Interior painting
Walls, ceilings, trim and doors, one room at a time
We paint the lived-in parts of Burlington homes: bedrooms, stairs, kitchens, hallways. Each room has its own line on the estimate and its own airing plan.
Rooms are worked in order, with the doors closed and a fan set at a window. Furniture is moved to the middle and covered, floors are protected with paper and plastic, and each evening the room is swept and the plastic is left tidy.
What is on the estimate
Every surface, named
A room is more than its walls. Each of these is its own line, so you can compare two estimates.
Walls and ceilings
Patched, spot-primed and given two finish coats, with the sheen written down.
Trim and doors
Cleaned, sanded by hand, caulked and brushed, so edges stay straight where the wall meets the wood.
Repairs before paint
Nail holes, small cracks, and the places an old fixture left behind, filled and sanded smooth.
Stairs and halls
Done in sections so you can still get up and down, with the order written in the plan.
Closets
Painted when you ask; emptied or sealed with plastic either way.
Cleanup
Plastic and paper out each evening, a final sweep, and a walk through with you.
Windows and weather
When the windows can stay open
Airing is easiest when the windows can stay open, so the plan changes with the season. The owner edits these dates.
Windows open all day
Painting days run long, with a fan set at a window.
Jun-Sep
Windows open part of the day
Heat on, windows opened for the airing and shut for the painting.
Apr-May, Oct
Windows shut, fans and longer airing
Shorter painting days, rooms heated to the product's lowest application temperature, a longer airing.
Nov-Mar
About interior painting
How long does a room take?
A single room usually takes two to three days on site, plus the airing days the plan sets. A whole floor takes longer, and the estimate gives the range.
Do we have to move out?
Usually not. We work one room at a time and tell you each morning which rooms are being painted. You choose where to sleep.
Do you use low-odor paint?
We use premium paint and name the product on your estimate. The maker's product data sheet says what is in it, including the VOC content the maker states and the drying and recoat times, and we send the sheet for every product before we order. If someone in your home is sensitive to smell, tell us at the visit and we choose from products you can read about, not from the front of a can. Every paint has some odor, so we plan the airing instead of promising a room with none.
What happens to our furniture and floors?
Furniture is moved to the middle of the room and covered; floors are protected with paper and plastic. We move it back when the room has aired.
Which rooms, and who sleeps in them?
Tell us at the visit. The written estimate names every room and the airing plan for each.