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= Featured ProviderBased in Fort Collins, Green Mountain Painting & Contracting has a team of painters that offers good painting workmanship at affordable rates. They provide indoor and exterior house painting, commercial painting, drywall repair, and pressure-washing. The company takes pride in being able to adjust to their clients' individual needs, especially when it comes to budget constraints, without compromising the paint quality.
(26)ProStar Painting serves residential and commercial clients in Fort Collins. Using clients' chosen colors, its crew members take care of the painting job from start to finish. They also cover interior and exterior surfaces that customers want to give a renewed look. In addition, the team strives to complete projects with minimal interruptions to the families' or businesses' daily routines. Founder and owner Jason Garner has 12 years of industry experience. He started the company in 2019, offering special services for the country's veterans.
Noble Painting is a contractor that caters to clients in Fort Collins. Its painting specialists change the color of the walls, trims, and doors in the whole house. They apply paints or stains by spraying or by brushing. The team at the worksite prepares the surfaces to be painted by power washing, sanding, priming, and caulking cracks and nail holes. Board replacement service is also available for rotten trim and siding. Noble Painting has been in business since 2016.
Big Forty LLC serves residential and commercial property owners in the Fort Collins metro. The company has a wide range of home improvement services, from simple interior and exterior paint jobs to full-scale remodels. It also has a team of experts who focus on epoxy floor coating application, window replacement, and garage door repairs. The company uses low VOC paints and paints that improve the air quality in the clients' homes. Big Forty LLC is a partner of the paint company, Sherwin-Williams.
Serving the Fort Collins metro, AMC Painting is a company that helps residential and commercial clients paint their property. With 25 years of experience, the company specializes in painting large-scale properties and multifamily homes. Its main line of services includes interior and exterior painting. It also offers color consultation, minor drywall repair, caulking, and power washing as part of its services. With a professional crew, AMC Painting has completed over 300 projects and catered to more than 200 clients.
Many Colors Painting Inc. is a Fort Collins-based company that provides painting services to residential and commercial property owners. It paints the interior and exterior surfaces for small-scale and large-scale projects. Its team uses two-part epoxy products to paint and refinish cabinets. The team comprises RRP-certified painters who repaint and restore the original appearance of historical buildings without compromising their structure or integrity. The company has been providing services to its clients for more than 14 years.
(5)Fort Collins Drywall and Paint offers a variety of services to property owners in the metro. It caters to customers who just moved into a house or who want to renovate their homes. Its offered services include interior and exterior house painting. Its crew members extensively prepare sites prior to the application of coatings by cleaning, repairing damages, sanding, and priming. They also tackle drywall projects, install sheetrocks, and repair plasters. In addition, they deliver steel stud framing and commercial tenant finishing.
(12)Inside Out Home Remodeling and Repair has been providing home improvement solutions in Fort Collins and the nearby areas since 2017. It helps individuals and families increase their property value by offering interior and exterior painting services. The company assists clients with general exterior and interior handyman repairs which include repairing drywall, plastering ceilings, caulking, and grouting. It offers other home maintenance services such as cabinet replacement and cleanups. In addition, its handymen assemble furniture, install closet systems, and replace doors.
(29)Serving the Fort Collins metro, Northern Colorado Painting is a contractor that prepares, paints, and repairs interior and exterior surfaces in homes and businesses. The family-owned and family-operated company has been in the industry for more than 15 years and comprises professional paint applicators and installers. It deals with surfaces made out of bricks, concrete, stucco, vinyl, and wood and uses conventional and spray paint application methods. The staff also offers pressure washing services for cleaning decks and fences.
(8)Perfect Edge Finishcrafters offers painting solutions throughout Fort Collins. Its interior projects start with cleaning, drywall, and carpentry repairs. Its exterior works keep moisture and UV rays on the surface of the paint film, preserving the exteriors of building materials and systems. It applies two coats of wood conditioner prior to primer and caulking. It uses Sherwin Williams Duration or Emerald paint for all exteriors. The multi-trade contracting service business ensures reduced environmental impact by utilizing non-VOC paints and exercising mindful worksite management.
(35)Alpine Painting is a company that serves the Fort Collins area. Its owner Aaron Kluding provides personal consultation to help clients choose colors that suit their home designs. He and his crew paint residential interiors and exteriors to enhance their appearance and protect them from harsh elements. He works on big and small projects, and uses zero-VOC products that boost indoor air quality. Kluding handled painting jobs during college before establishing his company in 2001.
