Home DIY

Thanks to everyone for the help on wall paints. We've decided to go with Little Greene intelligent matt emulsion on 2 of the rooms, and I'm gonna paint them myself before we move in. We've done the paint calculator, and we need a total of 13 litres of paint (8 of one colour and 5 of the other). I've done some smaller bits of painting walls in the past, and we couldn't find any decorators locally with any availability before the new year. We will likely do more redecoration in the future, but that will likely wait a couple of years.

I have some paint rollers and brushes in the garage, but am fairly sure that I bought them in the past with price as the primary consideration. I've decided I'd like to buy some new brushes, rollers, masking tape, dust sheets, and potentially an extension pole for the rollers to make sure the job is as easy as possible, and the quality of the finish is good. I'd hate to end up unhappy with the result and then wasting time and money paying a pro to fix my mistakes later.

I'm quite lucky to live very close to a ton of builders merchants and decorator shops, so the level of choice is baffling me at the minute. We've got a Screwfix, Toolstation, Huws Gray, PaintWell, Jewson, and Brewers all within close range - and probably more that I don't know about. Anyone particularly recommend one of these over the others?

From a quick look I'd planned to get the following. Any concerns, or things I've missed?

https://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-painters-masking-tape-50m-x-50mm/872kh
https://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-painters-masking-tape-50m-x-24mm/520kh,
https://www.screwfix.com/p/harris-trade-fine-tip-brush-set-5-pieces/7354x
https://www.screwfix.com/p/fortress-trade-dust-sheet-12-x-9-/331fm
https://www.screwfix.com/p/fortress-trade-12-roller-set-4-pieces/879fm
https://www.screwfix.com/p/fortress-trade-telescopic-extension-pole-0-64-1-1m/968fm