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Why a Job Walk is a Critical Part of Working with a Painting Contractor

Why a Job Walk is a Critical Part of Working with a Painting Contractor

If you are hiring a contractor to paint a home, business, interior, exterior or cabinets, meeting with the painting contractor is one of the most critical steps in the process of planning and completing your painting project. Make sure to meet with the contractor and get your questions answered up front.

Inspect the conditions of the surface to be painted: A contractor should thoroughly inspect all surfaces

Measure the surfaces: A professional contractor will have production and spread rates figured out based upon previous jobs they have completed. If the contractor you are meeting with doesn’t take time to measure and calculate the square footage, linear footage, and prep work, it is likely they are guessing at how long the job will take. An accurate estimate will be based upon proven data that a contractor has accumulated over time.

Discuss Colors & Schemes: Right colors are an important part of the painting job. Just like prep work and application are critical, so are your final colors. A professional will have experience with palates of colors, and offer advice for your project. A painting contractor will consider both style and surroundings when making recommendations about colors.

Protecting Surroundings: During the initial inspection, the contractor should discuss how they will protect plants, walkways, and all surfaces not being painted. If there is lead paint present, this is even more important so that the surroundings are not contaminated.

Safety Hazards: Safety should be a major concern for all professional painting contractors. OSHA spells out very clearly what a contractor should and shouldn’t do. During their initial visit, they should be looking for potential areas of concern, and planning how they will protect their workers while painting your project.

As a professional painting contractor, it is important at Brooks Painting that we do a thorough initial estimate walk through. We don’t stop there; we also do pre-job walks before the job starts. Our crew leaders have been trained to walk with a customer before the job starts and review everything the estimator discussed. If you appreciate attention to detail, and want to know exactly what you are getting, call us at Brooks Painting Inc 530-753-5074. We work all over the Sacramento, Davis, Vacaville and surrounding areas. We look forward to helping you on your painting projects.

Our Promises to You

1. We’re committed to your project’s success

A lot of painters do the bare minimum, just to get by and move on. That’s not who we are or how we’ve built our reputation.

2. You can feel comfortable with our team

From the estimator to our office team, field employees to Crew Leader, we want you to know that you’re valued, cared for, and safe.

3. We’ll do the job correctly

You deserve total transparency, accountability, and exceptional work. No skipped steps or opting for the “easy way.”

4. We’ll stand by our job

Because we know we’re doing it all the right way, we can confidently stand by our work. We’re picky, and we want you to be 100% satisfied.

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Most trusted painting company in the Greater Sacramento & Davis Areas

4.9 rating from 350+ reviews

Mark and the team from Brook’s Painting are exceptional at their jobs. We recently renovated a 5000sqft home and they did all the painting. Their attention to detail and investment in our project is so appreciated, and we knew we were in good hands with them. The value they add by identifying issues, making suggestions and going the extra mile to deliver quality work and make sure we are happy with our home is such a breath of fresh air. I would hire this team and company for any future work in a heartbeat and can’t say enough how amazing they are!

Kirsten Martin

They are on time! They show up! It was a big job and they were good and fast. Very nice guys.

Tracy W.

We chose Brooks Painting based on their excellent reputation. It was an excellent choice! We had them do a complete exterior and almost complete interior painting of our two story house. They were done separately, while we were out of town. We are very pleased with the quality of the work. They even fixed up a few mistakes made by a crew that painted a portion of our interior ceilings a month prior (removal of asbestos popcorn ceiling), at no extra charge. Cleanup was great, also. They repaired some dry rot that was uncovered (extra charge, but worth it), and they even moved furniture back into place as well as put back the curtain rods that I had taken down, which wasn't expected. I highly recommend them, and will use them again for any future paint jobs.

Charlie Russell

Another great job by Brooks Paining. they did a great job on our trim painting and siding varnish. They were very timely and considerate of our home and property. This is our 3rd time in 19 years utilizing Brooks Painting. We haven't been let done. 👍👍

T Thompson

We would recommend them highly. [They] painted and did a good job. Kept everything clean and cleaned up after, very polite.

Muriel Y.

This is a business you can trust to do an excellent job and keep all promises. Came on time, completed in time stated, beautiful result!

Sandra & David M.

We are long time happy customers with many positive experiences with Brooks Painting. We have appreciated the assistance (and patience) with selecting paint colors, the professionalism of the staff and the high quality of workmanship. We recently had some interior painting done and the crew was on time, neat, careful inside the house and very easy to work with. They also cheerfully handled some unexpected drywall repair. I highly recommend Brooks Painting.

Teri Greenfield

Competent, very thorough, listened to my wishes, very accommodating. Hard workers, friendly, happy, willing to please.

Kay M

Brooks Painting gets in gets it done and out! Quality job, great price. Touch base daily with a report on progress of job. It's important to have confidence in a company that works for you. Brooks is that company.

Jeff Allbright, Nugget Markets Corp.

Brooks did a fantastic job on our exterior and interior paint jobs. Quality was high, price was reasonable, and the team was extremely professional and detail-oriented. Mark was our crew lead and the team performed a number of exterior wood repairs, a door re-stain, interior and exterior painting. Mark clearly takes a lot of pride in his work and went above and beyond to ensure the work was high-quality, including finding exact matching siding to fix dry rot, and performing minor repairs that weren't even included in the quote. He and the team were all consistently positive and personable, joking with each other throughout the day, while also genuinely complimenting each other on the quality of their work. It was great to see, and that positivity definitely showed through the work they did. We couldn't be happier with the end result.

Ryan Schauland

I have always received excellent customer service and the crews are always very concerned about ensuring satisfaction!

Shawn W.

Brooks Painting has be in business a long time in our area. As a native resident we have seen and heard of their professional & quality painting. In looking for bids on painting our house Brooks was referred numerous times. When Jeremy came out to meet us we were sold on using their services and looked no further. Every aspect of this company was very upfront, professional and made us feel safe, valued and comfortable hiring them. The office staff kept good communication with us. The color matching was perfect. The crew showed up on time, were respectful and did a great job from prep to the final end of the project. The warranty offered was a plus and the liability coverage gave us peace of mind also. The price was well worth all that was included in the project so we had little to do but move our stuff away from the house. Thank you Brooks painting, crew and staff for making our home new again :)

Karen Boone

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Why Work with Brooks Painting

Quality

Our reputation is built on our painting craftsmanship and excellence.

Prompt Service

We are proud of our reputation for friendly, prompt service, and this positive attitude is reflected by every one of our employees.

Guarantee

We offer a three-year labor guarantee for all painting projects involving one coat, and a five-year labor guarantee for all two-coat projects.

Reputation

Our priority has always been to deliver quality work, services, and customer experiences. This has led us to become the largest painting contractor in the Davis/Woodland area.