A whole-house repaint in Arlington Heights done in the right order, so nothing gets painted twice. Ceilings first, walls next, trim and doors last.
Painting a whole house goes better in a fixed order. Ceilings come first, because drips from overhead land on walls that have not been painted yet, then the walls, then the trim and doors last so their edges stay crisp. Before any of it, each room gets its prep: holes filled, nail pops reset, sanding, gaps at the trim caulked, repairs and stains spot primed, and floors and furniture covered. We can do every surface in a room, or only the walls if that is what you want.
Arlington Heights is on our route up Route 53, with Arlington Heights Road and Northwest Highway running past downtown and the Metra station. If your house has stained wood trim, painting it is hard to undo, so we talk it through before it goes on the estimate. Painting the walls and leaving the wood as it is works fine, as long as the cut line along the trim is clean. We cut that line by hand and keep the wood covered while we work.
Ceilings go first in each room so drips land on surfaces still to be coated; full ceiling work has its own page.
Walls get their patching, sanding and spot priming, then the coats in the sheen on your estimate.
Baseboard, casing and doors go last so their edges stay sharp against the fresh walls.
If you keep your stained trim, we cut the wall color to it by hand and protect the wood.
A full house can be split into phases, floor by floor, so you are never without a bedroom.
Each room's floor is covered and furniture is centered under cover until the room is done.
Our free estimate breaks the house into rooms and lists the prep, the products, the sheen and the coats for each surface, plus the order we will work in. If you decide mid-job to add the trim in a room or a closet, we write it up with a price and wait for your okay. Dates are set with you, and a phased job has a date for each phase. At the end of each phase we walk it with you and touch up anything before moving on.
Call or text (815) 585-1750 and tell us which floors and rooms you want painted. We will lay out the order and the phases in a written estimate.
Call or text (815) 585-1750
Email matt@onitcc.com