03-20-2010, 12:45 PM
Thank you Rob, Carey and Daniel,
I forgot about the experience factor, and thus quality of the work. No way will I have that splatter finish, what is the use of having a custom home if you put that stuff on the walls. This is a job I don't really want to do, but maybe I will have to, to get a good job. Our Hermosa house is all plaster, so with all of the renovations we did, I am now very experienced with a hock and trowel. Plus mesh tapping too, oh so many crackes to fix!!! We also covered over our open beam ceiling in our Master Bedroom with drywall so I have experience there as well. Yes, Rob your right it takes a lot of coats of paint to get an even coverage, and most likely I will be doing the painting.
Thank you all, at least now I know it is possible to tape the Hardie panel, but whether we could find someone to do it right is another question. Now you have me I wondering, if the drywallers can't do a decent job of taping and sanding smooth, then I would think having them skim coat the entire wall would only mean more irregularities to fix. Although maybe we have them do the first couple of coats over the tapping and then I have less to do to make it right. That may be the answer for us. I will also have to take into account the cost of good paint and how many coats it will take, maybe the skim coat would be cheaper....
Gosh, I can see we are going to have to think about this. My husband does not want the finishing of the house to become an on going job, as it is not his fortay.
Good luck Carey, sounds like you figured it out! Are you doing your ceilings too? That is so hard on the neck!
Thanks again everyone,
Barbara Taylor
Hawaii Dreaming
I forgot about the experience factor, and thus quality of the work. No way will I have that splatter finish, what is the use of having a custom home if you put that stuff on the walls. This is a job I don't really want to do, but maybe I will have to, to get a good job. Our Hermosa house is all plaster, so with all of the renovations we did, I am now very experienced with a hock and trowel. Plus mesh tapping too, oh so many crackes to fix!!! We also covered over our open beam ceiling in our Master Bedroom with drywall so I have experience there as well. Yes, Rob your right it takes a lot of coats of paint to get an even coverage, and most likely I will be doing the painting.
Thank you all, at least now I know it is possible to tape the Hardie panel, but whether we could find someone to do it right is another question. Now you have me I wondering, if the drywallers can't do a decent job of taping and sanding smooth, then I would think having them skim coat the entire wall would only mean more irregularities to fix. Although maybe we have them do the first couple of coats over the tapping and then I have less to do to make it right. That may be the answer for us. I will also have to take into account the cost of good paint and how many coats it will take, maybe the skim coat would be cheaper....
Gosh, I can see we are going to have to think about this. My husband does not want the finishing of the house to become an on going job, as it is not his fortay.
Good luck Carey, sounds like you figured it out! Are you doing your ceilings too? That is so hard on the neck!
Thanks again everyone,
Barbara Taylor
Hawaii Dreaming
Hawaii Dreaming