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Is there a best order to do gradual renovations in? (self.diy)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Duallight to c/diy@lemmy.world

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Over the next year or so, we're looking to replace our wood floors, all the base boards, all interior & exterior doors, and door trim. Since the wife and I both work full time, we're thinking we'd focus on one at a time, and do it slowly over a few weekends and evenings. Is there an order that would make things easier? Like do floors before baseboards or vice versa? Is it even worth doing things one at a time?

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[–] AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm personally a fan of renovating like you clean, top down. All the movement you're gonna do is gonna affect your floors for the rest of the work... Especially if you're finishing any hardwood. Waiting for it to dry is a bitch. Especially if you need to move appliances or something.

At least that way if you spill paint or drop a door or a nail gun, you're not freaking out about damaging the nice new floors you just installed.

That said, I did install my baseboards after the floor last time I did it because I wanted to get as close as possible to my new floor and not use quarter round as a cheat.

[–] Duallight 3 points 3 weeks ago

Ooh that's a good point on damaging the floors. We're wanting to do LVP flooring, but we'll probably wait until everything else is done first. Probably will do floors then base boards, I like the idea of getting it as close as possible