Painting · Tampa Bay

Interior and exterior painting in Tampa Bay.

Four painting jobs below. Pick the one that sounds like yours. Each page tells you the same three things, including the one most companies leave out. In paint, that one is the prep, because it is the part that disappears under the color.

Every page answers these three

01What actually decides the price

02How many days you lose the room

03When we would tell you not to do it

Priced by written scope, never by the hour.

Pick the job that sounds like yours

Four services

If two of them sound like yours, that is normal. Say so on the walkthrough and the written scope covers both under one price.

Paint roller on a pole rolling a white wall, house painting cost

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What painting costs in Tampa Bay

Three things move a painting job from one range to the next, and they are the same three every time. Inside or outside, how much repair, and how much trim. No price per room, because the prep is the price and it is different on every wall.

·Inside or outside, with the Florida weather in the outside number

·How much patching and priming before paint

·How many colors, and how many feet of trim

·One closed price, written, after a real walkthrough

Priced by written scope, never by the hour

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Interior painting

Walls, ceilings, trim and doors inside the house. The paint is the last hour of a day spent patching, sanding, caulking and priming. Two coats over a primed surface, or the patches show through in a month. The scope names the brand, the sheen and the coats, wall by wall.

·Every hole filled and sanded flush, then primed

·Two coats of the paint named in the scope

·Trim scuffed, caulked and cut by hand

·A labeled touch up kit at the end

Priced by written scope, never by the hour

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Exterior painting

Stucco, siding, fascia and doors, in a climate that chalks paint and rains every afternoon. The wash and the primer are the job. Rotten wood comes out before any color goes on, and the paint waits for the window the data sheet names.

·Washed with a cleaner and a mildewcide, then dried

·Cracks filled, soft fascia replaced first

·Bonding primer on chalk, wood primer on bare wood

·Two coats in the weather window, not into a storm

Priced by written scope, never by the hour

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Cabinet painting

Every door and every box stays. Only the finish changes. The doors come off and get sprayed flat. The frames get sprayed inside a sealed kitchen. Everything gets degreased twice before a bonding primer. It is the cheapest way to change a kitchen, and it lives in the sandpaper.

·Doors off, labeled and sprayed flat

·Degreased, sanded and wiped before any primer

·Bonding primer and a cabinet enamel, not wall paint

·Kitchen sealed with extraction while the frames are sprayed

Priced by written scope, never by the hour

What decides the price →

Not sure which one is yours? Start here.

Most houses are one of these five cases. Read the line that sounds like yours. The page it points to is the one to open first. Nothing on these pages moves a wire or a pipe. The licensed trades stay out of it unless a wall has to be opened, and then your scope names them. Every page below also says how the room is protected and what the touch up kit covers.

Walls, ceilings and trim inside the house

Interior painting. The prep is patching, sanding, caulking and priming, and it is most of the job. Two coats over a primed patch, or the patch shows through in a year. The scope names the brand, the sheen and the coats, room by room.

Stucco, siding, fascia and the front door

Exterior painting. Florida sun and afternoon rain set the schedule. Chalking stucco gets washed and primed. Rotten fascia comes out before any color. The paint goes on when the surface is dry, not when the calendar says.

The cabinets are fine and you hate the color

Cabinet painting. Doors come off and get sprayed flat. Frames are sprayed inside a sealed kitchen. Everything is degreased twice before a bonding primer. It is the cheapest way to change a kitchen, and it lives in the sandpaper.

The house was built before 1978

Any sanding or scraping on a house from before 1978 can put lead dust in the air. The EPA regulates it under its lead rule. The paint gets tested first. If it is positive, the work is done under that rule by a firm certified for it. It is its own line in the scope.

You want a number before anything else

Read the cost page. It gives you the 3 questions that put any painting job in a range. It also shows what a low bid quietly leaves out. There is no price per room, because the prep is the price and it is different on every wall.

The same five steps on every painting job above.

01Walkthrough of the real space

02Written scope, item by item

03One closed price

04Milestone payments

05Final walkthrough together

Never hourly, never a verbal number. Serving Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Manatee and Sarasota counties.

See a sample scope document

Where we work

Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Manatee and Sarasota counties. If your town is not on this list, call and ask: the answer is often yes.

Tampa Brandon Riverview Valrico Seffner Ruskin Apollo Beach Plant City Temple Terrace Lutz St. Petersburg Clearwater Largo Seminole Palm Harbor Safety Harbor Oldsmar St. Pete Beach Wesley Chapel New Port Richey