DIY Painting and Decorating versus Hiring a London Painter and Decorator

If you live in or near London and you want to do home décor, you have the options of hiring a painter and a decorator and DIY (do-it-yourself) painting and decorating. DIY painting and decorating is advantageous in that you save money, but hiring a pro has more advantages. If the painting and decorating is for your bathroom, consider hiring a bathroom specialist. It is important that you know what to expect from a bathroom specialist if you are in London, as this will help you get the best possible specialist. Different specialists offer different services, but ensure that your specialist offers design, plumbing, and drainage, 1^st and 2^nd fix plumbing, plastering and rendering, flooring, electric showers, shaver sockets, and pumps, carpentry and joinery, wall and floor and tiling, lighting and ceiling installations, and painting and decorating. The London bathroom specialist should offer free quotes from which you will choose the most appropriate package. You will get valuable advice on bathroom décor and on the right materials to use. Whether you are looking for a modern-day chic wet room or a luxurious time old classic, the aim of any good bathroom specialist is to provide an element of design, innovation, and quality to your new bathroom. You will get valuable expert advice, from site visits through to implementation. If you hire a well-established company, you will get a reliable, trustworthy, and skilled team who are experienced in the latest trends and technology, ensuring your new bathroom exceeds all your expectations.

If the work you want done as part of the home décor is plastering, consider hiring London plasterers. One advantage of hiring a plaster over DIY plastering is the fact that these plasterers know what the best materials are, and they know where to get them. A plasterer is a tradesman who works with plaster, such as forming a layer of plaster on an interior wall or plaster decorative moldings on ceilings or walls. The process of creating plasterwork, called plastering, has been used in building construction for centuries. Plasterers use wood laths, which are narrow strips of straight-grained wood (the most popular being American and Baltic Fir). Lathing of metal (of wire or perforated sheets) is very popular today since it is fireproof and it is long lasting. Specially-made lathing nails are used for the process. Lime is used by plasterers London for internal plastering. The lime used is calcined from oyster shells, chalk, or other limestone. Hair such as ox-hair and horsehair is also used in the plastering process as a binding medium, and to give tenacity to the material. Plasterwork is one of the most ancient of handicrafts employed in connection with building operations, the earliest evidence showing that the dwellings of primitive man were erected in a simple fashion with sticks and plastered with mud. Soon a more lasting and sightly material was found and employed to take the place of mud or slime. That perfection in the compounding of plastering materials was approached at a very remote period, which is made evident by the fact that some of the earliest plastering, which has remained undisturbed, excels in its scientific composition that we use at the present day.

Hiring a London painter and decorator is advantageous over DIY painting and decorating in that you get unparalleled convenience – the home décor will not interfere with your work/business or your social life. A house painter and decorator is a tradesman responsible for the painting and decorating of buildings, and is also known as a decorator or house painter. The purpose of painting is to make the house look better or to protect it from damage by water, rust, corrosion, insects or mold. Hiring painters and decorators gives you professionalism since they have the necessary tools and supplies, experience, contacts, and theoretical knowhow. You will end up saving money since hiring a pro means you do not have to buy tools/equipment. Historically, the painter was responsible for the mixing of the paint, keeping a ready supply of pigments, oils, thinners, and driers. The painter would use his/her experience to determine a suitable mixture depending on the nature of the job. In modern times, the painter is primarily responsible for preparation of the surface to be painted, such as patching holes in drywall, using masking tape and other protection on surfaces not to be painted, applying the paint and then cleaning up. It would take you weeks to do all this. Larger firms operating within the trade were generally capable of performing many painting or decoration services, from sign writing, to the gilding of objects or the finishing or refinishing of furniture, meaning you could get different services under one roof.