by Nigel Costolloe | May 3, 2013 | exterior corner boards, Exterior Painting, pre-primed trim
A prospective customer called, referred by a business acquaintance, and asked us to estimate the repainting of his trim. “The house is new” he said, “it should be a simple job”. Alas, a quick review shows a panoply of problems, a multitude of...
by Nigel Costolloe | Mar 28, 2013 | Boston Painters, Customer Service, Exterior Painting, Summer
As I sat in my kitchen this morning, I was thinking how wonderful it was looking out the windows and actually seeing things: the tree in my back yard, the birds in search of breakfast and our neighbor’s house even though there were no lights shining from the...
by Nigel Costolloe | Nov 15, 2012 | Exterior Painting
We were fortunate enough this year to be introduced to a lovely client in Somerville. Mark Weiner, architectural rep for Sherwin-Williams in New England, referred us to a retired architect/interior designer couple who live in a beautiful home in Somerville. After a...
by Nigel Costolloe | Sep 21, 2012 | Belmont, Environmentally Friendly Paints, EPA-RPP, Exterior Painting, Wood Restoration
In these photos below we have removed all flaking paint from a Belmont, MA home. The exterior walls looked sound from a distance but up close, each shingle showed a latticework of cracked paint – in painting parlance this is called ‘alligatoring’. It...
by Nigel Costolloe | Jul 10, 2012 | Brookline, Exterior Painting, Historic Restoration
One of the earliest lessons I learned in painting was not to rush to apply the 2nd coat. Oil-primed exterior walls on a Brookline Victorian were taking forever to dry; the paint can label suggested 48 hours before recoating – I waited a full week then applied a...
by Nigel Costolloe | Feb 3, 2012 | Boston Painters, Exterior Painting, Historic Restoration, Water Damage
I had no idea either, until I moved to New England from San Francisco and encountered a multitude of paint failures that are unique to old wood houses and Old Man Winter. The above photo is of an elevation on the Fitch Inn in Bedford, the start of Paul Revere’s famous...
