Thread: My last time, I hope

Good luck with that... its the one part of building/upkeep on a house that I truly hate and will happily pay someone to do (though when push comes to shove I always end up with a brush in hand)

Just take it easy at those heights!!

I actually dn't mind painting. I find it can be quite relaxing, believe it or not!!

My older brother taught me how to go about things 30 odd years ago and that
made life much easier. It's just the height and the plank that gets to me abit.

This place is about 2.5M off the ground at the back and about 600mm at the front.
Previously owned places were a much more amenable height and I was a bit younger.!!

I need scaffolding to paint mine......not going to happen!!

I am about to have my place painted. I no longer risk my neck up a ladder on a double storey house - the cost of professionals is far less than the potential cost of a fall.
I had a fall from a ladder about 15 months ago. I was only 3 steps up but came down and broke my collarbone and had a small bleed on the brain - lesson learned.
My doctor says that anyone over 50 should not be on a ladder and that the best place for a ladder is on the nature strip for hard rubbish collection.

I'm with you guys re going up ladders and standing on planks,let the young guys do that,that said I don't mind painting in fact just finished painting our rendered house--95 litres and many days on weekends it had not been painted before just finished with acrylic render (2002) so needed two coats
Must say if you don't mind it looks great

I know what you mean about painting being relaxing. Once the prep is done, the applying the paint is an easy, repetitive task that lets you think about other things while you do it.
I painted the rear of my (rented) place as something to do, but declined the offer to do the rest as it's a ladder job. I might do it if they offered to provide scaffolding.

Originally Posted by artme

I actually dn't mind painting. I find it can be quite relaxing, believe it or not!!......

I feel the same way when it comes to painting.

I hate painting, boring, messy work, you can have it.

Used to have a young Irish chap working for us as a painter. Very good and super quick. On large, boring jobs he would go to the end of the wall and paint a seductive young thing in a "come hither" pose. He then spent the rest of his time getting to her as quickly as he could.

Well I have been working at the front of the house where there are a few ins and outs with the profile.

It has been tedious because of ladder and pank moving and a number of angles. The worst part has been the eaves.
They have literally been a pain in the neck!!! But they are finished.

I will finish the walls tomorrow.

The front deck that I so assiduously scrubbed has been sanded back to original timber and I will oil that over the weekend.

The sanding was done with Pferd Sanding discs using a 100mm Makita angle grinder. Tedious to say the least BUT ... I am in
awe of the Makita! Tough is hardly a worthy description! I will never doubt this brand for durability.

Ah, yes, I enjoy painting too. We downsized about 20 months ago and have had a fair bit of work done with new driveway, carport, rendering and - of course - workshop )

I have fully painted all the rendered external walls and then eaves and then fascias last week when the guttering was pulled off for new gutters. "Can I go along behind you and paint the fascias after you pull them off?" "Yeah, sure. Why don't I finish early today then and come back tomorrow to install the new gutters? Then you have time to do 2 coats. And then you can use all the scaffolding too." YESSSSSSS!

Painting is therapeutic for me especially with a desk job. And the finished job is so. damn. good

Jane

Actually, I don't mind painting either - once the prep work is done. I think maybe I just like seeing the change from old to new occurring.

Anyway, my Doctor says no-one over the age of 60 should ever be up a ladder. Since I carry a few injuries, For me it's more like no-one over the age of 55.

Just paid $4400 for scaffold to make that a reality. A lot of money but I'm still in one piece.

Cheers
Arron

Just for those who worry about working on ladders and do not have scaffolds, here are two blocks working on cladding the side of a building. While I am not sure of the drop below where they are, at the end of the platform it would be greater than 2 metres.

Arthur

I'm with you on never painting again.

I have just spent well over 12 months gradually stripping the weather boards back to bare timber (many many layers of paint including lead based) and I now have the primer undercoat on. I am on the downhill run!

Regards
Paul