Trade 05
Interior and exterior painting, pressure washing, caulking and sealing. In this climate the sealing matters more than the colour.
Performed in-house
Our own technician performs this work. No Florida contractor licence is required for it, and TrionX carries general liability and workers' compensation.
Paint in South Florida is doing a job beyond appearance. Sun, salt and driving rain work on an exterior surface continuously, and the coating is most of what stands between the weather and the substrate underneath. A wall that looks tired is often a wall that has stopped protecting anything.
The related work matters more than the painting itself. Failed caulk around a window is a water intrusion route, and water intrusion is how a cosmetic budget becomes a structural one. We look at the joints and the seals when we quote a repaint, because repainting over a failed seal wastes the coating.
What we handle
Why TrionX
A coating fails at the surface it was put onto, not in the tin. Washing, scraping back what is loose and priming bare areas is most of the labour on a job done properly, and skipping it is why an exterior repaint can look poor in eighteen months.
Sealant around windows, doors and expansion joints has a shorter life than the paint over it, and it fails invisibly. When we quote a repaint we price the joints separately and tell you which need renewing, because that is the part actually keeping water out.
Occupied premises need low-odour products, contained working areas and hours that do not clash with your customers. Retail and food premises usually mean evenings and early mornings, and we schedule to that rather than asking you to close.
Common questions
No. Painting and pressure washing are carried out by our own technicians. Where a surface problem turns out to be structural, or where work needs a permit, that part is coordinated through a licensed contractor.
It depends far more on exposure than on age. A west-facing elevation a mile from the water weathers much faster than a shaded courtyard on the same building. Rather than quote an interval, we would look at the elevations and tell you which need doing now and which have a season or two left.
Yes, and for occupied premises that is usually how it is scheduled. Low-odour products for interiors, contained areas, and the space cleared and usable before you open.
Yes. Facades, walkways, loading areas and parking. It is worth doing before deciding on a repaint, because a surface that only looks dirty does not need a coating, and washing it first tells you which you are dealing with.
Further reading
Written for the people who have to make the call, not for other contractors. More in our insights, and the terms we use are defined in the glossary.
Coverage
We cover the whole county. These are the commercial submarkets we work in most often.
Where painting works differently
Property we do this for
Written up in detail
Background-checked, insured and on our payroll, so one company stays accountable for the result. Tell us the property and the problem and we will come back with a window.
