Painting High Ceilings Above Stairs

Tips for painting tall ceiling stairwells.

Painting high ceilings above stairs. One of the most off putting things about painting stair hallways is the large stair wall that you need to paint. The ceiling and walls over your staircase are the most awkward surfaces to paint in your home not to mention the most potentially dangerous. 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 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. Painting a ceiling can be challenging even for an experienced painter. Painting a stairwell with a high ceiling can seem like a daunting task particularly for new homeowners. 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.

One thing that i had a tough time getting to though was the hallway ceiling above the stairs. How to paint a high ceiling over stairs. To construct a scaffold you will need ladders on the floor above and the floor below the stairs you will be painting. One of the reasons we decided to paint our stairwell white was so it would be the same color as the ceiling.

We have a bi level high ranch stairwell with 1 set going up and one down. There is no easy way to trim where the wall meets the ceiling when it was that high up at least not without renting scaffolding so by painting the wall and ceiling the same color you don t need to be quite so careful with your. And four years later i m still looking at a single yellowed ceiling and wishing i d completed my project. You usually need more than just a pair of steps or a single ladder.

A step ladder is the most stable option and should be able to fit on the floor at the top of your stairs. Click the links below to see inside dustin s. Set it on a stair tread and lean it against the stairwell wall. Now hopefully i can paint with relative ease and safety.

Tips on painting over a staircase. Preparing the painting area correctly and using. 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.