But there is that DIY temptation that says, “Look how easy it is to paint your house, and for no more than the cost of paint and a few supplies.” So, to nudge you toward the side of hiring a painting company, we have compiled a list of reasons you may have to hire one. Here are things that a painting company can do for you which you cannot do, will find difficult to do, or are simply reluctant to do.
Look at what a good painting company can do:
- Cover Everything Really Well – Lots of homeowners think that they are sufficiently covering up their furniture and floors—until the moment that they strip away the coverings and find canary-yellow paint splotches on their Brazilian cherry floor. A paint company knows where to cover.
- Has All the Supplies – You need more than paint, a brush, and a roller to paint your house. It’s surprising how much more stuff you need to really paint your house well. There are places where a top-notch paint sprayer is needed. And what about those vaulted ceilings of yours? How will you manage them? Paint companies have or can rent all the right scaffolding and ladders to reach these place.
- Knows How to Cut-In – “Cutting in” means to paint up to a non-paintable section, such as trim, without masking that area. Masking is effective, but it’s time consuming and if you’re using fine painter’s tape, expensive. Professional painters can cut in with ease and still make the paint look like it had been masked.
- Can Paint Your House Fast – Blisteringly fast, if you’ve got the right painters. Contrast that with you, a person who has things like work, children, and eating to attend to, in attend to all that painting. Not only that, but you’re just one person. Two, at most. Some painting companies send out crews of three, four, five, or more painters to get the job done amazingly fast.
- Advise You – Yes, you know everything about painting because… Well, you learned about primary and secondary colors in kindergarten. That’s nice. Except your friendly professional painter has that same native knowledge, plus about five or ten (or more) years of actual on-site, hand-on-the-brush experience. Trust your painter; he/she probably knows a thing or two.
- Might Move Your Furniture – The key word is “might.” Painting companies are not furniture movers. Time spent moving your furniture is time not spent painting. Besides, they don’t have the tools to move some pieces. Finally, lots of paint companies don’t want to even consider the liabilities associated with moving your 100” plasma screen TV off the wall. But it never hurts to ask.
- Know Specialized Techniques – Painting is more than just slopping a roller across the wall. “Cutting in” aside, there are plenty of other little techniques that professional painters employ to get those details done right.
- Gets Paint in Bulk - You buy paint off the shelf at The Home Depot; the painting company buys paint, primer, and other supplies in bulk from paint supply stores with their contractor accounts, getting it cheaper and often getting it better, too.
