What order?

Paint first.

why dont you ask a contractor instead of a soapdish

There are valid arguments for either first.
I think most important is the care and diligence in prep before either.

I would probably use 1 streeteasy account to ask all my questions. Looks less shady that way.

I come to streeteasy for all my advice, especially medical advice.

>>why dont you ask a contractor instead of a soapdish<<

Don't you mean petri dish?

Hey, just a question. You don't have to answer if you don't have an opinion one way or another.

Thanks all. Deciding whether to paint myself prior to or after flooring guys come in for demo/install. Will get their opinion on the matter.

I had my floors installed first, then moulding, then painting, then floors finished, then painter touched up paint on mouldings to deal with floor finish on the moulding.

There is no rule on this.

Advantage of floors first: dust matters less since all walls will soon be painted. By doing floors first, dust doesn't get all over newly painted walls and ceiling and everything that then has to be cleaned off with an industrial level dusting job. Disadvantage: Painters's ladders and crew must take care not to scratch floor as they move about and shift furniture around.

Advantage of painting first: No painters will ruin new floors with scratches or paint splatters since painters will have already done their work. Disadvantage: Dust all over walls from floor refinishing has to be cleaned; base moldings will need paint touchups after floor equipment marks them up in places.

Most people end up choosing based on the availability of the subs for floors and painting. This isn't really one of the things to overly stress about. Each trade just has to be reminded endlessly to respect the work that has already been done and take precautions not to ruin it.

That's just silly, assuming these are traditional site-sanded floors. You don't want to paint over a layer of fresh sanding dust, so you'll be dusting walls whether before or after painting.

I'd definitely do floors as late in the game as possible, when they stand the least chance of being ruined by tradesmen and their equipment and debris. And then clean the walls before moving in.

Generally we paint one coat throughout the apartment, finished the floors and then apply the 2nd coat. It works well for us. I am not saying other ways do not work but that is the method we use.

No sanding fortunately, installing pre-engineered/finished flooring and taller baseboards than the ones which currently exist in the place.

there's no hard and fast rule since most people need to refinish floors. If there is no refinishing, I would paint first and then install floors.

I have a question. I have some old chairs in our garage upstate. I was wondering if I should play musical chairs with them, or get a haircut. Anyone?