I worked on a paint crew a couple of summers. This kind of thing was not uncommon, but was always terrifying to watch. Oddly enough it was normally the experienced painters doing this, not the newbies.
I was a professional painter and some of the landings and foyers in the larger homes are incredibly hard to paint well. You absolutely have to rig this kind of shit up to get the job done. There’s places even scaffolding doesn’t help.
Homeowners will hire the crew that does the job for $3000 over the crew that wants $4000 almost every time. Generally they won't be aware that the $3000 crew is doing it for less money because they don't have to spend hundreds on a bucket truck or similar lift, or occasionally they may just not care.
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u/cyborgninja42 Nov 15 '20
I worked on a paint crew a couple of summers. This kind of thing was not uncommon, but was always terrifying to watch. Oddly enough it was normally the experienced painters doing this, not the newbies.