Painters in Markham
Absolut Painting paints homes in Markham: interiors, exteriors, great rooms, trim and cabinets. Old Markham Village and Unionville have heritage frame and brick houses with small rooms, plaster walls, original trim and painted wood siding outside, while Cornell, Angus Glen and Cathedraltown are newer houses with high ceilings, open plans and builder flat paint. The walkthrough tells us which set of problems the house has, and the quote that follows lists each step of prep so nothing is bundled into a number you cannot read. Benjamin Moore and Sherwin-Williams paint on both kinds of house, two full coats, lines cut by hand.
Markham, on the ground.
In a heritage house the surfaces are old and the colours matter beyond the front door. Plaster is filled and primed, trim is sanded back and enamelled, and wood siding outside is washed, scraped, primed and painted with a colour that suits the street [and any heritage district guidance the Town applies]. In the newer parts of Markham the rooms are tall and square, so the work is a primer over builder flat, two coats on a lot of wall, and a scaffold for the great room and the foyer. Both kinds of house get hand-cut lines at the ceiling and the trim.
On site, furniture is moved and covered, floors protected, holes filled, cracks caulked, sanded and spot-primed. Two full coats, with tape pulled while the paint is still soft. Trim and doors sprayed where the room can be sealed. The crew cleans up every day and walks the finished rooms with you before leaving, and a touch-up visit follows. Benjamin Moore and Sherwin-Williams paint, a [2-year] written workmanship warranty, insured and WSIB covered [John confirms]. John Kotlar quotes the job and leads the crew from the first day to the last.
An older house in Markham may sit in a heritage district, so exterior colours are chosen from palettes that suit the street and checked against the Town's guidance.
Markham runs from heritage frame and brick houses in the Village and Unionville, with plaster walls and painted wood siding, to newer estate housing in Cornell and Angus Glen with tall rooms and builder flat paint.
Newer houses take a van in the driveway and a level carry for scaffold, while heritage houses have narrow doors and halls that decide how the crew stages its equipment.
Heritage exteriors and trim, great rooms and foyers in new houses, whole-house interiors and cabinet refinishing are the usual Markham jobs.
Inside, outside and the cabinets.
Also in Markham: Ceiling painting · Wallpaper removal and painting
Questions from Markham
We are in a heritage house in Unionville. Are there rules about exterior colours?
There can be. [Markham's heritage conservation districts have guidelines on exterior colour and finish, and some changes need Town approval before work starts.] We help you choose from historically appropriate palettes in the Benjamin Moore and Sherwin-Williams lines, and the prep on old wood siding is the same regardless: wash, scrape, prime bare wood, two coats of exterior acrylic.
Our great room wall is about eighteen feet tall. How is that painted?
From a scaffold tower set on protected floors, with the crew cutting the ceiling line by hand and rolling the wall in vertical sections so the sheen stays even from top to bottom. A wall that tall shows lap marks if the roller dries between passes, so two painters work it together. The great room is its own line on the quote because of the equipment and the time.
The wood siding on our Markham Village house is chalking and the paint is thin. Is it ready for a repaint?
Chalking means the old paint has broken down and needs washing off before anything new will stick. The siding is pressure-washed, scraped where it is lifting, feather-sanded, primed on bare wood and spot-primed elsewhere, then painted with two coats of exterior acrylic. If the chalk is heavy, a full primer coat goes on. Exterior work waits for warm, dry weather.
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