Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Mar 17, 2011 8:46 pm I hope cross posting isn't frowned upon, but I posted this in the building standards section and only got one response and so hoped to get more replies here: I just wanted to ask for opinions on what standard you expect the paint finish on your walls to be? Some time ago, before I had my Daughter, I was a spray painter (of cars, not houses). I know they are not the same thing, however I think I'm a pretty good judge of what is and isn't acceptable. Anyway, we recently visited our newly painted home (which is under construction) and I am absolutely disgusted with the quality of the finish on our walls. It looks extremely rough and textured, almost like render, in almost every room. I would say they have used a sleeve with a really long nap and applied far too much paint at once. There are lots of places where I can see very visible brush strokes and sanding scratches under the paint. There is foreign material in the paint, which I expect to a degree, but there are large areas where it looks and feels like they painted over sandpaper! I've painted rooms before in previous houses that I lived in and I did a much better job than these guys, and our building supervisor says they are the best painters he has I know the painters are yet to come in for touch ups before handover, however unless they are planning to sand back and reroll every wall in the house I doubt very much most of these walls will be fixed. I looked at a few nearby display houses to check the standard and none were as bad as our house. A few had some areas (one as much as 50%) that were almost as bad, one (a Watersun home) had one or two faults I picked up but the overwhelming majority of the paintwork was great quality. So, what do I and can I do about this? Do I just have to suck it up and accept it, or can I expect that it should be fixed? I walked the house and inspected every wall trying hard to be ok with it but it is honestly so bad on almost every single wall of the house that I just cannot live with it and I don't think that it's me being too picky. It is honestly the worst paint job I have ever seen, including all the houses I've seen painted by owners with no painting experience and the ones I have painted myself. I took some pictures, but I'm not sure how well they will convey exactly how bad the quality is: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Can anyone give me opinions, share experiences or information about this please? Re: Quality of painted walls 2Mar 18, 2011 7:23 am They do look a little rough, especially the top one. However it is a bit hard to tell. DO the painters have to put another coat on yet? or is that it? Give your builder a call and ask. Its the easiest solution. Re: Quality of painted walls 3Mar 23, 2011 12:05 pm Hi, Check out the Building Standards and Tolerances which is available at http://www.buildingcommission.com.au/resources/documents/S+T_GUIDE_07.pdf If you look at section 12 it relates to painting. It sounds like a defect to me. Michelle House - Lockup completed 23rd December 2011 - Painters are in!!! https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37261&start=0&hilit=Blaxland Render your bathroom walls, two opinions versus the one, makes you wonder. 3 6045 The spacing of the studs looks pretty large especially for a load bearing wall. 3 11106 Nope, only on the inside, I've literally has my ears to the brick outside and can't hear anything. I can sort of 'reset' the noise by pressing firmly on the studs. This… 10 11736 |