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Interior House Painting Part 3
Time to Read: < 1 minute. We started this project repairing major water damage to plaster ceilings and walls in this home. Once the damage was repaired, the homeowners decided to have us skim coat the affected ceilings and repaint the rooms. These are those photos. More can be found in these two posts:https://blog.carriganpainting.com/2024/04/modernizing-old-swirl-ceilings-from.html And…
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Skim Coating Ceilings – From Texture to Smooth in 3 Rooms – Part 2
Time to Read: 4 minutes. This home had a swirl texture that was created with paint. These ceilings were not the traditional sand swirl texture found in many homes around Buffalo. You can see the swirl in the photo below. This is the first coat. Tomorrow we will go back and apply the second…
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Plaster Restoration and Painting of Small Foyer in Snyder NY.
Time to Read: 4 minutes. Trying to capture this plaster damage in photos proved more difficult than I anticipated. Anyways we removed the loose plaster, and the rotted out metal lath from a previous repair The metal lath is from a another plasterer (probably my dad) from a long time ago…
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Vaulted Ceiling Crack Repairs and Painting
Time to Read: 2 minutes. Today we are repairing some cracks around a ceiling beam. Because the cracks are largely superficial, we opted to not open them up too much. We did however chip out the loose drywall and filled in the affected area with Durabond. Once the Durabond was set, we skim coated the…
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Popcorn Ceiling Removal, Skim Coating & Painting
Time to Read: 6 minutes. Removing Popcorn Ceiling Texture & Painting We are doing more and more of these! Thankfully, this ceiling has never been painted so the popcorn texture came off with relative ease with some water. However toward the end, our sprayer broke which prevented us from removing all of the texture in…
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Multiple Ceiling Repairs in Cheektowaga NY – Part 1
Time to Read: 4 minutes. Multiple areas in this home require ceiling repair work as the result of water leaks. After the water damage is repaired, we will be skim coating the affected ceilings to make them smooth, and then painting said ceilings. This area was bad, the plaster was literally falling off the…
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Basement Ceiling Painting in Lancaster NY
Time to Read: 4 minutes. Basement Ceiling Painting Spraying a basement ceiling is something that we are doing more of. Takes a bit of preparation due to the nature of painting the ceiling. All can lights, pendent lights, smoke detectors, shut-off valves ect need to be covered. Plastic and tape from the ceiling to the…
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New Home? 5 Considerations for Painting
Time to Read: 5 minutes. Planning Ahead: The Key to Efficiency Once you have a closing date for your new home, the work begins. One of the first steps in this process is obtaining bids from local painting companies to get your now home painted. Getting your ducks in a row is crucial. Realtors often…
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Small drywall repair in Williamsville NY
Time to Read: < 1 minute. Water Damage Repair We were contracted to repair some water damage to a wall. We were hired by a local plumber (warranty work on their part). Update: 2/21/24: We primed with PPG Gripper and painted the wall with a Sherwin sample, which is super-paint satin, for $12 vs $30…
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Wallpaper Removal & Drywall Repair & Painting
Time to Read: 3 minutes. We removed the wallpaper from the walls, and then washed the walls then pole sanded the walls and ceiling. After we primed the walls and spot primed water stains on the ceiling with oil primer. Skim coating is often needed Lots of patching. Whoever did the finishing work 25 years…
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