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Trim, doors and railings in Burlington
Burlington holds postwar and older houses in Aldershot and the lakeside neighbourhoods, many being opened up, alongside downtown condos with concrete ceilings and drywall on steel stud. Older homes carry layers of oil paint and stained oak that need a bonding primer, and newer homes carry primed MDF trim that needs filling at the joints before the first finish coat. Trim, doors and railings get filled, caulked, sanded and finished in a hard waterborne enamel, with doors sprayed flat where it suits.
Concept imageryBurlington, on the ground.
Condo repaints and concrete ceilings, post-renovation patching and whole-house interiors in older houses, trim and doors, exterior aluminum and wood trim, and cabinet refinishing are the usual Burlington work. Floors are papered, trim is filled and caulked, doors come off for spraying, two coats go on and the tape is pulled while the paint is soft for a clean line.
Condo suites in Burlington often have bare concrete ceilings, so they are primed with a bonding product and rolled flat in one direction rather than treated like drywall.
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On the quote, from the start.
- 01Baseboards, door and window casings, crown, wainscoting and built-ins prepped and painted
- 02Nail holes and dents filled, every joint and wall gap caulked, and the old finish sanded for adhesion
- 03A bonding primer on glossy or oil-based finishes so the new enamel does not peel
- 04Two coats of waterborne enamel, such as Benjamin Moore Advance or Sherwin-Williams Emerald Urethane, in satin or semi-gloss
- 05Interior doors removed and sprayed flat, or brushed in place where removal is not practical
- 06Stair rails, newel posts and spindles sanded, primed where needed and finished with a brush
No figures published. The drivers, in order.
| Driver | What we look at |
|---|---|
| Metres of trim and number of doors | Each door has two faces and four edges. A main floor with ten doors and crown throughout is a different job from a hallway. |
| Existing finish | Previously painted trim needs a sand and two coats. Stained and varnished trim needs degreasing, a thorough sand and a bonding primer first. |
| Profile and detail | Flat modern trim brushes quickly. Colonial profiles, panelled doors and turned spindles take more time per piece. |
| Spray or brush | Spraying doors and rails gives the smoothest finish but needs more masking. We recommend the method that suits each piece. |
Trim is often added to an interior walls quote, and the two together take fewer days than booking them apart because the room is only protected once. The quote shows trim as its own line either way.
Trim, doors and railings questions from Burlington
Can you paint just the trim in my Burlington home?
Yes. Trim on its own is a common job in Burlington, especially when the walls are fine and the baseboards and doors have gone yellow. We protect the floors and walls, prep and paint the trim and leave the rest untouched.
Do you paint stair railings in Burlington?
Yes. Rails, newel posts and spindles are sanded and finished by hand, in white, black or a colour that matches the trim. A railing in a Burlington home is usually [n] days including cure time between coats.
Can you paint the aluminum eaves, fascia and downspouts on our older Burlington house?
Yes. Aluminum trim that has chalked or faded is washed to remove the residue, which is the step that makes or breaks paint on aluminum, then primed with a bonding primer where the finish has worn and painted with two coats of exterior acrylic. Done that way it holds well and refreshes the whole roofline. We book exterior work for warm, dry weather.
The ceilings in our downtown Burlington condo are exposed concrete. Can they be painted to look even?
Yes, within what concrete allows. The crew fills the worst voids and form marks, primes the ceiling with a bonding primer made for concrete, and rolls two coats of flat ceiling paint in a single direction so the texture reads even. Some form lines will still show, which many owners like. If you want a perfectly smooth ceiling, that is a drywall job rather than a paint job, and we say so.