Interior painters in Oxford County

What's included

• Prep. Moving and covering furniture, protecting floors, filling nail holes and cracks, sanding and spot-priming. Good prep is most of what you're paying for.
• Walls. Usually two coats, cut in by hand at the ceiling and trim, then rolled.
• Ceilings. Flat ceiling white hides imperfections. Stained ceilings get a stain-blocking primer first.
• Trim and doors. Baseboards, casings and doors in a harder-wearing semi-gloss or satin.
• Stairwells and high walls. Ladders, planks or scaffolding for the spots you can't safely reach.
• Clean-up. Furniture back, covers off, and touch-up paint left for you.

Choosing a sheen

Flat or matte hides wall flaws and suits ceilings and low-traffic rooms. Eggshell and satin wipe clean and are the most common for living areas, halls and kids' rooms. Semi-gloss is tough and washable, so it's used on trim, doors, kitchens and bathrooms.

Older homes and lead paint

Many homes built before the 1960s in Oxford County have lead paint under the newer layers, especially on trim, windows and doors. It's safe when it's intact, but sanding or scraping it makes dangerous dust. A good painter will test before sanding and use lead-safe practices if it's there.

Drywall repairs

Holes, cracks and old anchors are usually patched as part of the job. Bigger repairs, like water-damaged ceilings or rooms that need skim-coating, should be quoted separately so you can compare like with like.