The Cottages ~ Marysville, Washington New Commercial Construction: 4 Building -Assisted living complex, 5 color paint job per Architect s Spec s.
Historic Home ~ Seattle/Mt. Baker, Washington Page 1 of 2 Before: Mustard yellow sheet metal siding was removed. Dryrot was repaired. 30% siding replaced. Replaced most of 1x5 trim (clear fir) and all backband small wraps around trim. Extensive scraping of lead paint.* *Washington State s laws require a licensed lead paint renovator to perform the work, adhering to strict guidelines dealing with lead paint removal and disposal. Painting Hard Co. Inc. is registered with Washington State as a lead paint renovator. Lead paint removal requires close containment of chips - certain and limited removal/prep procedures,. Clean up must be made with a certified Hepa vacuum, followed by proper disposal of chips, and proper documentation.
Historic Home ~ Seattle/Mt. Baker, Washington Page 2 of 2 After: House was primed with oil primer 1st, then a heavy coat latex filler primer, followed by 2 coats premium latex paint.
Historic Home ~ Seattle, Washington Porch Work Back porch had extensive dry rot in the framing. Replaced frame, siding (with gate for lawnmower), new set stair s added, new 5/4 cedar decking, New rails built on new and older deck. and complete rebuild of stairs. Note: later in house project these decks coatednew wood was primed (oil), pickets shot white latex, deck painted with brown porch paint (oil).
Historic Porch Replacement ~ Seattle, Washington Top Photo/Before: The old porch design was not consistent with look of this historic home. Middle & Bottom Photo/After: The new porch steps and rails now fit the historical nature of this home. New frame made of treated 2x8s. We built complete new porch to fit historic look (bead board as siding, clear fir bullnose steps 1 thick, clear cedar risers, Rails: made with clear cedar top s & bottom s ripped to 5 width/ & 3x3 clear fir picket s, Clear fir tongue & groove porch floor. Final paint to match house and coordinating dark brown oil paint for stairs and porch.
Historic Home ~ Everett, Washington Rucker House This historic home had the eave supports moved and installed for a more eye pleasing effect. 30% of the siding was replaced, several dry rot repairs were made, 1/8-1/4 of coating was stripped off the porch and re-coated. Extensive prep to siding, trim and eaves had to be completed prior to applying the custom three color paint. Historic Home~ Everett, Washington Prior to painting, this historic home had 50% of siding replaced and a large percentage of the window wraps replaced. The front porch was totally rebuilt including new tongue and groove flooring and rim joists. New siding was installed on the lower portion of the home and the columns were removed, extensively refurbished and reinstalled. Additional work to exterior included extensive caulking, heavy priming, and repainting. Once completed, the home s appearance had a positive visible difference.
Lead Paint Project ~ Marysville, Washington This older home in Marysville received chimney repair, extensive re-glazing on the original windows, some dry rot repairs, and finally repainting. This house tested positive for lead paint.* *Washington State s laws require a licensed lead paint renovator to perform the work, adhering to strict guidelines dealing with lead paint removal and disposal. Painting Hard Co. Inc. is registered with Washington State as a lead paint renovator. Lead paint removal requires close containment of chips - certain and limited removal/prep procedures,. Clean up must be made with a certified Hepa vacuum, followed by proper disposal of chips, and proper documentation.
Historic Home ~ Shelton, Washington Top Photo: Before This older house in Shelton was in need of a great deal of work. It was remodeled inside and out, followed by an extensive paint job. Middle Photo: This photos shows the installed new roof and extensive stripping of exterior. Part of the process included multicoatings of primer and paint to provide a good solid uniform look. Bottom Photo: This after photo shows the amazing difference once the exterior work was completed, including new siding, extensive stripping and prep, rebuilt porch, new roof/ gutters/fascias, and finally planter boxes. The interior had repair for dry rot to floor and rim joists, some sub-flooring repair followed by new floor throughout.
Seattle, Washington This Seattle home had 40-50% of its siding replaced, mostly in the front or the home, extensive prep, and new paint. Recommendation: In late September 2010, just before the wet season began in earnest, we engaged Painting Hard to replace siding and paint the exterior of our 2,600 square foot home built in 1927. All of the siding on the house was the original siding. On the weather sides of the house, there was significant bubbling and some rotting. The siding was old, had been painted numerous times, and was not adequately breathing to allow moisture to escape. Prior to painting, we worked with Jim to come up with a solution where we would replace much (probably half) of the old siding on just the two weather sides of the house. The rest of the siding was in pretty good shape. This allowed us to not break our budget and it also would ensure that we would get the most mileage from his paint job. This approach was the most cost effective and through Jim s efforts, we achieved the goal of getting a great paint job and improving the siding on a significant portion of the house, particularly the front of the house, which looks brand new. Because Jim is also a general contractor, it significantly adds value to his painting capabilities, as well as saves time. Painting Hard can be a single source solution for older homes, which often (i.e. always) require more work than expected. In addition, Jim was reliable, true to his word about work schedules and scope of work, and brought creative solutions to issues that most painters may not be able to provide or execute because they are not contractors. He was detail oriented and actively involved in the entire project, which added to our comfort level. Jim and his team completed the entire job within two weeks and we were very satisfied with the results. ~ Chris
Historic Home~ North Everett, Washington This historic home had many years of neglect and the use of a solid white paint job did not reflect the unique architecture of the home. Painting Hard Co. Inc. performed a very extensive prep and stripping job. We worked with an architect in creating and applying an appropriate custom four color paint job. This home was painted in 2002.
