Painting Questions, Answered for Vancouver and Portland

Yes. We come to the house, look at every surface, talk through colours and finishes and send a written proposal. No charge and no obligation. How the process runs.

It is 10% off all qualifying jobs over $2,500. Mention it when you request your estimate, or at any point before the proposal is issued. If it applies to your job, it appears on your written estimate before any work begins. It is not automatic and it cannot be added after a proposal is issued or work has started. Full terms.

Ballparks, sometimes. Real prices only after we have seen the job, because two houses that sound the same on the phone can need very different prep. The proposal lists exactly what you are paying for.

Yes. When someone you refer has their project completed and paid in full, you receive $100. Nothing is paid at booking or estimate, only on completion. How the referral works.

Roughly May through September. The siding has to be dry, the daytime warm enough for the paint to cure and the nights above the product's minimum. September is often the best month. Summer slots book first, so for a July start, call in winter or spring. More on the season.

We do not paint in rain or onto wet surfaces. A rain day moves the schedule and we tell you the same day. In this climate that is part of every exterior job, and it is built into the timeline in your proposal.

Yes, and most interior work here happens between October and April. We ventilate the rooms we are in, use low-odour products and allow a little extra dry time for the damp air. Painting through the rain season.

Interior work and cabinets can often start within a few weeks. Exterior work in summer books months ahead. Estimates happen year round, so the proposal can be ready to go when the weather is.

If the boxes and doors are solid, yes: a new look for a fraction of replacement cost and about a week of work. If the doors are peeling laminate or the boxes are water damaged, we will say so at the estimate. Cabinet refinishing.

Where it is failing, yes. Stripping is a step inside every interior and exterior job rather than a separate service: failing paint is taken back to a sound surface before anything new goes on, because new paint over peeling paint fails with it.

Stained, almost always. Paint forms a film that peels off a wet deck floor; penetrating stain soaks in, shows the grain and wears gradually. Stains and clear coats.

Yes. Offices, retail, restaurants and multi-family in Vancouver and the Portland metro, scheduled around your hours. Commercial painting.

Yes. Washington TALLPPP742JP, which you can check with Labor and Industries, and Oregon CCB #262594, which you can check with the Construction Contractors Board. Half our service area is in Oregon and the licence covers it.

Yes, in both states. Certificates of insurance are available before work begins.

A workmanship guarantee on every job we complete, written into your proposal. If something we did fails, we come back and fix it.

Sí. Se habla español. Jorge speaks Spanish, so the estimate, the proposal and every conversation about the job can happen in Spanish or English. Call or text (360) 785-6225.