Doing a little home maintenance or even remodeling a room or two? Changing things up a bit can always be a fun endeavor.
And while overall, there is no right or wrong way to approach the task at hand, there are a few tricks of the trade that can help you accomplish your task in an easier and maybe even cleaner manner.
One of the most common questions people have when doing a little home maintenance is, “Should painting or flooring come first?” Great question. And at first, it seems like a fairly easy question to answer, but according to experts, the right answer actually depends on the situation.
If you paint your room before you install your new flooring, you’ll avoid the hassle of paint drips or spills from landing on and potentially staining your floor. You’ll also avoid ladder scuffs and other hazards from marring your brand new floor.
Yet if you paint first, the baseboards can be damaged during floor installation, which means you’ll have touch up work to do once the flooring is complete.
If you install flooring before you paint, you’ll have a solid base to work on, which is especially important in a room like your kitchen. Hardwood floors require sanding and buffing when installed, will will cause dust to accumulate on just about everything.
Also, installation almost always creates scuff marks on baseboards, and its easy to splatter the polyurethane coating to the baseboards and even lower wallboards. And if you have islands, cabinetry and countertops to install, having the floor as a base is mandatory.
Overall it depends on the type of flooring you will have installed, and the preference of the contractor you are using. It’s a general preference – as long as you use reputable contractors for every step of your project, you’ll have an outcome you can be proud of well into the future.
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