March 28, 20224 yr New build in progress. Looking ahead Qu: In what order/sequence is it helpful to do the following: Kitchen installation Flooring (probably luxury vinyl tiles) Painting/decorating (2 mist coats sprayed by us, finished by professional)
March 28, 20224 yr If you make a mess of the paint spraying, you'll end up not saving anything as they ( the professional painters ) will have to rub that all back and make good. How confident ( competent ) do you feel you are with that? Painting, mist coat Kitchen goes in, less plinths and cornices LVT goes down, minimum amount only eg waste of time going under the units.
March 28, 20224 yr 1 hour ago, Nickfromwales said: If you make a mess of the paint spraying, you'll end up not saving anything as they ( the professional painters ) will have to rub that all back and make good. How confident ( competent ) do you feel you are with that? Painting, mist coat Kitchen goes in, less plinths and cornices LVT goes down, minimum amount only eg waste of time going under the units. probably not so bad with LVT but in our last house (new build by a mass builder) we had tiles which were obviously laid after the kitchen went in and when I had to get the dishwasher out from under the worktop I couldn't do it as the tiles were so high the feet would retract enough to get the dishwasher out! ever since then I have decided that I will take the extra cost hit and tile under the units.
March 28, 20224 yr Author 16 minutes ago, Thorfun said: when I had to get the dishwasher out from under the worktop I couldn't do it Good tip. Perhaps we need to put some shim under the unit feet if they go in before floor covering
March 28, 20224 yr LVT down skirtings mist kitchen final painting. flooring down- nice easy surface, no cutting around haffits etc. skirtings, primed varnished etc mist coat, less mess when kitchen is in. fit kitchen finish paining and use.
March 28, 20224 yr 24 minutes ago, TonyT said: LVT down skirtings And if you ever want to change the LVT, with that down first then skirts, you have a real pig of a job on your hands downstream . 25 minutes ago, TonyT said: mist kitchen final painting. And a lot of downstream trades / risk to the floor. 1 hour ago, Thorfun said: we had tiles which were obviously laid after the kitchen went in and when I had to get the dishwasher out from under the worktop I couldn't do it as the tiles were so high the feet would retract enough to get the dishwasher out! ever since then I have decided that I will take the extra cost hit and tile under the units. I should have added that sorry. LVT / other floor covering ( as applicable ) into the voids where appliances go. Still pointless going under all the units and sending good money into the darkness never to be seen again. That money can go towards paying for the paint
March 28, 20224 yr 28 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said: I should have added that sorry. LVT / other floor covering ( as applicable ) into the voids where appliances go. Still pointless going under all the units and sending good money into the darkness never to be seen again. That money can go towards paying for the paint now that makes more sense. 🙂
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