Renovating garden house - beginner questions

  • Erstellt am 2019-04-01 23:26:01

ilaycan

2019-04-01 23:26:01
  • #1
Hello everyone,

we have had a garden house for a few weeks now, but there is still quite a bit of renovation work to be done. Maybe there is a DIY enthusiast here who can answer my questions. I would like to take on the renovation myself. Since I am handy and have more or less some knowledge of technology, I feel confident about it. Unfortunately, I have even less idea about which materials I need.

1. The exterior facade needs to be painted (see pictures). What type of paint is suitable for this? Can I simply paint over it or do I need to do a pretreatment? What about the chipped spots? Do I need to apply plaster there?

2. The interior also needs to be painted. Part of the wall as well as the ceiling consists of wooden panels. Again, the same question. What kind of paint/lacquer do I need and do I have to do a pretreatment?

3. The paving slabs throughout the garden are in very bad condition (broken, crooked, worn out). I would like to replace them. In this case, do I need to renew the subsoil or can I simply lay the new slabs on the existing ground? I have no idea whether the substrate is suitable at all and whether everything was properly installed at the time.


 

ypg

2019-04-01 23:47:36
  • #2
Outside: remove loose spots and fill with repair plaster. I don't know if you need to prime there. Just take a look at the repair plaster to see what it says. It could also be that you only need to dampen the facade. Later you can paint white with exterior paint. However, I would prime before that.

Inside: the pine wood is probably varnished. Do you want to keep it white or natural?

Regarding the panels: check underneath to see what's there. Usually a bit of filler sand is enough to lay the panels on.

You can read about this well in do-it-yourself books that you can borrow from the library. But YouTube also helps. If it's a narrow natural path, I would do little fuss. Gaps can be mossed over or filled with gravel or planted with ground cover.
 

ilaycan

2019-04-02 00:15:40
  • #3
If I repair the loose spots with repair plaster, will I then get the same surface? The picture already shows that the surface is very uneven. Will this be covered by paint? If not, can the wall be sanded smooth beforehand or something similar?

I want to paint the wood white.
 

ypg

2019-04-02 00:48:08
  • #4


There is rough plaster, textured plaster, etc.
The best thing is to go to a specialty store with the photo and show it.
In my opinion, it looks like fine plaster.



No, paint cannot even out surface structures.
If you want villa quality, you should redo everything. But then you should also know how to do it.
Your questions and your knowledge do not match a perfect result because you are doing it for the first time and therefore are not skilled.
That’s not bad, but how about either lowering your expectations a bit if you do it yourself or have it done.



Pfff... see above.
Many things are possible... but you also have to weigh the benefit against the cost or time and money effort.
I would do it as well as possible and then put a beautiful climbing rose in front to cover the defects.



That is very tedious and time-consuming on a surface, but it’s doable. First prime white, then paint. Also show the picture at the specialty store. The pine cladding is a common covering.
 

Steven

2019-04-02 09:39:26
  • #5
Hello ilaycan

you come from Düsseldorf!
Go to Sonnen-Herzog. They will professionally advise you on everything related to questions.
I am always very satisfied with them.
Regarding the slabs: If you want to enjoy them for a long time, remove the slabs, excavate the subsoil 50-60cm, install RCL and lay the slabs on 5cm of gravel. Edge stones are necessary for this. It is some work, but worth it.

Steven (also from Düsseldorf)
 

Mottenhausen

2019-04-02 09:52:28
  • #6
The problem with the exterior wall is the rising dampness, which leads to peeling.

Repairing and repainting looks exactly the same again after a few years. A well-intentioned solution in the past was to coat the repeatedly efflorescing base, resulting in it now efflorescing further up. Since you will not want to go through the effort of waterproofing, the only option would be to expose the base down to the masonry and leave it permanently open so that evaporation can already take place there. So simply a strip (about 10cm) without plaster.

Renovation plaster etc. only shifts the problem further upwards.
 

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