Painting Your Home During the Pandemic? Here are a Few Tips for a Safe Painting Experience

Stay home, stay safe and yet boast of a stunning home makeover with these safety tips!

The pandemic has made our homes even dearer. This is the haven where we feel safest and most comfortable. Now that we’re spending more time at home, it’s a great idea to give it a fresh coat of paint. Doing so will not only make your home look more beautiful and cleaner, but also reflect your personality, evoke feelings of happiness and warmth, and help you make a style statement. 

You may be wondering whether home painting can be done safely. With a few tips, you can ensure a safe painting experience during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Look for Special Painting Services 

Technology can ensure more safety during the painting process. To choose colour combinations, you could use a Virtual Painter. You don’t need to meet a  painting consultant, visit the hardware store to buy paint or monitor the painters while they are working on your walls. 

With the Berger Paints Express Painting app, you can stay home and stay safe. You can seek remote colour consultancy, receive estimates, and book the painting job directly on the mobile app. Simply choose your colours and get contactless delivery of sanitised paint buckets and other tools to your doorstep. You can keep track of the painters and the progress of their work via the mobile app. Invoicing and payment are also contactless. 

Also Read: Winter interior painting tips

Choose Health Friendly Paint Products

In a pandemic scenario, the last thing you need is paint that could compromise your lungs. Choose paints with low-VOC (volatile organic compounds), as these chemicals impair indoor air quality. VOC fumes can lead to nose, eye, and lung irritation as well as cause long-term health issues. Also, you could save yourself from headaches that are often associated with smell sensitivity to a fresh coat of paint. Low VOC paints are environmentally sustainable too.

Precautions to Take Before Letting Painters into Your Home

These days it’s common for housing societies to have rules in place for the entry of outsiders. Make sure you follow these guidelines and inform the welfare association in advance before the painters arrive. 

Make sure to have your own internal safety protocols. Do daily temperature checks of all painters and ask them to mask up and wear gloves at all times to ensure safety while painting. Keep a few hand sanitisers at strategic places in your house. You could insist on having double vaccinated painters only and getting the Arogya Setu app installed on their mobiles. With Berger Paints Express Painting service, you don’t need to take on these inconveniences. You can track the health of all the painters on the app. Also, they come with all the safety gear and sanitisers. 

Some other reassurances you might want from your service provider are a defined isolation policy for symptomatic workers and strict protocols for contact tracing. 

Preparing Your House for the Job 

House painting during the Covid-19 pandemic means that you may not have the option to leave the house for the day, as painters do their job. This means you need to plan things in detail. Decide which room should be painted first and make sure to cover up furniture and surfaces that you touch regularly. Choose a painting service that does all this for you, including covering your furniture and floor and ensuring all surfaces are sanitised before the painters leave. 

Don’t forget to put all your clothes and other stuff away before work commences. Also, designate a bathroom for painters to use. Minimising their movements around the house will lower the risk of transmission. This includes asking them to bring their lunch and snacks. You could provide them with enough disposable water bottles.  

Get Safe Home Painting Services with Regular Disinfection

It is always advisable to have safety-trained, verified painters and certified executives at your premises. Hire a team of painters who carry out daily disinfection of the site, tools, and regularly touched surfaces. If painters use automated tools, the job will be done sooner, which means lower exposure for everyone. If you choose the Berger Express Painting service, the painters will ensure safety and cleanliness during and after the painting job is done.

Remember to keep the room well-ventilated, to ensure that your home painting is completed safely.

Also Read: Secret painting hacks to get a super-smooth wall finish

Ensure Your Family Follows Covid-19 Protocols Too

Trained and certified painters can’t ensure safety if you decide to break rules. For instance, resist the urge to check on them frequently. Make sure you brief them in advance about your expectations. Follow social distancing as they start working, and wear masks when you interact with them. For further safety, stop children, elderly people, and pets from entering those rooms. 

Getting your home painted can be exciting. With a safety plan in place and expert painting services, you can ensure your family remains safe and comfortable.