Painters in Richmond Hill
Absolut Painting paints homes in Richmond Hill: interiors, exteriors, home offices, kitchen cabinets and trim. The town splits between postwar streets around Yonge and Bayview and newer subdivisions and infill north and east of them. On the older streets the house has plaster or early drywall, a bulkhead over the kitchen sink and a kitchen full of 1980s or 1990s oak cabinets. On the newer ones the walls are tall, the drywall is square and the paint is builder flat. We walk whichever house you have and write a quote that lists every prep step.
Richmond Hill, on the ground.
Kitchen cabinet refinishing is a steady Richmond Hill job because so many kitchens here still have the original oak. Doors and drawer fronts come off, everything is degreased, sanded, grain-filled where you want a smooth finish, primed with a bonding primer and sprayed in a dust-free setup, with the boxes sprayed in place behind masking. Home offices are another: a deep colour on one wall, which needs a tinted primer and often a third coat to cover evenly. Older houses add plaster cracks and the bulkhead seam that keeps opening, which is caulked with a flexible compound before paint.
On site, furniture is moved and covered, floors protected, holes filled, cracks caulked, sanded and spot-primed. Two full coats, cut by hand at the ceiling and the trim. Doors and trim sprayed where the room can be sealed. The crew cleans up every day, which matters when the kitchen is out of use for a few days, and walks the finished work with you before leaving. 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.
A Richmond Hill kitchen often still has its original oak doors, so cabinet refinishing is quoted as its own job with a sample door before anything is sprayed.
Richmond Hill mixes postwar houses with plaster, bulkheads and original oak kitchens around Yonge and Bayview with newer subdivision and infill houses in builder flat paint.
Most houses take a driveway and a level entry, and attached garages give the crew a dry place to set up a sealed spray area for cabinet doors.
Kitchen cabinet refinishing, home offices and feature walls, whole-house interiors, trim and doors, and exterior trim are the usual Richmond Hill jobs.
Inside, outside and the cabinets.
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Questions from Richmond Hill
Can our 1990s oak kitchen be painted so the grain does not show through?
Yes. Oak has an open grain that telegraphs through paint unless it is filled. The doors are degreased, sanded, grain-filled, sanded again and primed with a bonding primer before two sprayed coats of enamel. Skipping the filler leaves a textured door, which some clients want and most do not. We show you a sample door both ways so you choose before the kitchen is taken apart.
I want a dark navy or green wall in my home office. Why does it take more coats?
Deep colours have less hiding pigment than whites, so they cover unevenly over a light wall. The fix is a grey-tinted primer matched to the finish colour, then two full coats, and sometimes a third on a wall that gets strong side light. Dark walls also show every roller lap if they are rushed, so the crew keeps a wet edge and rolls the full height in one pass.
Should the bulkhead over our kitchen sink be painted the wall colour or the ceiling colour?
Either works, but it is a decision to make on purpose. Painting the bulkhead the wall colour makes it read as part of the wall and lowers the visual ceiling in a smaller kitchen. Painting it the ceiling colour makes it disappear into the ceiling and keeps the wall colour from running into an awkward box. We paint a sample on it at the walkthrough so you can judge it in the room.
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