Lori Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 I did a search, but didn't find anything covering this. We havefive good sized windows with wood volets. The wood is in goodcondition, but the paint is coming off. We have received twodevis's for sanding and repainting the volets. The personwe are more inclinded to hire says he would be doing this with thevolets in place. He said he uses cardboard and plastic to protectthe windows. I thought he would have to take the voletsoff. Anyone have any experience with this? Is it necessary to take the volets down or is this often done with them in place?Pros or cons to either procedure??Thanks much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeb Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 They are much easier to do properly if taken down. All the volets my OH has repainted have been taken down, and put on tressles for sanding, staining or painting. Mind you, hanging heavy volets back on 1st or 2nd floor windows can be precarious, but I really don't see how they could be done in situ.Email me if you want our charges! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcazar Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Just got back from our place, where we renovated two large barn doors, around 4m x4m. We didn't take 'em down!Plenty of elbow grease to fetch the loose paint off, sous-couche universelle diluted 4:1 with white spirit to make it go into cracks, French green (vert lumiere) glycero brillant paint. Job (seems to be) a good 'un!Alcazar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tj Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Renovating volets, or repainting shutters, would be easier done in place, maybe not for an amateur, but then taking them down probably would'nt make much difference either :)Its the same as saying to refurbish window frames you would take them out first?Don't worry if he is a professional painter there should be no problem.!My only question would be, what caused you to think it might be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted June 5, 2006 Author Share Posted June 5, 2006 Thanks to all of you.tj - I guess it concerned me because both my neighbors took theirs downto do them. They did not hire a professional, so perhaps it waseasier for them to take them down and do them - not sure. Also,their windows are on the ground floor, ours are on the French firstfloor. I can only imagine how tough it would be to re-hang themup there.He is a professional and he's been doing this type of thing for 20years, so I'm guessing he knows what he's talking about, just wanted toask on the forum to see what other folks have done.We are replacing the windows middle of this month and I didn't wantthem damaged by volet renovation. Painter says he covers themwith cardboard and a bache for protection.THANKS ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 We had ours done last year. I was intrigued to see that the smaller ones were all taken off (ground and first floor) and treated when hung on a special frame, rather like a revolving coatstand or those things you choose posters from. The hinge supports were adjustable and the volets then hung vertically just as they would when on the window but totally accessible. He explained to me that it was important to keep them hanging vertically so as not risk warping if they were laid horizontally for any length of time. (Now these are VERY old shutters so perhaps wood standards are different for more modern ones.) They could also do both sides/tops/bottoms in one go.The huge volets on the terrace doors were left in place as they were too heavy for the stands and he wanted them left vertical for the same reason.Chrissie (81) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted June 5, 2006 Author Share Posted June 5, 2006 Thanks Chrissie: Our volets are 65 years old. Not sure ifyours are older than that. I guess by French standards 65 isn'tall that old. It is amazing to me what good shape the wood is in.I will discuss with the painter, in more detail, his procedure beforehe begins the work. Will also discuss it with the Menuisierputting the new windows in. He is a real gem - did all our otherwindows too. He just doesn't have the time to do the voletrenovation.Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanche Neige Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 zeb wrote the following post at 04/06/2006 15:50:They are much easier to do properly if taken down. All the volets my OH has repainted have been taken down, and put on tressles for sanding, staining or painting.Zeb we did the same or rather OH did. Mind you, hanging heavy volets back on 1st or 2nd floor windows can be precarious, Scary to say the least! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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