris F
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Hide the gaps
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Dave
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Chippys that caulk are my friends, saves loads of time.
I'm not your friend  It's called decorators caulk for a reason. Nails get punched, screws get countersunk, anything after that is your department 
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andys sxi
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quote:
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Chippys that caulk are my friends, saves loads of time.
I'm not your friend It's called decorators caulk for a reason. Nails get punched, screws get countersunk, anything after that is your department
oh i dont do that, its there job i just caulk the top
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jungle
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hate joiners filling and caulking and joiners with silicone i can actually kill! like cow's with guns.
and dont get me started on joiners who use brummer on redwood and other woods that are to be varnished! leave the painters prep to the painter
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Lynny
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Cheers guys, going to ring around. Its just the 4 rooms to paint, 4 walls to paper, everything else I'll do myself; all the gloss work etc. I'm lucky to get one day off a week and need it all doing before new carpets come week after next
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