painting room

[Owlet]

So we are painting my brother's old room as we are making it into a guest room. The room is located right across from Lincoln's room and I obviously don't want Lincoln exposed to paint fumes. How should I go about this? Both rooms have a window located on the opposite side of the room from the door so could I use fans at the door entrance to blow towards the window and keep Lincoln's room shut? Should I completely remove him from that level of the house (we have a top floor, middle floor, and basement) so I could keep him in our living room for a time being? advice?

 

[dhraiden]

Remove Lincoln to another point in your home as far as possible from your guest room by removing him completely from that floor. Fumes like all gases tend to linger or otherwise rise so removing him to a lower floor makes more sense, perhaps the living room if it is the most "open" and "airy" of all your rooms.


Open the guest room's window additionally to help further aerate the space, and keep the door to that space closed. With these steps, running fans is likely unnecessary. Once the room's been painted, a drying out period of 48 hours is probably sufficient to allow to lapse before returning Lincoln across the hall. Read the instructions on the paint can which will likely have further details regarding that process.

 

[ChristaNL]

I would get him af far away from the fumes as possible.
Maybe it's overkill, but peace of mind is also nice to have

 

[EllenD]

Overkill is not overkill in this situation, in my opinion either. It only takes a good whiff of toxic fumes to cause great respiratory distress to a bird, irritate their air sacs, or much worse. And the main issue is that there is little you can do to help them, as it happens so quickly...

I'd move Lincoln to a different floor of the house from the room you are painting, into a nice, big, open room with lots of air-flow, open windows, fans, etc. Then I would absolutely keep the door to the room you are painting completely shut at all times, only opening it to quickly go in and out, and I'd also obviously have the window in that room open the entire time you're painting it and then for a day or two afterwards, along with running a fan from the door and pointing it towards the open window.

Another thing that you want to do is to make sure that the door to Lincoln's regular room is shut the entire time you're painting the room across from it. Keep the window in Lincoln's regular room open the entire time you're painting the room, and I'd also put a rolled-up towel or blanket under the door to Lincoln's regular room to block the air space, that way no fumes are going to seep-into his room and he'll be able to move back-in shortly after you finish painting the room across from it (I'd keep him downstairs in the living room for at least 2-3 days after you're done painting, just to make sure)...And if at any time you are downstairs where you're keeping Lincoln and you can smell the paint fumes down there, then do whatever you can to try to stop that from happening, such as putting a towel/blanket under the door of the room you're painting, etc.

 

[Owlet]

Thank you all for the advice. Our living room is on the floor bellow the guest room and has 2 big windows as well as a sliding glass door (with a screen to keep bugs out and dogs... and birds in) so it's definitely airy. It's also next to our kitchen (we have bird safe products but I'll be sure to talk to my family about being extra cautious while he's down there) so it's definitely spacious and airy.