Re-Decorating Best Order For Work

brian076

We plan on doing some much needed decorating to our house in the coming months and I'm just wondering if anyone can suggest the best way to go about it as we can't seem to get our head around the order in which the jobs should be done. Ideally we'd like to do as much as possible in one go but at the same time we don't want to end up in a building site.

Listed below are the jobs that we plan to do.

Kitchen: Remove floor tiles and replace with new ones. Paint Walls.
Hall: Remove laminate floor and replace with same tiles as kitchen.
Living/Dining Room: Remove laminate floor and either replace with new wooden floors or have existing floor boards sanded and stained. Paint walls and ceiling. Some of the walls are quite rough so we may need to have them skimmed.
Bedrooms: Remove wood chip paper from 3 bedrooms and re paint. Remove laminate floors and replace with carpets.

Stairs&Landing Re paint and remove dado rails from walls. New carpet.
Bathroom: Replace bath with shower unit and re-tile.

We also plan on replacing the skirting boards in most rooms as they're in a bad state, but I assume they'd have to be removed anyway when tiling.

I think our main query is; should we remove the tiles and flooring and then do the painting before putting down new tiles or sanding the floorboards or should we do the painting first and then do the floors?

volono

hi o.p. quite a lot of work there t.b.h. my advice would be to get the bathroom done first.
Should take no more than a week at best. have u got any quotes yet? 5000 euro is around the price being quoted , that's ridiculous i.m.o. , shop around , buy your own tiles and adhesive go with word of mouth etc. , etc.
NEXT do the tiles in kitchen and hall , now this is messy, all tiles have to be removed (kango'ed up) can go easy or difficult. Floor levelling compound will have to be spread then the tiles laid. Again allow a week at the very, very best, whoever is doing the bathroom will probably be doing this and will have to do it in sections depending on size so as to allow you access to kitchen etc. at night. Get them to pull out the skirting while they're at it , others might not agree but you can replace these later and they can be fitted and ''sit on top'' of the tiles around the walls of the kitchen and hall.
Re the rest its handy enough remove wallpaper and fill all walls ready for paint.
Re front room get it skimmed first then sand it ,messy dusty job but will look better than putting a floor down i.m.o. , after that get a carpenter in to replace all skirting and lay floors 2 days I'd say just be sure u remove all skirting and floors the day before they arrive. This will only take afew hours for a couple of men.
After all this its ready for painting and depending on the skirting you get as in will it have to be painted / varnished it'll take a week to paint it . Lovely job to get and I'd imagine if you get the right person for the bathroom and tiling downstairs they'll have friends in the trade for the rest re carpenter for sanding, skirtings and floor laying and a painter best of luck with it all

brian076

Thanks for the reply, much appreciated. I wouldn't have thought of doing the bathroom first, but that makes sense.

It is a lot of work but it's long overdue. We don't have a fortune to spend, and we're probably going to be selling the house in the next couple of years, so anything we do, we want it either to add value to the house or make it more attractive to potential buyers. In the meantime however we also want a bit more comfort while we're living there.

Poulgorm

Make sure that the tiles you use in the bathroom floor have a slightly coarse texture - to avoid nasty falls on the wet floor.

The slightest texture will do - too coarse and they are difficult to clean