Why barns are a different job
A barn has more wall than most houses, gables that go up two or three stories and wood that has often gone years without attention. Layers of old paint build up, and when they fail they fail in big sheets. That takes more scraping, more priming and more ladder work than a typical house.
Carriage barn before and after. Old blue paint was showing through the red. It was scraped and primed before the new coat.
What we paint
- Barns and gambrel roofs
- Carriage houses
- Detached garages
- Sheds and workshops
- Cupolas, trim and X brace doors
- Garage and carriage doors
Matching the house, or keeping it classic
Some owners want the barn to match the house. Others want the traditional barn red with white trim. We have done both, and we can pick out doors and X braces in a contrasting color.
Barn prices depend heavily on height, access and how much old paint has to come off.
We look at it in person and give you a written number.