Historic Home ~ Everett, Washington, Page 1 of 2 This home received a historic restoration award from the city of Everett. Top Photo: Extensive prep work. Middle Photo: Complete overhaul of the porch. Bottom Photo: Photo shows temporary supports holding roof up to rebuild porch and deck, including building new columns. (Continued on next page.)
Historic Home ~ Everett, Washington, Page 2 of 2 Top Photo: Picture shows extensive stripping. (This work was done prior to EPA lead paint laws.) Bottom Photo: Finished product after extensive repairs, prep work and stripping. The painting portion included prime plus three colors of paint.
Large Custom Barn ~ Snohomish, Washington This large shingled building received a thorough pressure wash, shingles were recoated with a clear coat, and trim paint was applied. Extensive use of a man lift was required on this project.
North Everett, Washington This home presented with multiple problems - previously it had been painted repeatedly, a couple years apart without proper prep work. This led to extensive peeling in several areas. 1) the advanced age of paint, and 2) the numerous coats of paint, contributed to the peeling. Another glaring issue was that a previous paint job was oil based paint applied over latex paint. In fact it had been decades since maintenance or prep work prior to painting had been completed. We informed the customer that the best solution was to completely strip or reside the house prior to painting. This was before current lead paint abatement laws, with today s laws we could not do a complete stripping of the paint. The cost to completely strip the house was twice as much as the paint job, however this solution was much more cost effective than residing and painting. Painting Hard Co. Inc. stripped about 80% of this house, applied a heavy coating of oil primer, completed exterior caulking, and applied two coats of quality paint. With the additional work and proper preparation, this paint job will last years longer than the existing one.
New Construction ~ Mill Creek, Washington Custom mill work paint job.
Commercial: Commercial painting on a Big 5 Store. Rental/Residential ~ Lynnwood, Washington This four-plex project involved working with multiple tenants and their varied schedules. In addition, there were both cars and landscaping that needed to be avoided for prep and painting. We were very happy with the finished project and our customers were pleased.
Stone Home ~ North Everett, Washington The first photo is a during shot. We had already removed some damaged shingles. Fascias needed to be replaced, we used clear cedar 1x. The backs and edges were primed prior to installation. Painting Hard Co. Inc. had to create a custom scaffold for this job - to protect the steep roof from traffic while providing a safer and easier area to work. We installed new fascias, pre primed shingles on peak areas and dormer, and also installed new window wraps with 1x3 cedar. After: Along with the replaced shingles, new fascias, converting lap siding to shingles (lower left), adding new window trim, and numerous mortar repairs - the rock siding was pressure-washed with roto-nozzle and the home was complete. The transformation was beautiful.
Historic Home ~ North Everett, Washington This project involved replacing some siding and then the home was completed with a historic restoration paint job.
North Everett, Washington
What People Are Saying: We have a 56 year old house with lead base paint and a number of other old house issues that had to be addressed when it cam time to repaint. Jim Hard of Painting Hard was very professional and cost conscious when he approached the solutions to our problems. Jim was fair and reasonable in his bids and performed high quality work. He and his crew did a great job. They completely transformed our house. They removed the lead paint adhering to the new EPA standards and repaired and replaced numerous old house dry rot boards. We were impressed with the results and are confident that our house is now ready to last another 56 years. Helen W. North Everett, WA. Painting Hard Co. was one of the very first firms I visited in the field, and helped them to learn acceptable exterior containments. I returned one additional time and found they had erected an outstanding upper deck containment using weed block fabric and poly sheeting to protect the client s property from lead chips, dust and debris. Best Regards, Bob Angeline, Compliance and Enforcement Specialist Lead-Based Paint Programs, Department of Commerce March 2012 Painting Hard Company has completed numerous projects for our Company during the past 2 years. These projects have varied from interior and exterior paint, sheet rock installation, door installation, siding repair and just general carpentry. I can recommend Jim Hard s company because they meet the agreed upon time lines, do good quality work and stay within bid amounts. Sincerely Gary D. Wright, President Gary Wright Realty, Inc. / Coldwell Banker