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Painting haybarns

  • 17-06-2026 10:38PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43


    I need to get my haybarns painted werent done for years and also want to do them before i put up solar panels.anyone know a decent crowd or has any good expierience of a crew they had and had good results.cork area



Comments

  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 5,117 Mod ✭✭✭✭Siamsa Sessions


    Could you ask in the local co-op or agri merchant? Or maybe ask wherever you're getting the paint?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,538 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    Difficult to get shed painters who are insured properly and operate safely. That's before you consider the quality.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭have2flushtwice


    Same boat here.

    I'd nearly buy the gear and do it myself.

    Skylights sprayed over by the last lad are one of the risks on roofs.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,953 ✭✭✭enricoh


    Brother in law got traveller fellas n said they were ok. I got them as a result n they were a disaster- never again.

    Changed a few skylights myself and a mate n it was the best few quid I spent. Was glad when I finished them n no accidents tho



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 611 ✭✭✭RockOrBog


    I saw an ethnic chnic minority like lad lately painting a shed roof with a spray gun, he was strolling up and down a 45 degree pitch and a pair of wellies on him, he was like the cat. Unreal I gotta say



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭have2flushtwice


    Watching the world cup, some lads rolling around the ground like they fell off a roof, then sprinting 2 mins later.

    Them are the hardy bucks ya want.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 Country life


    Getting that impression as a friend said to me hed leave his rot before putting someone up on them..

    Thanks for the replys.i say the paint would be diluted by some of them..



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,944 ✭✭✭GrasstoMilk


    where are you based ? I know a reputable guy in Wexford



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 611 ✭✭✭RockOrBog


    The neighbour had his shed painted lately, it's a very strange colour. Tarmac coloured paint, it was in a big barrell, a lad with a pickup and a compressor sprayed it in no time. Dodgy lookin mister.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 Country life


    Plenty of them around!



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 671 ✭✭✭Danny healy ray


    is there any handy spray gun a lad could buy to speed up painting a shed there is an air compresser on most farms now days i know lads use a sweeping brush and last it on hard enough to keep a bucket of paint from sliding off at times



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,538 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    Scrolling through TikTok and seen 'flynn painting' has a channel there. Based in Tipp.

    Would anyone know about him



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭have2flushtwice


    I saw a dewalt sprayer yesterday. 2 ft lance. No battery. About 350

    Didn't have time to look at it properly but it's probably online too.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 611 ✭✭✭RockOrBog


    I see more of the same kind arrived up yesterday at the same neighbour trying to sell stuff, big Elvis heads on them in a brand new transit. The divil roast him for drawing them around the place, he's doing nobody any favours



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,872 ✭✭✭✭wrangler


    Castle Paints in tullamore sell very good paint we use their products on the house and sheds, my shed painters daughter manages Castle Paints and he always gets us discount on the paints, I've never had a bad job done on sheds



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭anfieldrd


    Have used flynns before, couldn't fault them. Have a reputable business going.



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