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= Featured ProviderFounded in 2019, Croxall Painting serves clients in Chattanooga. The company delivers a family-centered approach and helps clients update the style of their homes through its interior painting services. It also provides exterior painting solutions, which improve property curb appeal and protect facades. Croxall Painting was established by Hayden, a former school teacher at The Howard School, to provide long-term careers to graduating students.
Smith Painting is a home improvement contractor that has been serving clients in Chattanooga since 2008. It offers residential painting solutions that include site preparation work, color consultations, project follow-up after completion, and touch-ups. The company also handles painting for various commercial surfaces, such as industrial metal surfaces, flooring, corrugated steel panels, and support structures. Deck and concrete staining services are available. Smith Painting is owned and operated by Robert Smith, who has been painting since 1969. Clients can set appointments 24/7.
For over 35 years, Scott Brown Professional Painting and Remodeling has been serving residential and commercial property owners in Chattanooga. It provides an array of improvement services including interior and exterior painting, in addition to pressure washing, stair renovations, and popcorn ceiling removal. The company's technicians are trained in installing fiber cement siding to help clients prevent wood rots.
(33)Jon Welsh Painting is a company that has been serving residential and commercial property owners in Chattanooga and surrounding areas since 1987. Its crew assists in improving the appearance of houses through jobs such as interior and exterior painting, power washing, and color scheme recommendations. The company's other services include staining and refinishing decks, floors, fences, and doors. Jon Welsh Painting also revamps historic homes by using historically accurate colors in painting projects repairing plasters and shutters.
Launched in 1989, Chattanooga-based Williams Painting Company serves homeowners and business owners in the metro area. Its services include exterior and interior painting, deck and patio staining, texture application and removal, wallpaper removal, pressure washing, and drywall and plaster repair. The company's painting process starts with inspecting the surface to be painted, fixing or covering imperfections, then applying a primer before the actual painting begins. The company also offers carpentry and cleaning services. Joe Williams, the founder, has over 31 years of painting experience.
Jason R Smith Painting serves residential and commercial property owners in the Chattanooga metro and the nearby areas. Since 2014, its team has been offering interior and exterior painting solutions that meet both the client’s style and budget. Its crew members also help customers with their wooden decks maintenance needs by providing its deck staining services. In addition to painting and staining, Jason R Smith Painting offers pressure washing on the property’s sidewalk or driveway.
Downeys Painting is a full-service contractor assisting residential property owners in Chattanooga and nearby areas since 2016. Whether clients are painting their homes for the first time or preparing the property for new homeowners, the company offers interior and exterior painting assistance. Its crew paints the walls and ceilings of bedrooms, living areas, and bathrooms. The contractors also work on cabinets and drywall. Downeys Painting was founded by Jon Downey, who has over 15 years of industry experience.
For over 30 years, Walls Come Alive has been creating refined spaces in Chattanooga. The company serves home and business owners through a variety of offerings. These include interior, stencil, and faux painting services. Its crew of painters also handles projects like wallpaper application and replacement. They also repair broken drywall. The business uses durable products to make paints last. Walls Come Alive is trusted by Chattanooga Home Inspectors, Paula Armstrong Interior Design, and Jay Hudson Homes.
Painter Ready provides its services to residential and commercial clients in Chattanooga. Each customer is entitled to their own project manager and customer relations coordinator. These people keep clients updated at all stages of the project. The company serves businesses, including medical facilities, religious facilities, fitness centers, restaurants, and strip malls. Its other services include ceiling tile replacement and minor trim repair and replacement. Painter Ready is a family-owned business run by brothers Ken and Kurt Morris.
Since 1928, Randy Wilson Painting has been serving residential, commercial, and industrial clients in Chattanooga and the surrounding areas. It helps customers improve the look of their properties by providing them with interior and exterior painting services. Its team of professionals paints large foyers, high ceilings, and wood beams and brings the necessary equipment to complete every job such as sprayers, scaffolding, and ladders. Randy Wilson Painting also performs general contracting, pressure washing, and gutter installation and cleaning services.
Contractors Choice Painting is a local business that provides residential and commercial services for clients in the Chattanooga area. Its team of painters prepares the surfaces for painting, cover the parts they are not painting, clean up after themselves each day, and paint according to industry standards. They handle various interior surfaces, including ceilings, drywall and plaster, doors, windows, kitchen and bathroom cabinets, and baseboards. They also paint the house's exteriors, such as stucco, fascia and eaves, decks and railings, and architectural woodwork.
Refined Home Finishes serves businesses and homeowners throughout the Chattanooga metro. The company handles interior painting that covers stone, brick, vinyl, and wood siding and exterior painting that includes flat finish mineral paint and limewash finishes. Its contractors have a collective industry experience of more than 30 years. They use eco-friendly finishes and paints for both commercial and residential properties. Refined Home Finishes also provides home remodeling and landscape design services.
Goodpaster offers residential painting services in Chattanooga. It takes on a variety of interior jobs from applying new coats of paint on baseboards to giving the entire home a complete overhaul. The company also tackles exterior projects by first pressure washing surfaces to remove oil or grime. Its crews work on brick surfaces, outdoor trims, fascia, and soffits. Bill Goodpaster is the Christian owner of the company. He is a US Navy veteran who has been running the company for over 18 years.
(20)Hutcherson Painting is a company with a team of painters serving property owners in Chattanooga and the surrounding areas. It provides a variety of services, including interior and exterior painting, drywall repair, staining, and brick whitewashing. It also offers other services such as light carpentry, popcorn ceiling removal, pressure washing, and wallpaper removal. The company has 30 years of experience. Clients praise Hutcherson Painting for helping them choose a house color and delivering services that they are pleased with.
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.
