Has anyone rented,or used a powered roller for painting one story home?
Our house is high enough at peak for a attitic room, but I can't do ladders.

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If you go that route, buy or rent a pro-quality machine. Don't waste your time, effort, or money with anything "consumer" oriented, you'll regret it.

Powered rollers are meant to do a large area quickly. If you're not up to doing a lot of work in a short period of time, stick with the standard roller or a sprayer. The cleanup and setup process of the powered roller can easily take longer than the painting process itself!

If you stick with a standard roller, buy a microfiber roller cover. Yes, they're about 4x the cost of a standard wool or synthetic roller, but they cover so much better, hold so much more paint, and will let you go nearly as fast as the powered roller will. When I repainted my house I discovered those covers. A 5/16" nap let me paint a 20 x 20 room in under 30 minutes, and that was 2 coats (I live in a really dry climate!)

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As stated, power rollers take a lot of time to clean, not something to do twice. Consider using 18" rollers on an extenable pole instead of 9" rollers and a ladder.

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Hire someone competent and able to do the job.

I painted a house of mine a year or so ago and it was 16 feet at the highest point.

I used an extension pole and it worked great. Yeah, I got some paint on myself, so wear something you can throw away.

It was slow but it was cheap. And it did the job.

thanks guys,I will rent one,as its so hard to dip,roller,on a extesion pole

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