http://withington.coopliving.net/tags/painting en http://withington.coopliving.net/blog/first-weekend-painting <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>The residents spent most of this weekend painting the rooms on the top floor. They used Leyland trade paint in the end for the undercoat (the jury is still out on Ecos for the top coat). I think they did a good job:</p> <p><img height="270" width="480" class="image-style-large media-element file-full image-style-large" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://withington.coopliving.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/1st_paint.jpg?itok=AIwzqDkY" alt="" title="" /></p> <p>They&#39;re off to a good start, but there will be a few more painting weekends ahead to get through the whole house!</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/painting" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">painting</a></li></ul></section><ul class="links inline"><li class="service-links-facebook first"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A//withington.coopliving.net/blog/first-weekend-painting&amp;t=First%20weekend%20of%20painting" title="Share on Facebook." class="service-links-facebook" rel="nofollow"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="image-style-none" src="http://withington.coopliving.net/profiles/openoutreach/modules/contrib/service_links/images/facebook.png" alt="Facebook" /></a></li><li class="service-links-twitter last"><a href="http://twitter.com/share?url=http%3A//withington.coopliving.net/blog/first-weekend-painting&amp;text=First%20weekend%20of%20painting" title="Share this on Twitter" class="service-links-twitter" rel="nofollow"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="image-style-none" src="http://withington.coopliving.net/profiles/openoutreach/modules/contrib/service_links/images/twitter.png" alt="Twitter" /></a></li></ul> Mon, 07 Oct 2013 18:38:59 +0000 Robert 49 at http://withington.coopliving.net http://withington.coopliving.net/blog/first-weekend-painting#comments http://withington.coopliving.net/blog/preparing-painting-and-decorating <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>With the plasterers confirmed for next week, we&#39;ve been starting to plan out the painting and decorating. This lead me to calculate the sizes of areas we&#39;ll be covering:</p> <p>Floor area for &quot;hard&quot; covering (kitchen, bathrooms, etc): 102 m2<br />Floor area for &quot;soft&quot; covering (lounge, bedrooms, stairs): 124 m2<br />Total floor area: 226 m2</p> <p>Total wall area: 635 m2<br />Total ceiling area: 230 m2<br />Total area to be painted (walls + ceilings): 865 m2</p> <p>That&#39;s a lot of paint!</p> <p>The suggestion is that we use Ecos paint - costs are being investigated.</p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/painting" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">painting</a></li></ul></section><ul class="links inline"><li class="service-links-facebook first"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A//withington.coopliving.net/blog/preparing-painting-and-decorating&amp;t=Preparing%20for%20painting%20and%20decorating" title="Share on Facebook." class="service-links-facebook" rel="nofollow"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="image-style-none" src="http://withington.coopliving.net/profiles/openoutreach/modules/contrib/service_links/images/facebook.png" alt="Facebook" /></a></li><li class="service-links-twitter last"><a href="http://twitter.com/share?url=http%3A//withington.coopliving.net/blog/preparing-painting-and-decorating&amp;text=Preparing%20for%20painting%20and%20decorating" title="Share this on Twitter" class="service-links-twitter" rel="nofollow"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="image-style-none" src="http://withington.coopliving.net/profiles/openoutreach/modules/contrib/service_links/images/twitter.png" alt="Twitter" /></a></li></ul> Thu, 05 Sep 2013 21:47:50 +0000 Robert 42 at http://withington.coopliving.net http://withington.coopliving.net/blog/preparing-painting-and-decorating#comments