When it comes to refreshing a room and giving it a full make-over, you might looking to update your walls as well as your floor. The question that’s often asked is should you fit a new carpet first or paint?
The easiest and most obvious answer is that you should paint your walls before fitting a carpet or laying a floor.
If you’re painting your walls yourself and you’re not a pro, you’ll not want to get any paint on your new carpet or flooring. You can use dust sheets and cover the floors as best as you can, but depending on your skill level, accidents can happen, and it’s not something you’d want to do.
You can however paint after your flooring has been fitted, but you’d need to be absolutely confident in not getting paint on the floor, or hire a professional painter and decorator who should definitely be able to do the same.
Fitting Carpet Before Painting
As already mentioned, if you fit a carpet before painting then there’s a risk of getting paint on your new carpet. You should do your best to cover the floor entirely, and be careful not to get paint on the floor.
A good idea would be to paint first, but there are risks to that too.
Fitting Carpet After Painting
If you speak to a professional painter and decorator, they may advise you to get your floor done first before painting. This is because getting a new floor can be messy, depending on what type of covering you’re getting.
If it’s wood, there could be sawdust or other particles that could cause blemishes to your new paintwork, leading to it needing to be re-touched.
Since they are professionals, they should not get any paint on the new floor, and have enough protection to ensure that this doesn’t happen.
Other Things To Take Into Consideration
You also have to take into consideration things like skirting boards, beading and other factors. If you fit flooring first, there is less chance of needing touch-ups and returning to paint any trim or other things.
You’ll want to cosider colour schemes too. Take into consideration the colour of your carpet or flooring, and you can patch test your walls to see what colours work best with your new floor covering.
Verdict
Many people suggest that you should paint before getting your new flooring, usually because a lot of people like to paint themselves and are capable of doing so, but need a professional to fit their floor. If you’re going the DIY route for painting, it’s usually easier to paint first and get the floor done after.
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