Painting High Ceilings Above Stairs

Tips on painting over a staircase.

Painting high ceilings above stairs.

One thing that i had a tough time getting to though was the hallway ceiling above the stairs. The higher you. Painting a ceiling can be challenging even for an experienced painter. To construct a scaffold you will need ladders on the floor above and the floor below the stairs you will be painting.

A 16 foot ladder will reach a two story ceiling but higher work may require 20 or 24 feet. Painting a stairwell with a high ceiling can seem like a daunting task particularly for new homeowners. How to paint a high ceiling over stairs. Tips for painting tall ceiling stairwells.

Preparing the painting area correctly and using. And four years later i m still looking at a single yellowed ceiling and wishing i d completed my project. One of the reasons we decided to paint our stairwell white was so it would be the same color as the ceiling. The home mender dustin luby shows us how to paint those hard to reach places at the top of a stairwell.

To reach stairwell ceilings for painting projects and other work use an extension ladder as shown here. The traditional way of painting a stair hallway wall all is to use a ladder at the longest length a pair of steps on the shortest length and a scaffold board or. The ceiling and walls over your staircase are the most awkward surfaces to paint in your home not to mention the most potentially dangerous. A step ladder is the most stable option and should be able to fit on the floor at the top of your stairs.

We have a bi level high ranch stairwell with 1 set going up and one down. One of the most off putting things about painting stair hallways is the large stair wall that you need to paint. 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. While every other square inch of ceiling was painted white this was the only spot in the house i didn t take the opportunity to get to.

You usually need more than just a pair of steps or a single ladder. Set it on a stair tread and lean it against the stairwell wall. Click the links below to see inside dustin s.