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When Do You Need to Hire a Professional for Interior Painting Services?
Interior painting is a great way to improve the look and feel of any home, and many homeowners choose to take it on as a DIY project. It’s easy to see why: the materials are relatively inexpensive, and doesn’t necessarily require a huge number of skills. With a little time and effort, you can significantly improve your home.
However, before you decide to take on an interior painting project on your own, it’s important to consider everything that the job will entail. In many cases, it can be very beneficial to you and your home to hire a professional painter for the job.
At Ronald D. Jones Painting, our New York interior painting contractors can provide high quality painting services that will transform the atmosphere of any room in your home. We’ll be able to get the job done efficiently, and we’ll guarantee your complete satisfaction with our work.
Before you decide whether to hire a professional or tackle the job yourself, ask yourself these questions:
Will This Part of Your Home Be Difficult to Paint?
Before you head to the hardware store to buy a couple of cans of paint, you should consider everything that the job might entail. You should consider some of the specific qualities of the room that you’re painting before you decide whether you’ll be able to handle the job.
The height of your walls is probably the most important factor. If you have high ceilings, it’s going to be difficult to reach the upper portions of your walls. Of course, you can take care of this with a ladder. But painting from a ladder can be unsafe, not to mention tedious and frustrating.
Is There Any Lead Paint in Your Home?
Before you begin painting, be sure that you know whether or not there is any lead paint in your home. If your home was build more than 50 years ago, then it’s very likely that there is some lead paint to remove. If you don’t hire a professional painter, you’ll need to determine whether any of the paint in your home is lead-based, and you’ll to remove it and dispose of it properly.
How Much Painting Experience Do You Have?
Unfortunately, your average homeowner will never be able to achieve the high quality results that a professional painter will. If you’re looking for professional-quality job, you’ll need to hire a professional. Take a realistic look at your own skill-set and your expectations for the final results of the project, then decide whether hiring a pro or doing it yourself is the best option for you.
