Interior & Exterior Painting

Painting your home means more than just changing colors or redoing what you already have. Today, it means energy efficiency and being environmentally friendly. Click-it-Home Repair is well versed in all brands of quality paints. We will help you choose one to precisely suit your needs. Our professionals will gladly explain to you all steps that go into a great paint job that lasts and maintains its beauty for years. 

That means we pay attention to the prep work to ensure a quality paint job. Click-it-Home Repair will discuss the type of paint available and which ones best suit your needs. We can recommend energy efficient paints that will keep your home cool during the summer to save you money, and tell you about organic products that are often safer to use indoors than traditional paints. 

Click-it-Home Repair doesn’t just paint; we transform your living or work space to coincide with whatever you’re looking for in an office, kitchen, or foyer. With singular attention to the painting process, we can create exciting, relaxing, or intimate moods all to suit your tastes. We’ll make your workspace a vital place to work, your home space a tranquil environment, your business an energetic place to be.

Click on our website and tell us what you need.  We will take the time to make sure you understand what you’re getting, a superior paint service that reflects your vision and philosophy of your living and workspace.

Click-It-Home Repair Our Procedures Our Goal is Complete Customer Satisfaction

BEFORE OUR PAINTING CREWS ARRIVE...

Our service starts long before we begin painting. We offer free inspection of problem areas as well as free professional color consulting. Our detailed, written bid eliminates the guesswork by explaining all aspects of our service. We will even help you prepare your bid specifications. Once you've selected Click-it-Home Repair as your contractor, we will make sure you are fully informed with all of the procedures before we begin painting.

Exterior Painting: NORMAL PREPARATION INCLUDES

• Power washing to remove loose paint and dirt
• Mildew treatment to kill existing growth
• Trenching where possible, to get paint below existing earth line
• Stucco Repair
• Scrape, sand and prime wood
• Loose window putty replaced
• Loose trim boards re-nailed where possible
• Rusted metal sanded and primed
• We also carefully cover all plants, bushes, concrete, and asphalt surfaces.

WE PAINT WITH CARE:

• We paint each unit carefully and completely.
• Stucco and the underside of eaves are painted with an airless sprayer at over 1 000 p.s.i. - which forces paint into the surface.
• We normally do all trim work by hand using both brush and roller.
• Our experienced craftsmen ensure all work is free of runs, drips or other defects.
• At the end of each workday, we completely clear the job site of our materials. All we leave behind is a carefully applied paint job.

Interior Painting: NORMAL PREPARATION INCLUDES

Prep: As you have probably heard before preparation is the key to a good job. In many cases, the prep takes longer to do than the actual painting. If a room is to be repainted and it is in reasonably good shape you may be able to without an extensive prep. If the previous job was done well that is a big help.

Repairs:

• Water stains, large holes, cracks, and so forth. These are things that will absolutely need repair.
• Does the old paint appear to be bonded well? If large areas are pealing from a prior coat of paint, we will probably have to totally remove the pealing layer of the pealing section to prevent this from continuing.
• The paint will be sanded out, runs sags heavy brush marks that could require a lot of sanding to remove.
• We will fill woodwork for chipped corners and dents. These are things that could require a lot of extra work and create dust.
• Caulking joints, filling nail & pinholes, sealing knots, washing surfaces, removing mildew, and dulling surfaces. These jobs are pretty much standard routine.

We Begin the Work by

• We begin by Clearing out the room; of as much furniture as possible to another room.
• If large furniture is too difficult to move out, we see if it can be moved to the center of the room and covered with the plastic drop cloths.
• Taking down pictures and curtains. Covering the floor with drop cloths. Remove electrical wall plates, and cover outlets and switches with tape.

Major wallboard repairs

• Patch holes in wallboard/sheet Rock
• Scrape any areas of loose paint, sand debris from prior coats of paint. If the prior paint is in very good condition the fine 220 paper can be used, but most often a coarser paper is needed for this purpose.
• Seal stains and knots. Oil based stain sealers will work on most stains but the alcohol-based sealer should be used on knots

Surfaces can now be dulled by sanding with 180 or 220 grit sandpaper.

Fill holes in woodwork with spackling, wood dough, or other preferred wood filler using a putty knife. Nail holes in wallboard may be filled with spackling.

Caulk joints at door and window casings baseboards and other painted woodwork use an acrylic latex caulk. Caulking can often repair cracks at corners of walls and ceilings.

When the fillers (joint compound, spackling, wood dough) have dried we sand any build up of filler flush with surface. Then we spot prime filled areas and bare wood with the sealer or other appropriate primer.

Surfaces Priming

Any patched or bare surfaces will be spot primed.

Final Prep Steps

Now sanding needs to be done before the first coat of finish paint is applied, hopefully there will be very little to do at this point.
We check around the room for places that might have gotten missed during the prep stages.

We finish sealing any stains, all filled holes will be spot primed before painting.

Clean the room

If we have created a lot of dust, we wipe everything with tack cloths and try to eliminate the dust as much as possible.

We cover every thing that could get spattered is covered.

WE FINISH THE JOB:

To complete the work, we:

• Set room back up with furniture
• Clean windows of any over spray, texture or splatters.
• Touch-up as needed
• Supply extra paint in each color.
• Provide a color schedule that lists each paint and where it was used
• Invite final walk-through inspection

We do more than just paint buildings: we make the bidding and management of your repaint needs easier with these specialized services. Each job is different and we will tailor our approach to meet your project needs.

Painting Specifications & Manufactures

Most jobs need written specifications so all bidders are quoting on the same prep, same number of finish coats, and using the same paint. We will write a set of specs at no charge, or have a paint company do the specs for your job also at no charge. Ask us for details. We deal with Home Depot, Benjamin Moore, and Glidden Paint Companies. We will be glad to use any brand of paint that meets specifications for a project.

Equipment & Employees

We remodel buildings using everything from 4-foot ladders to 100' booms. We own most of our own equipment and have access to specialized equipment of all types. All employees are direct employees. We do not subcontract, other than specialty trades.

Communication

All foremen carry their own phones so if there is a question or concern we can get quick answers for you.

Detailed Bids

Our bids are designed to include a lot of details. What's included and what is not included description of all prep work, how the paint is to be applied, and how many coats, what colors.

Guarantee

Every job has a written guarantee that is backed by years of experience. If something goes wrong and it's our fault - we fix it at no charge. Simple as that!