Buffalo Grove straddles the Lake and Cook county line and we cover the whole village either way. Housing is mostly subdivision-era with attached garages and finished basements, so the standing work is interior repaints, basement finishing and cabinet refinishing in kitchens of a certain age.
A deck that is greying and splintering does not need a darker stain, it needs the old coating off. Stain sitting on top of failed stain traps moisture in the board, which is what causes the splitting. The process is strip, clean, brighten to an even tone, let it dry properly, then coat. Railings and spindles take longer than the deck floor and are the part most often skipped. In this climate a deck wants attention every two to three years, not every ten.
Same written scope in Buffalo Grove as anywhere else in Lake County — surfaces, products and coats named before anything is booked.
The Lake County painting year
Interior work runs every month. Exterior is weather dependent, so the spring slots go first.
How it works
We look at the surfaces, not just the rooms. Prep is what the number is built from, so it is what gets measured.
You get the surfaces, the products, the number of coats and the price in writing before anything is booked.
Interior any month. Exterior inside the season, not squeezed into the end of it.
We walk the finished work with you under real light and fix anything on the list before the final invoice.
Also in Buffalo Grove
Service area
Text a photo of the room or the elevation and we will scope it, or call and we will walk it through with you.
Questions
No. Buffalo Grove is inside our regular service area and the price is built from the surfaces and the preparation, not the drive. We are across Lake County most days of the week.
By surface area and by the amount of preparation the surfaces need, which is the part that varies most between two houses that look similar. A wall that needs washing, filling, sanding and priming is several times the work of one that needs a coat. You get the scope in writing — surfaces, products, number of coats — so you can compare quotes on the same basis rather than on a single number.
Interior work runs all year, and January through March is the easiest time of year to book. Exterior work is weather dependent and needs surface temperature and dryness within range, so it runs roughly April through October in Lake County. We would rather tell you to wait for spring than put a coat on in November that fails by summer.
A single room is usually a day or two. A whole-house interior runs one to two weeks depending on how much trim and how much prep. A full exterior is typically one to two weeks, and the weather decides more than the crew does. You get a schedule up front, and you are told when it moves.
No. Interior work is done room by room so the house stays livable, and each room is put back at the end of each day rather than at the end of the job. If a kitchen is being refinished you will lose the use of the cabinets for a few days, and we plan that with you rather than around you.
Every two to three years in this climate, sooner on a deck with full sun exposure. Freeze-thaw cycling is hard on horizontal surfaces. Catching it before the old coating fails completely keeps it a re-coat rather than a strip.
Text a photo of the room or the elevation and we will scope it. Fastest way to a number.
Text a photoCall (224) 944-8652