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re: Painting large room with 22' ceilings
Posted on 8/24/23 at 9:47 pm to wickowick
Posted on 8/24/23 at 9:47 pm to wickowick
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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
Listen to these two gentlemen's advice.
You get a small scissor lift up to a 22' ceiling and it is going to sway every time you flinch.
If you are skittish about heights hire someone to paint that room/ceiling, then you paint the rest.
As Harry Callahan once said, "A man's got to know his limitations."
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Posted on 8/25/23 at 2:43 pm to tiggerfan02 2021
The swaying at 18 ft won't bother me that much I don't think. There is adequate railing around the lift. That alone makes me much more able to do it. I don't like ladders that high because there's nothing there to feel secure.
Update though. I got a quote from United Rentals in Winston for a 19 ft lift 2 day rental.
$830 delivered and picked up
$396 me picking up myself
Think if I do this, delivery is the way to go. Trailer rental and the hassle would be close to putting it near the $830. I don't have a trailer, much less one that can carry 3,000lbs.
Update though. I got a quote from United Rentals in Winston for a 19 ft lift 2 day rental.
$830 delivered and picked up
$396 me picking up myself
Think if I do this, delivery is the way to go. Trailer rental and the hassle would be close to putting it near the $830. I don't have a trailer, much less one that can carry 3,000lbs.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 2:57 pm to i am dan
Have you gotten an estimate yet? They're free and could help sway opinion either way
Posted on 8/25/23 at 3:10 pm to ApexHunterNetcode
Had a paint crew redo all our ceilings last year. I asked him about the walls and he threw out a $7,000...
I've already bought the paint (8 gallons) and some new supplies. Got it last weekend at the Sherwin Williams 40% off sale. That was close to $500. That's a lot of money I can save compared to paying even half of that estimate above.
I tried figuring it up real quick. I think it's about 1600-1700 sq ft of wall surfaces.
I may get for a more official quote.
I've already bought the paint (8 gallons) and some new supplies. Got it last weekend at the Sherwin Williams 40% off sale. That was close to $500. That's a lot of money I can save compared to paying even half of that estimate above.
I tried figuring it up real quick. I think it's about 1600-1700 sq ft of wall surfaces.
I may get for a more official quote.
This post was edited on 8/25/23 at 3:18 pm
Posted on 8/25/23 at 3:31 pm to i am dan
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he threw out a $7,000
GD! Might be worth another but I would be going down the same path you are
Posted on 8/25/23 at 3:48 pm to i am dan
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I can't bring myself to paying someone thousands of $$ to do it.
have you ever painted before? its probably gonna look like complete shite if you do it... although maybe people wont see it on 22' ceilings.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 6:56 pm to cgrand
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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
And leave a stranger in your house alone? I’ve only encountered a few painters who weren’t goofy from all those paint fumes.
Posted on 8/26/23 at 3:50 pm to diat150
Lol yeah, I've painted plenty. I'm pretty good at it.
Posted on 8/26/23 at 4:53 pm to i am dan
Scared of heights or not, you'll be way happier about working from a scissor lift vs. climbing up and down a tall ladder all day. Theyre easy to operate and when extended they move really slow so you dont have to worry about trying to maneuver it around and it going fast and swaying really bad.
Posted on 8/26/23 at 6:18 pm to i am dan
Sounds like a job for a spray gun. A shield or whatever they call the giant spatula in your left hand at the molding or ceiling corner and a quick spray. Gun would make really quick work of 22’ walls too.
Are you changing wall colors?
Are you changing wall colors?
Posted on 8/26/23 at 7:58 pm to East Coast Band
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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
I've seen Mexicans do that
Posted on 8/27/23 at 10:36 am to PerplenGold
Yeah, changing colors. Beige to a different beige.. lol
This post was edited on 8/27/23 at 10:37 am
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