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Plastering, painting, new floor, new radiators: In which order?

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.51 PM

Hi I am looking to refurbish my 3 storey house internally and to have the following works done. My plan is to find good individual tradesmen for the various parts of the job rather than giving the entire job to a general builder. I am wondering what the best way of staging these works is and in which order the tradesmen should come in. Is the following order correct? Also, is the below choice of tradesmen correct? 1. Remove the old radiators in each room and replacing them with new ones of the same size and keep them in the same location as the old ones. (Plumber) 2. Remove old skirting board in all rooms. (Labourer) 3. Remove wall paper across 3 storey staircase and make good walls with easy EasiFill. Some chance that EasiFill will not be sufficient and that re-plastering will be required. (Plasterer or Decorator) 4. Remove the old wooden flooring in all rooms (except kitchen and bathroom) and in 3 storey staircase (Labourer) 5. Remove old balustrades in 3 storey staircase (Joiner/Carpenter) 6. Install new balustrades (Joiner/Carpenter) 7. Install new wooden flooring across all rooms (except kitchen and bathroom) and also across the 3 storey staircase (Floorer) 8. Paint newly fixed/plastered walls in staircase (Painter/Decorator) 9. Install new skirting boards (Joiner/Carpenter) +++++ Update +++++ I should add that I am really not looking to give the entire job to a general builder, hence the (still unanswered) question on the right order of the jobs. 2 reasons: I'd like to do this project in smaller individual stages because my family will continue to live in the house while works are ongoing. Can't really do this as one big job with a large number of builders running around at the same time. I also would like to have transparency on the labour cost for each trade and my previous experience with general builders is that they just give a package price and don't break it down transparently. Thanks!

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2 Answers

j ward joint sealing specialists ltd

Rating: 5 out of 5

Reading

Personally your best bet would be to employe a general builder looks myself who have all trades working for them. The reason for this is that the works can stay on track as the builder will organise trades. If you use separate trades and you have to contact them it could back and bite you because the build WILL take longer because of organisation also where would the blame lie if something went wrong, every one could potentially pass the buck, at least with a builder in charge the buck stops at him, no delays to any works would then happen. Also you have down a list of jobs, to be honest you do not need a carpenter to remove a staircase an experienced labourer can do this same as removing wallpaper and flooring again a multi skilled trades person.

Answered21 January 2023

Ama Partners construction ltd

Rating: 5 out of 5

Stroud

employ a general builder contractor and they will manage it through out and hand the key when complete. 3 bed complete refurb with new electrics and plumbing bathroom and kitchen, without any Structal works 12 / 14 weeks job

Answered26 January 2023