Redecorating - recommendations on tools

[mark seeker]

After some advice, I need to completely redecorate my property and I'm looking for any recommendations on the best tools to make life easy (I'm doing it myself). If anyone has any views on the best rollers / extensions or tools that will make the job less of a chore and make the end result look better, I'd appreciate it.

Cheers

[mark seeker]

Many thanks all, noted regarding the Harris kit, I just took a quick look on the Screwfix website and prices seem reasonable. The corner painting roll looks a good idea too.

I did get a quotes pre covid to repaint the property and it was £3.5k including materials so I'm guessing it would probably £5k now (which seemed crazy, it's not that big!) I did it myself back then but it needs refreshing again, I'm not planning any colour change on 90% of the walls.

[mark seeker]

C n C said:

On a more positive note, if you have to strip old wallpaper, then get a decent steamer, a good quality scraper, and importantly, a decent wallpaper scorer such as this one.

The steamer can be relatively simple, but a large steaming head enables more area to be steamed quickly.

The scorer is particularly important if you end up dealing with wallpaper which has been over-painted. The most challenging being old woodchip painted with several layers of vinyl silk.

That looks a very handy tool - I'm hoping I don't need to remove any wallpaper but if I do I'll get one.