Painting and wall finishes
What each painting and finishing service involves, how the surface is prepared, and what to expect from a certified company.
Paint is the last thing you see and the first thing to fail when the preparation underneath was skipped. The pages below describe each painting and wall-finish service, with the preparation that makes the finish last: cleaning, repair, sanding, priming, and the right product for the surface.
After a loss, painting is usually the final step of the rebuild. On a smoke-damaged home it is also a cleaning step, because residue has to come off before anything is sealed in.
12 services
Interior painting
Walls, ceilings and trim, prepared, primed and painted in clean lines.
Exterior painting
Siding, trim and doors, washed, repaired, primed and painted to last.
Cabinet painting
A factory-smooth finish on your existing cabinets, doors sprayed off the boxes.
Deck staining
Clean, brighten, repair, then a stain that soaks in and protects the wood.
Fence staining
Cleaning, repairing and staining a wood fence to protect it from weather.
Wallpaper installation
Smooth walls, matched patterns and tight seams, hung by someone who does it every week.
Wallpaper removal
Stripping old paper and paste, then repairing and priming the wall underneath.
Popcorn ceiling removal
Testing first, then scraping the texture off and finishing a smooth ceiling.
Drywall texture and skim coating
Smooth walls from rough ones, or a repair textured to disappear into the wall around it.
Lead-safe painting
Painting an older home without spreading lead dust, by a crew certified to do it.
Epoxy garage floors
A ground, repaired and coated concrete floor that resists oil, salt and tires.
Pressure washing
Cleaning siding, concrete, decks and patios with the right pressure for each surface.
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