Liberty Painting
Arlington, VA 22205 202-491-2315
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Consumer Ratings for Liberty Painting — 5 Ratings
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Painters Articles
Should You Hire a Painter or Do It Yourself?
A good painting contractor will produce better results than most DIYers—and finish faster. But because they don't have to pay for their own labor, lots of homeowners grab rollers and brushes. Before taking the painting plunge, consider the following.
How to Choose Paint
Eggshell. Latex. Semi-gloss. Oil. There are so many vocabulary words surrounding types of house paint, you might think you need a dictionary. Consider this our primer on figuring out what’s in the can and where to use it.
Swatch Your Step: How to Pick Paint Colors
Visit any paint store, and it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the rainbow coalition of colors—most paint manufacturers produce hues by the thousands, not dozens. So how do you choose?
Tips on Painting a Room
Repainting is the easiest, most cost-effective way to redo a room’s décor. Before you grab a brush and roller, here are some tips on how to paint like a pro.
Exterior Painting Tips
Repainting is more than redecoration. Modern paints are formulated to withstand severe swings in temperature and resist fading, shrinking, cracking, and peeling. But you’ll get good results only if the job is done well. Here are some tips.
How to Find a Painting Pro
Unlike other trades, you don’t need special training or a truck full of tools to paint one room or an entire house. But who does the painting can have a dramatic effect on how well the job is done—and how much you’ll pay for it.
Working with a Professional Painter
On painting projects that last more than a few days there are things you can do to help the job run smoothly, finish on time, and produce the best possible results.
Protecting Your Family from Lead Exposure
As long as it’s in good condition, lead-based paint probably isn’t a hazard; but scraping and sanding changes that. Over the years it’s become clear that the dust produced by renovation work can be just as harmful as ingested paint chips.
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Consumer Comments for Liberty Painting
Oct 21, 2023
Aug 08, 2018
My wife hired Liberty Painting to paint the entire second floor of our townhome. She found them on Yelp, where they had lots of good reviews. In hindsight, I don’t believe the reviews are real. (This was before I found Checkbook, which I’ve found very helpful since.) The entire experience with them was terrible, from scheduling to work quality. Below I provide some examples, but this isn’t even an exhaustive list.
? We agreed on a start date, which they ultimately rescheduled. This was a problem because we had subsequently scheduled a flooring company to come in and work 1.5 weeks after the painting was to be complete. That is, we didn’t schedule back-to-back in case something went wrong. And we did make it very clear to them from the beginning that the dates we agreed on were firm. I was skeptical, because it was a lot of work for a short amount of time, but they repeatedly said in response to my concerns that it would be no problem, and that they had a large crew. Ultimately, they didn’t honor the agreed upon dates, and rescheduled to complete the job the day before flooring company started. This created a headache for us.
? They said they’d have something like 10 guys working simultaneously over the course of about a week. I never saw more than 3 workers, until the last workday. (I worked from home and was at the house all day.) And as we got close to the end date they still had *a lot* of work to complete. Here I raised my concerns again, but only until the last day did they show up with a full crew. That day they worked late, probably until midnight, which was disruptive not only for us but our neighbors. (Think 10 guys working and you are trying to sleep in bed on the other side of the wall.)
? The quality of the work looks like a last-minute job, done after dark. They painted over electrical plugs, light switches, did not bother to take out unused wall anchors or apply filler where necessary, yet also missed a lot of spots that they should have painted. They left paint on our hardwood floors, as well as our exterior front porch on the way out.
I could go on, but ultimately the point is that they were disorganized, unresponsive to concerns, did very poor work, and did a terrible job at not getting paint everywhere it shouldn’t be.
Jun 01, 2018
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