A porch that looks good when you walk up to it, painted over sound wood. We paint Palos Heights exteriors with the steps, railings and columns prepped like the rest of the house.
Porches take more wear than any other painted surface, from foot traffic, standing water and shoveling. We scrape porch floors and steps to a sound surface, replace any soft boards or rotted column bases, and prime bare wood before a floor paint goes down. Railings and spindles get the loose paint taken off and any wobble refastened before they are painted. The siding, trim, soffit and doors then get the same wash, scrape, sand, prime and recaulk.
Palos Heights is on our regular route, off Route 83, Harlem Avenue, 127th Street and Ridgeland Avenue. If your house has a front porch with wood columns, the base of each column is the first place we check, since water sits there and rots the wood from the bottom up. A step that holds snow all winter tends to peel at the nosing, and we sand and prime that edge rather than painting over the lift. Concrete steps are a different surface and get a coating suited to concrete, which we call out in the estimate.
Scraped to sound paint, soft boards replaced, bare wood primed and finished with a floor paint.
Column bottoms probed for rot and repaired or replaced before primer and paint.
Loose paint removed, wobbly pieces refastened and every face painted.
Washed, scraped, sanded and primed, with rotted trim boards replaced.
Open joints at columns, trim and windows recaulked before finish coats.
Plantings, walks and the drive covered, and the porch left swept and ready to use.
We start with a walk around the house and across the porch, and you get a written estimate listing each surface, the prep, the product and the coats. Porch floors need time to dry before anyone walks on them, so we tell you which days the porch is off limits and plan around your front door. If a column base or step turns out rotted deeper than we could see, we show you and price it in writing before going further. Work is booked spring to fall on dry days above 50 degrees, and we finish with a walkthrough.
Want the porch done with the rest of the house? Call or text (815) 585-1750 for a free on-site estimate.
Call or text (815) 585-1750
Email matt@onitcc.com