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Painting Contractor Talks About Importance of Painting Estimate

Why should I take painting estimate against doing myself?


In many cases the answer is yes, you can often tackle painting projects yourself and do not need to get a home painting estimate from professional house painter. However there are times though when the project is more complicated than you have time for. In these cases, you will need to hire a painting contractor and ask for painting estimates. Painting carries with it a series of risks due to heights on a ladder and exposure to solvents and toxins. If your home was built before 1978, lead-based paint may have been used. Dust from old coats of lead based paint is extremely toxic and all possible safety precautions should be taken to protect you and your family. Hire a painting contractor and make sure they are very familiar with quarantine procedures for dealing with lead-based paint.

Sometimes the paint job isnt as easy as just slopping on a new coat. Specialty paint jobs such as the intricate exteriors of Victorian-style houses in San Francisco, CA are almost always done by professional painting contractors. In addition, if your walls have cracks or holes or need to be pretreated before painting you may want to consider hiring a painting contractor. Make sure he/she knows about the extra preparation work you would like done and be sure to write it into the contract. Also, make sure to choose a quality paint. Using cheap paint will require more coats resulting in increased labor costs. When hiring a painting contractor you should adhere to the same set of rules that we provided in the earlier article What to Consider When Hiring a Licensed Contractor. Again, the contractor should be licensed and insured for the protection of you and your home.

If you have just hired a residential contractor to do a room addition, you may find that you will need to hire a painting contractor to give the walls a Level 5 finish. A Level 5 is the final step in the proper drywall board finishing and means applying a skim coat of joint compound to provide an even painting surface that wont show absorption irregularities near the drywall joints and fastener locations (that also use joint compound). Nowadays the compound can be sprayed onto the wall, saving hundreds of hours of labor applying with a trowel and sanding to perfection. Make sure your painting contractor has the use of an airless spraying device and is bidding on that technique vs. doing everything by hand.

Finally, you may want to consult with a painting contractor when choosing colors or types of paint for your home. Keep in mind that is what they do every day. So painting estimates not only give you cost estimates but help you make painting decisions