Hallway and stairs - decorating!

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On Friday this is how my hallway and stairs looked. The walls were all artex'd and had been like this since we bought the house 6 years ago. We finally got around to sorting the hallway - the kitchen was our first job that we did a few years back.

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Friday morning I removed the radiator from the wall and binned it, ready for a replacement radiator. This is what was behind the rad, so the previous owners of the house clearly didn't take off the rad when decorating.
This is not blood either, it's so colour the wall once was I presume.

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Anyway Monday 9am our plasterer arrived and started work.
He was here from 9am till 5pm yesterday.
This was the progress on day1.

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The today he arrived at 9am, and by 4pm he was complete.

This is the outcome.
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Now need to wait a week or two for it to fully dry out, and once dry all the skirt boards needs sanding down and repainting, or maybe even replacing depending on how the condition is when I start to sand them, same with the banister on the stairs etc. Then it needs painting etc. Overall I'm happy with how it stands currently.

I have new light switches, new plug sockets, and new doors to all be installed once it's dried and has been painted and then finally a new carpet too.

Oh and new lights on the ceilings too.
 
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The wife wants a grey colour for the walls, not sure how dark etc yet. This is our new radiator I have ordered, it arrives next week.

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And the new light switches and sockets are all here ready to match the radiator.

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i've got the same colour dark grey column radiators that you're getting
i used brushed metal switches and dulux timeless (slightly off-white with a hint of yellow) for my walls and brilliant white for the ceilings

personally, i'm not sure if i could tolerate grey-on-grey for long lol
would recommend trying out online room colour visualisers before committing
 
I actually really liked that first pic (screamed retro in a good way), but I get the need to update!

Check the BTUs on the rad, the designer ones are typically really poor at doing what they're meant to (throw heat..).

Also grey is a terrible decoration fad.
 
Ace Modder said:
Anyway Monday 9am our plasterer arrived and started work.
He was here from 9am till 5pm yesterday.
This was the progress on day1.
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how did they prepare the artex surface before plastering - some kind of mechanical abrasion initially - wire brushes, something more manly.
 
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how much was the plasterer? I have artex covering my stairs/landing.

hate it so much I never even tried to paint it.
The place had an asbestos check and didn't flag the artex
 
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Yeah, the plan is light grey, very light I think. Don't want it dark.
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Funny thread to read regarding "Anthra****ingcite grey" :D

I would advise you not to layer greys as it'll look lifeless and monochrome.

Farrow and Ball Ammonite is a nice colour of you want a hint of grey and comes up like an off white grey (we have it throughout our hallway).
 
arknor said:
how much was the plasterer? I have artex covering my stairs/landing.

hate it so much I never even tried to paint it.
The place had an asbestos check and didn't flag the artex
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Same here. Hated it and never decorated. It cost me £850 all in for the plasterer to do his thing.

Rad was £100, as we are having a bigger radiator fitted we have got a plumber booked to come (date not set yet cos i want to paint first) but thats £150 to install new rad and lay new pipes etc under the floor.
New sockets/switches were £65
Paint, not bought yet, so don't know costs.
New doors were £60 each and there are 5 doors.
New light fittings - the wife hasn't decided which new fittings she wants, so no idea on the cost for them (2)
 
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dlockers said:
I actually really liked that first pic (screamed retro in a good way), but I get the need to update!

Check the BTUs on the rad, the designer ones are typically really poor at doing what they're meant to (throw heat..).

Also grey is a terrible decoration fad.
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Rad BTU is: 2542-3190

Honestly as it is hallways and stairs etc, it's not quite as important as a main room like living room, bedroom etc. As long as it takes the edge off any cold in winter thats fine by us.

Living room BTU rating is way more important for us.
 
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Usually just some pva will give it enough to stick to it.
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that would be on my list of questions if I contracted someone, loose layers of paint that had built up would be my plaster adherence concern
- there could be some particular machine that addresses issue
 
Ace Modder said:
Rad BTU is: 2542-3190

Honestly as it is hallways and stairs etc, it's not quite as important as a main room like living room, bedroom etc. As long as it takes the edge off any cold in winter thats fine by us.

Living room BTU rating is way more important for us.
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So was the rad 2542 or 3190? :p

Not always that simple either, was that BTU figure for a Delta 50 temp?

Hopefully it's not one of those designers rads that quote Delta 70, there's a few I've seen. Always better to oversize your rads by the right amount then you can run your boiler at a lower floor temp for better efficiency (lower return temp keeps it in condensing zone).
 
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jpaul said:
that would be on my list of questions if I contracted someone, loose layers of paint that had built up would be my plaster adherence concern
- there could be some particular machine that addresses issue
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He did pre-treat the walls with some gel-like substance before applying the new plaster. What exactly that was for or did I don't know.
 
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