Painting High Ceilings In Stairwells

Since we were painting the house with colors from this color scheme with the most amazing neutrals i knew i needed up get rid of the tan color that was there though.

Painting high ceilings in stairwells. Click the links below to see inside dustin s. There is no easy way to trim where the wall meets the ceiling when it was that high up at least not without renting scaffolding so by painting the wall and ceiling the same color you don t need to be quite so careful with your. I duct taped my paint brush to get into the edges but i didn t know how to edge for the ceiling paint job which will be coming up. An extension roller is a paint roller with a long handle that will allow you to reach your high ceiling.

Preparing the painting area correctly and using. The home mender dustin luby shows us how to paint those hard to reach places at the top of a stairwell. On this page are a few tips and techniques for working in stairwells and building quick improvised scaffolding with dimension lumber. Alternatively you can buy a stair leveler which is a small platform that fits onto your stairs so you can prop your.

If you don t have access to a ladder or if the only ladder you have is too short there are some tricks you can use to get the new paint all the way up to the ceiling. If you need to paint high walls and ceilings in a stairwell or a great room you ll need to use an extension ladder and maybe build scaffolding to reach some of the farthest points. Ladder hacks for painting on stairs and high narrow corridors. Now hopefully i can paint with relative ease and safety.

How to paint walls and ceilings in a tight narrow stairwell. I have a 2 ft square section that i can t reach with the 10 ft. Tips for painting tall ceiling stairwells. However painting high walls can be a challenge.

High ceilings give a room a sense of spaciousness and grandeur that may belie its actual square footage. However the original paint color was flat and the patch paint was eggshell. There didn t seem to be any easy way to do it. The ceiling in the stairwell was so high though and i was terrified of getting on a ladder on top of the stairs.

One of the reasons we decided to paint our stairwell white was so it would be the same color as the ceiling. Painting a stairwell with a high ceiling can seem like a daunting task particularly for new homeowners.