Choosing Interior Painters For Your Home Interior Decorating Project

Choosing interior painters to paint your home, apartment, or business can be daunting if you’re not the “handy” type of person. When it comes to keeping any type of building in optimal condition, one of the first things that comes to mind is painting. A simple coat of paint gives the area a fresh look.

Although do-it-yourself home improvement projects may be increasingly popular these days, hiring professional interior painters can provide you with some worthwhile advantages. For example, you can expect a higher quality of work and completion in less time.

Most serious interior painting projects require specialized or detailed knowledge and experience. Many times, you will end up reading articles and books that may give you a false impression of the true amount of work and skills required. As a result, you go in unprepared or under-informed and skip some crucial steps like initial cleanup and preparation. That lack of experience could lead to missing some clues to serious structural damage that becomes apparent as time goes by.

Professional interior painters don’t just “apply a few coats of paint” that most people can easily do. Instead, they use their knowledge and experience to add additional years to the useful life of buildings. For example, most of them are very careful when it comes to cleaning and preparing each surface to make sure that each one is ready to receive the finish that will be applied. That kind of preparation not only involves filling holes or cracks, but also requires knowing how buildings are assembled and the characteristics of different types of construction materials. On top of that, all doors and windows are caulked and sealed to prevent water ingress and reduce the chances of the building developing harmful conditions like mold, rot, etc.

So how do you choose the right interior painters for your job?

There are several factors that need to be considered when choosing the right interior painters to hire for your project. Following these steps below will help ensure you get quality workmanship.

Unless your painting contractor comes highly recommended by someone you know and trust or has seen their work firsthand, you should collect quotes from at least three different painting services before making your final decision. Ask them for the names and contact information of references from past clients who have used their painting services. Also, ask them to share the following with you:

– How do you plan to do the job (an overview of the steps)?

– How long have they been in business and approximately how many jobs of the type you need have they completed?

– Do you subcontract any part of the work?

– What type(s) of paint do you recommend and why?

– What kind of surface preparation will be required before painting? Are they prepared to do it?

– Do you offer to seal doors and windows as part of the service price?

– What is your policy regarding cleaning, during and at the end of the job?

– What is your estimate of the time required to complete the project?

– What are your proposed payment terms?

– If they are awarded the job, when can they start?

– Are they bonded and insured and can you provide proof of this?

– What guarantees do you offer about the services performed?

Of course, some of these questions will require interested interior painters to view the areas to be painted in order to have enough information to answer. A routine practice of most painting contractors is to offer free estimates with no cost or obligation.

In addition to the answers to the questions above, you will need to determine if you or your painters will supply the paint. Also, if you have areas to paint that are currently covered with wallpaper, paneling, or other wall covering, you may need to consider additional costs for removal and/or repair of unforeseen damage to the underlying surface, etc.

A good practice is to always ask for references. So take the time to check with the references, at least some of them, to find out the type of work they did and if they would hire the painters again. Be on the lookout for suggestions indicating satisfaction, as well as any negative feedback.

Take the time to find the right interior painters for you because there are excellent painters available at reasonable prices. You are likely to observe the work they do for a considerable period of time. When you do, you should be pleased, not sorry.