Replace floor or paint walls first?

[Fluffycloudland77]

Person A thinks the floor should be replaced first. Then repaint.

Person B thinks the walls should be painted first, then replace the floor.

Who is correct?.

Walls then floor.
What if you dropped paint on your brand new floor and it was ruined?

Walls first

Walls, then floor. Work from ceiling downwards.

Floor first, dirty messy dusty job. If you paint first someone is bound to smear muck and dust on the walls, or chip a bit of plaster off because you can't protect walls. Easier to completely cover the new floor with dust sheets before painting.

Have fun.

I'd go with floors first, then walls.

Top to bottom- ceiling- walls-floor.

What sort of flooring?
We laid laminate without damaging the newly painted walls.
A new solid wood floor, or sanding existing floorboards, might be a dirtier job.

Walls first, then floor.

I have just redecorated my kitchen and had a new floor put in. I asked the flooring supplier what to do first, and he said walls first. He was right. I am really pleased with our new look kitchen now.

Painting can be a messy job, and it is easier if you don't need to worry about the odd paint spill.

Floor first. Unless you are replacing fairly new carpet with newer carpet and you know that the underlay is in pristine condition.

Otherwise, it’s a messy job and you will get scruff marks on the walls ripping out carpets and trying to get them out of a small doorway.
Agree with previous poster that it’s much easier to cover a new floor but there’s nothing you can do to protect freshly painted walls from being scuffed

As Foggy and Cute say, always preferable to decorate from the top down.

Floor. We are doing all the bedrooms at the moment and are doing the floors first because the skirting boards are being taken off to do the floors, which can damage the walls

Remove old flooring, then paint walls, then lay new flooring.

I suppose you’re right Tapas, as it depends on the room and what floor. I was picturing upstairs carpeted bedroom and traipsing with large rolls of carpet in/out. But a kitchen = tiles or wooden flooring. The cutting and the dust would be done outside, so you don’t bring the dirt in.

The flooring is already up, the cat pissed through the bannisters and covered 4ft of carpet in wee.

Laminate will be going down. The walls being done in scrubbable paint.

That was one big wee!

We just had cushionfloor laid over laminate. It looks really good.

Always floors first. Just bringing the materials into the room could mess up the walls. Plus handprints, dust etc. Just cover the floor. You can’t cover the walls!

Tapas Do you mean vinyl? If so I’ve considered that along with cat nappies. I thought it might look a little institutional though....any chance of a photo?.

So far walls first are winning.

User It was a normal sized wee for him. I was 🙄 when the vet asked if he was blocked.

I'm with the remove old floor paint walls then install new floor. Even if you cover the floor accidents happen, it's much easier to retouch paint then remove paint stains from floor espicaly if carpet.