Exterior Painting Process
Our Exterior Painitng process is as follows and will be done as specified in your estimate.
Protection of your home and property
We take care to protect your driveway, sidewalks, decking or any other areas next to the house that are not being painted. We will gently pull away shrubs as neccesary from you house and cover them with protective cloths.
Preparation and Cleaning
Cleaning will be done of surfaces that have deposits of dirt, mold or mildew. We will mask or remove hardware to protect it from paint. Scraping and sanding of any loose paint down to a sound surface. Caulking where neccesary on joints, door and window frames and trims. Any bare surfaces will be spot primed. Wood knots and “saps” will be sealed to prevent them from coming through the finish coat.
Painting
We provide the same attention to detail when doing an exterior project as we do with an interior one. Two coats of high quality exterior paint product suitable for the surfaces will be applied, sufficient drying time will be left between coats.
Inspection
After we have carefully inspected our work, the customer will be asked to see that everything is to their satisfaction.
Clean Up
At the end of each work day your home and yard will be left tidy and organized. Garbage and painting equipment will be taken away. Empty paint cans will be removed. We take all of our left over cans and paint products to a recycling center. If the customer wishes any left over paint will be given to them for future use and for making reference to the paint colour.
Exterior Paintng Schedule
Please keep in mind that unlike interior painting, doing work outside can have it’s limitations due to weather. If a problem occurs due to weather we will return to the job site as soon as possible.
What The Customer Can Do Prior To Our Arrival
If the customer can do the following it will allow us to do our work more efficiently:
- If possible cut back or trim shrubs and bushes touching the house
- Take down any plant materials or any trellis, unless you have made prior arrangements with us to do our best to paint around them
- Remove any decorative items from the house and on the ground around your house if they will be in the way
- Please make sure automatic sprinklers will not go off during the painting, and ask when it will be okay to put them back on if they will be getting painted surfaces wet
- Take into consideration any alarm systems you have in place, make sure we will not be setting them off while we work
Please call us prior to or during your painting if you have any questions or concerns. We will be happy to discuss them with you.