Painting Contractors in Asheville, NC

11 local businesses listed

Exterior paint doesn’t last as long here as the can promises. Mountain sun at elevation is harder on a south-facing wall than most people expect, and the humidity that makes summers pleasant also feeds mildew on the shaded north side of a house. Homes tucked under mature hardwoods — which is most of Montford, Kenilworth, and a good bit of West Asheville — tend to need attention on one side long before the others.

Prep is where the difference shows. On older homes, that can mean dealing with lead paint, which requires an EPA-certified firm for any house built before 1978. There are a lot of those here, so it’s a reasonable thing to ask about before you get a quote.

The painters listed work throughout Asheville and Arden, covering both interior and exterior work.

When you’re comparing bids, compare the prep, not the price. Two quotes can be a thousand dollars apart and describe completely different amounts of scraping, priming, and caulking. That gap is the whole job.

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