What to consider before tackling your own painting project.
Painting seems like a fairly easy project for most home owners. When most homeowners tackle remodeling projects, painting seems to be one thing that they tend to take on themselves. If you’re talking about an interior project, such as a basement remodel, or a room addition, the savings can be significant. Depending on the size of project homeowners can potentially save upwards of a couple of thousand dollars. But I have to warn you, painting is not as easy as one may think, especially when there is a lot of base trim, door trim and doors to be painted. Painting walls with fresh drywall & mud takes a lot of time & effort as well. Most home owners do not own the proper painting tools for painting fresh walls. Professional painters know exactly what types of rollers & brushes it takes to be more efficient. Professional painters also know how to properly cut in trim, walls & ceilings in order to make them look clean without flashing. Caulking is also something painters take care of which is an art form in itself. So I guess what I’m trying to say is, unless you know what you’re doing even for something as simple as painting, leave it to the professionals. But if you are intent on tackling the job yourself, take a trip to the local Sherwin Williams, and ask a few questions on techniques & proper tools, the staff there will be more than helpful.
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1.) With a digital camera take some pictures of the proposed work area (be sure to include pictures of the area that will be used to access the work area from in between your house & your neighbor’s house if this is for exterior painting)
2.) Make a rough drawing of you the house perimeter or room perimeter & include measurements of the wall length & heights if trim is to be painted as well be sure to measure the trim length separately for both interior & exterior trim.
3.) Up load the pictures & the drawing in the areas provided on the form below. There are 7 areas available for upload if you need additional areas to up load items you may need to fill out form more than once.
4.) Please be sure to give a brief description of your project & any special details like specific paint brands, colors etc., specific rooms existing colors & if you plan to change the colors. For example if you have a wall with red paint & plan to go to white or yellow it will take more coats to cover completely depending on the brand of new paint as well. Give details if any areas need special attention like sanding, filling or some type of repair.
5.) Once you have submitted the contact form and your pictures continue to the store front & choose the packages you would like for us to put together for you. You will then be taken to a check out page where you can pay for the services via a secure PayPal portal.
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After uploading the information we need & submitting the above form, click on the following link if you are ready for us to begin on your Painting quote.