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Painting large room with 22' ceilings
Posted on 8/24/23 at 10:57 am
Posted on 8/24/23 at 10:57 am
I'm wanting to repaint pretty much our whole downstairs myself. I can't bring myself to paying someone thousands of $$ to do it. We're in the middle of a total kitchen renovation, and I'm already spending the crap out of money on that...
The only issue is our great room has a 22' ceiling, and I'm honestly really afraid of heights.. yes, even that especially climbing up and down a little giant ladder.
I was thinking I could either rent some scaffolding or rent a small scissor lift for a day or two. Anyone ever use a lift in their house? The flooring in the downstairs is all being replaced, and it's a slab house. Shouldn't damage anything I guess.
Something like this. I think it costs about $150/day. Would make getting the high areas much easier. Don't think my fear of heights would be bad on that either.
United Rental link
The only issue is our great room has a 22' ceiling, and I'm honestly really afraid of heights.. yes, even that especially climbing up and down a little giant ladder.
I was thinking I could either rent some scaffolding or rent a small scissor lift for a day or two. Anyone ever use a lift in their house? The flooring in the downstairs is all being replaced, and it's a slab house. Shouldn't damage anything I guess.
Something like this. I think it costs about $150/day. Would make getting the high areas much easier. Don't think my fear of heights would be bad on that either.
United Rental link
This post was edited on 8/24/23 at 11:01 am
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Posted on 8/24/23 at 11:00 am to i am dan
You answered your own question with the lift. I can’t make you not afraid of height though. But it sounds like you can’t be both afraid of heights and paint your ceilings.
Posted on 8/24/23 at 11:00 am to i am dan
That lift is the ticket. They make small ones that go through doors. Just make sure you can maneuver it. Also will likely have to build a ramp to get it over your threshold. But a weekend with one of those should do the trick.
Posted on 8/24/23 at 11:01 am to Art Vandelay
That's what I was saying.. don't think being up on this would bother me. Plus don't wanna climb a 20ft ladder 50 times.
Posted on 8/24/23 at 11:01 am to poochie
Yeah, will have to build a couple of small ramps to get it in there.
Posted on 8/24/23 at 11:40 am to i am dan
A lift like that is heavier than you might think. You’ll have to be careful not to damage flooring.
Nevermind, I see you’re replacing flooring anyway.
Nevermind, I see you’re replacing flooring anyway.
This post was edited on 8/24/23 at 11:41 am
Posted on 8/24/23 at 12:19 pm to i am dan
have you ever used a scissor lift? If you are afraid of heights, that lift may not be to your liking.
Posted on 8/24/23 at 2:12 pm to notbilly
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have you ever used a scissor lift? If you are afraid of heights, that lift may not be to your liking.
That high up and moving around will pucker your butt in that lift if you are scared of heights
Posted on 8/24/23 at 2:24 pm to wickowick
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That high up and moving around will pucker your butt in that lift if you are scared of heights
It’s a very unnerving feeling for sure, scared or not. You can lower it to move. Might cost you time but still better than climbing ladder
Posted on 8/24/23 at 2:27 pm to wickowick
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That high up and moving around will pucker your butt in that lift if you are scared of heights
I wouldn't be moving it while it was extended. That's not a good thing to do. Guessing there some warning stickers stating that on the equipment. I'm in occupational health and safety. We had two people almost die doing that on the job. Fell over. One was crippled for life. It was a larger lift though.
This post was edited on 8/24/23 at 2:29 pm
Posted on 8/24/23 at 2:42 pm to i am dan
Looks like you're limited to the lift or getting one of those 24' telescopic poles. The poles would help get the walls painted, but probably will need to scale a ladder a few hundred times to cut it around the crown/ceiling
Posted on 8/24/23 at 3:08 pm to Weekend Warrior79
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to cut it around the crown/ceiling
Yeah, that's the whole issue. I'm going to paint up to about 2-3 ft from the ceiling, rent a lift for 24 hours, finish up to the ceiling.
Just called United Rentals. A 2 day rental and them delivering and picking up is $830. Not too bad I guess when you factor in not having to rent a trailer. I don't have a trailer to carry 3,000 lbs.
Seems about $200 for just the rental. So one day rental delivered will be around $630. Worth it I think.
I bet a paint crew would quote me around $4,000 or more for the work. I'll save a decent amount.
This post was edited on 8/24/23 at 3:09 pm
Posted on 8/24/23 at 3:09 pm to i am dan
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I'm wanting to repaint pretty much our whole downstairs myself.
T's & P's
Posted on 8/24/23 at 4:59 pm to Bronson2017
curious how big is the room and are you painting ceilings, walls and trim in there?
Posted on 8/24/23 at 5:25 pm to i am dan
1) get some estimates and hire a painter
2) book a weekend out of town for you and the wife
3) have fun on that weekend
4) come home to a freshly painted living room
2) book a weekend out of town for you and the wife
3) have fun on that weekend
4) come home to a freshly painted living room
Posted on 8/24/23 at 7:08 pm to i am dan
2 things to consider. Can the lift fit through your doorway and can your floors support then weight if the lift?
Posted on 8/24/23 at 7:37 pm to bee Rye
12 ft platform ladder with extended roller.
dont have 20 something foot ceilings but that's how I did my tall ceilings.
dont have 20 something foot ceilings but that's how I did my tall ceilings.
Posted on 8/24/23 at 8:09 pm to wickowick
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That high up and moving around will pucker your butt in that lift if you are scared of heights
This. Op you have enough money to afford a house with 22 fricking foot ceilings and you are doing a kitchen remodel, plus you hate heights. I’m all about DIY but you are going to hate this.
How many walls do you have that are 22ft? I would absolutely call around and get some quotes first.
Cutting in at the ceiling is going to pucker your a hole on that lift. You will need to be 17ft high or more.
This post was edited on 8/24/23 at 8:11 pm
Posted on 8/24/23 at 8:24 pm to baldona
I did the same thing with 22' ceilings a few years ago. I rented a normal ladder that was 18'. It did the trick. The difficulty was transporting it from the rental place without use of a trailer 
This post was edited on 8/24/23 at 8:26 pm
Posted on 8/24/23 at 8:53 pm to i am dan
We painted the walls in a 2 floor room , but not the ceiling.
We used a long extension ladder and one of us stayed at the base at all times.
A little unnerving, but we did it ok
We used a long extension ladder and one of us stayed at the base at all times.
A little unnerving, but we did it ok
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