Staircase and stairwell painting in Mesty Croft, Wednesbury. Spindles, handrails, strings and high stairwell walls painted cleanly and safely.
The staircase is the most fiddly room in a house to decorate, and it is the one everyone walks through. In Mesty Croft most houses have a straight flight with painted spindles. The stairwell wall runs up two storeys. That is exactly why so many are left until last.
Spindles take the time. Each one is sanded, filled where it is chipped, and painted on every face, with drips caught before they set. A staircase in Mesty Croft often has several decades of gloss on the spindles. Where the layers have built up, it is worth taking some back so the detail on the turning shows again.
The stairwell needs safe access. A proper stair ladder or platform is set up so the high walls and ceiling can be reached without leaning off a stepladder. Handrails are painted or finished in a hard-wearing coat, because they are the most handled surface in the house.
If the stair carpet is staying, it is protected rather than risked. If it is coming out, the strings and treads can be finished before the new one goes down. Flaking paint, damp patches that keep coming back, or cracks that reopen are worth looking at before anything new goes over them.
Usually two to three days for the stairs, landing and stairwell walls together.
Yes, with care. We paint in sections so there is always a way up and down.
Either works. Painted to match the spindles is common; a natural wood rail looks smart too.
Yes, after sanding and a primer that bonds to varnish.
Usually, since it is part of the same space and the same access.
Mesty Croft, Wednesbury and nearby.
The number of spindles, the height of the stairwell walls and the amount of old gloss to take back. Painting the stairwell as well adds time but saves paying for the access twice.
Sanded, filled and painted on all faces, with drips caught.
So the turned detail on the spindles shows again.
A stair ladder or platform for the high stairwell walls.
For the surface everyone touches every day.
Or the strings and treads finished before a new carpet goes down.
Clean edges where the wall meets the string and the ceiling.
A photo from the hall looking up the stairwell, and one from the landing. Tell us if the walls need decorating as well. The height of the stairwell decides the access we bring.
Send a photo or a quick video of the room on WhatsApp. Or ask for a free fixed quote with no obligation. We will tell you straight what it needs.