(23)Lotus Painting is a painting contractor serving Fort Collins clients. The company offers its 25-year expertise in painting house interiors and exteriors. It helps plan for painting projects and includes color consultation in its services. In addition, it provides custom stain matches for woodwork, trims, handrails, doors, and windows. Owner Tim Wuertz began painting professionally in 1992. His experience working for a paint store honed his eye for color and fine detail. Wuertz established Lotus Painting in 1995.
Since 2003, Custom Renovations Painting is a locally owned and operated company that has been serving Fort Collins. Its professionals perform painting, staining, and clear finish applications to interior and exterior surfaces of homes. They also offer a broad range of services, from wallpaper removal and drywall repair and installation to pressure washing and deck coating and staining. The company also handles the painting projects of property managers and HOAs. Its team helps them discuss color options and painting schedules with their residents.
Handyman Connection of Fort Collins serves homeowners in and around the local community. The company provides a variety of home improvement solutions, including interior and exterior painting. It offers faux finishing and texturing, wallpaper installation, fence and deck staining and power washing, and accent and trim painting. The company also provides clients with different painting types, such as acrylic emulsion, enamel, and metallic paint. Handyman Connection has been listed among Qualified Remodeler's list of the Top 500 Remodelers in the country.
Above All Painting & Staining is a 100% family-owned and family-operated firm that caters to clients in Fort Collins, Windsor, Loveland, and the neighboring communities. It serves the painting needs of customers, whether interior or exterior. Its professionals carry over 25 years of combined experience in the industry and utilize Sherwin-Williams and Benjamin Moore products in every project. Above All Painting & Staining offers over 1,500 paint color options and also performs deck refinishing, fence staining, and bathroom and kitchen mold removal.
(5)Matt Homolka Painting, Inc., is a locally owned and operated business that was established by a third-generation painting contractor in 1993. Serving Fort Collins, it offers commercial and residential painting services which include a cleanup and walkthrough inspection upon project completion. Its team of professionals handles new and existing properties and provides color coordination assistance to avoid confusion. The company performs power washing, interior painting, epoxy garage floor coating, exterior siding staining, and woodwork finishing.
Established in 2021, Greater Area Painting is a locally-owned and locally-operated property maintenance and improvement company that serves both residential and commercial clients from the Fort Collins metro and the surrounding areas. It provides interior and exterior painting services for clients' properties, which include caulking cracks in the surface, scraping off any loose paint, and sanding. Its team of professionals also works with color specialists. Other services that Greater Area Painting offers include power washing.
(34)A & G Pro Painters Exterior & Interior Painting serves residential and commercial clients in Fort Collins and the surrounding areas. The company works to make houses feel like homes and delivers its painting solutions to hundreds of properties each year. It also offers stucco painting, carpentry services, drywall repairs, and fine finishes on smooth walls, furniture, and cabinetry. Power washing services that remove algae, mildew, dirt, and grime from sidewalks, decks, and patios are also available.
Interior painters typically charge by the square foot. They add the lengths of all sides of the room together and multiply this room perimeter by wall height. They must then subtract the square footage of windows, doors, and other fixtures that won’t be painted. The per-square-foot rate varies depending on materials, the number of coats, and other variables.
The average hourly wage for a painter ranges between $16 and $18. For a full-time painter, that’s a little under or over $35,000 a year. But freelance painters usually earn more. The location also impacts pay. For example, the average yearly income for a self-employed painter in California is about $70,000. In Alabama, it’s just over $61,000.
While they usually price the job by square footage, expect to pay an effectual rate of $20 to $50 dollars per hour for the services of a professional painter. It typically takes a couple of days to professionally prep and paint a standard 120-square-foot room. The average cost is approximately $300 to $800. Exterior house painting can run from $2,500 to $6,000.
Clients can expect professional painters to provide an accurate estimate after doing a thorough walk-through, taking measurements, and discussing the specifics of the job requirements. They can help with paint quality and color suggestions. Clean-up should also be part of the job. Some touch up may also be necessary. Finally, ask for proof of insurance and licensure.
The paint should be dry before removing the painter’s tape. That takes at least an hour after the final coat is applied. But wait longer if the paint still feels gummy. It’s okay to leave the tape overnight, but it’s best not to wait longer than 24 hours.
The average premium for general liability insurance is about $50 per month with a $250 deductible and a $1 million per occurrence policy limit. This coverage protects against third-party property damage, third-party bodily injury, and advertising injuries. Companies employing painters must also carry workers’ compensation insurance. That runs about $300 per month. Insurance against damaged, stolen, or lost tools and equipment is about $15 per month.
