Painters Quoted $3,600 to Spray Our House, So I Did It Myself! (DIY Home Renovation to Save $$$)

My wife and I recieved a quote from a painting contractor to prime the entire 1st floor (1500 sqft) of our house and paint the ceilings white. A couple days later a quote came in for $3,600. I ran over to Sherwin Williams and priced up how many gallons I would need to paint our house. Turns out we could tackle this project ourselves spending just over $1,200! We now plan to use that money on other future home renovation projects so stay tuned! If you enjoyed this video please LIKE, COMMENT and SUBSCRIBE!

[@BenRoth4]

Professional and very picky painter with over 19 years experience.

[@m.creekrenovations]

I am all for it! I appreciate the advice

[@TheClaireCal]

Back rolling makes perfect sense with what you said about texture !
Beautiful family room!!

[@m.creekrenovations]

Thank you 🙏 hope it turns out well

[@BenRoth4]

And honestly for the ceilings, as long as you're two-coating with a decent quality flat, you didn't even really need to prime. They tell you that for liability reasons (and paint sales), but two good coats of super paint flat would be 100% fine on the ceilings.

[@m.creekrenovations]

Thats good to know next time!

[@jacobmartinez6848]

Great video! Thanks for your help

[@m.creekrenovations]

No problem!

[@BenRoth4]

And you didn't really need to backroll the primer, but it doesn't hurt

[@m.creekrenovations]

Thanks Ben!

[@BenRoth4]

Those ceiling beams are going to bleed tannins

[@m.creekrenovations]

The plan is to wrap an actual wooden beam around the 2x6s

[@BenRoth4]

And $3600 to spray the house is "a steal", but would have probably ended up being a nightmare. Can't quite tell how big your house is, but if they're only quoting 3600, you would have gotten a terrible result likely.

[@m.creekrenovations]

Yeah, out of all the projects for the house I felt like I can tackle painting to try our best to save the money and put it elsewhere