Painting Contractor Questions

Painting Contractor Questions

I have received a few questions pertaining to choosing a good painting contractor and "shouldn't this be included in the job" or Is this a bad paint job?". Through these questions and any that you have, I will try to bring some clarity to finding a good painting contractor.

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• Contractor to Contractor - This section is all about painting contractors. From bidding to general questions by painting contractors for painting contractors.
• Bidding a Paint Job - Have a question or two about bidding a paint job? This is the place for painting contractors to ask about the specifics when trying to put together a good price for a difficult job.

Questions with Answers

• Painter has no insurance. - I want to hire a painter for one of my interior rooms but, he does not have any insurance. What can I do?
• Low Bid Problem - I'm a homeowner who hired a painter based on a bid of $650 (10 hrs at $65; a remodeling agency). 16 hours later the bill is $1040, the job is about 3/4 done, and my wife and I ended up doing a substantial amount of work (including four doors) ours...
• Asking contractor to paint only high areas of house. - Is it reasonable to ask a painting contractor to paint the higher levels of my house, while I paint the lower levels?
• Full vs spot priming; spray brush and roll or just brush and roll? - There is $1000 difference between two quotes I received on a paint job. Company #1 spot primes and sprays paint on, followed by a brush and roll. Company #2 does a full primer coat followed by a full finish coat using only brush and roll, but is $...
• How many coats of paint? - I got a quote from a painter that told me that a primer and 1 coat of paint is enough. He used the analogy that the second coat is like car wax in that only the top coat does anything. What are your thoughts?
• Painting Ceilings - I found a professional painter in the paper, advertising 36 years of experience. I called him and he came to my house to give an estimate to paint the ceilings in my house. I have 9 rooms, some with cathedral ceilings. I called 5 other companies a...
• Hiring a Painter - When getting your exterior house painted, are the gutters around the house typically included in the painting costs and do most painters paint the gutters(to match the trim)? Or, is this extra? We are having a painter do our house exterior and he ...
• Primer vs Two Coats of Paint Without Primer - I recently had my 50 year old home repainted. On the suggestion of the contractor he used two coats of high quality Sherwin Williams top coat and no primer. Now I am concerned that the job will be compromised and the longevity compromised.
• Does trimming include windows? - I'm having my exterior painted. My painter has just informed me that he only trims the outside frame of windows. My understanding of trim is the ENTIRE window. What gives?
• What is included in an exterior paint job? - I have the old style storm windows and I wanted to know if the outside of the interior window should be included in an exterior paint job. My contractor says technically they are interior and that when he said windows he meant the exterior sash only.
• Spray VS Roller/Brushing for Exterior Painting - I am in the process of obtaining bids on the exterior of my home. It has 4" tongue and groove Redwood siding that is peeling and checking badly. Several of the contractors spray on the paint and do not recommend roller and brushing. They say th...
• How much does the average painter charge a sq ft interior walls in ok shape? - I need a 1500 sq ft home painted, walls and trim. How much should it cost?
• Problem with Contractor Applied Tex-Cote - Should ship lap siding be caulked on the bottom edge? What happens if it is? We had our house painted by a company that was very unprofessional. Contract stated 2-3 weeks took 7mos. Painted 4 times. They caulked every bottom edge of the siding. Th...
• Clapboard Repair - My bungalow style home has many clapboards which are split. Would a typical painting contractor job involve replacing these boards?
• When painting the exterior of a house should rain gutters be removed to paint behind them? - I am having my house professionally painted. The painter at first said that he would be taking down the rain gutters and painting behind them and then re-installing them. The boards behind the gutters appear to be in good shape but can you tell wi...
• Spraying doors and shelves indoors. - What would your opinion be of a painting contractor who set up a "paint booth" in one of my rooms by covering the windows and shutters with the thinnest of plastic, and proceeded to spray stain on about 50 shelves and cabinet doors. The floor is b...
• Self Priming Paint or Regular Paint - We're taking bids from painters. Most say they will use Dunn-Edwards paint but one of them says he wants to use a Behr paint that requires no primer. It has it built in. I spoke with Home Depot. They say it's a new product and very popular. Can I ...
• Trim Painting - My painter tells me that he doesn't paint all three sides of a vertical trim piece, only the front face. Is this typical, and if so, why?
• How long, typically, should it take to paint the exterior of a house? - I know that I'm probably just being a pain, but I'm about to go out of my mind on this paint job I'm having done. I hired a local handy man that has done several jobs for me in the past and works very well and he brought along a younger gentleman ...
• Is This a Bad Paint Job? - The painter says that I have bad siding with too much moisture in it and that is why the paint job looks the way it does. The painter did wash the house before painting.

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