Many clients want to do have both Soleil Floors – Flooring Professionals doing their floors and the painting projects at the same time.

So the question is, “what’s the best way to sequence those projects?”

There are advantages to laying Kahrs Engineered flooring first, and there are advantages to doing the painting first. I’ll give you both sides and then you can make an informed decision.

Let’s do the painting first.

The Advantages:

The painting contractor does not have to cover the floors, which saves time. With the time savings there can potentially be a cost savings as well. Some flooring is very delicate and hard to clean (click here for some of the best vacuuming advice for wooden floors), so painting first can leave less cleaning once the floor goes in.

The Disadvantages:

Removal of the old flooring can be dusty, and result in dust getting on newly painted walls. As well the installation of the new flooring can create dust as well, resulting in dust getting on the newly painted walls.

Some flooring material can be cumbersome to move around. Despite the flooring contractor being careful, sometimes the flooring material can mark walls, especially when they bring it around corners or up stairwells, etc.

When the flooring contractor is working with hardwood, or similar materials they need to install a shoe moulding or quarter round at the bottom of the baseboard. Most of the time the painter has to come back to paint these.

If a flooring contractor is sanding and revarnishing hardwood floors the sanders can nick the quarter round or shoe moulding. This means that the painter has to come for a return trip to touch up these pieces of trim.

In summary, if the painting is done first, count on the painter having to come back to do some touch ups after the flooring contractor is done. For most projects we would need less than a day to do these touch ups.

What happens if the flooring is done first?

The advantages:

The painter can do the project from start to finish, there are no return trips for touch ups.

The area can be dusted and cleaned for painting, so that newly painted walls don’t get dirty

The disadvantages:

If you’ve just secured one of the great deals on vinyl flooring, you’re going to want to make sure it is properly protected. To protect the new flooring will take a lot of time and effort. For hard surfaces such as hardwood, laminate and tile we use tape and kraft paper to ensure that the surface is properly protected. This can add 1 to 3 hours of labour depending on the size of the room.

In summary, I generally recommend that we paint after flooring so that newly painted ceilings, walls and trim stay clean and beautiful. If we have to paint before the flooring is done, I like to plan on doing some touch ups after the flooring goes in so that your paint job looks as good as your new floors!

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