7 Easy Steps to answer the question Why Hire a Professional Painter - a common one homeowners ask when considering exterior house painting.

Here we'll walk you through the 7-step decision process for hiring a professional painter for an exterior painting project versus taking on the task yourself.

1. Precise Preparation
2. Quality Tools
3. Experienced and Detailed Workmanship
4. Timely and Efficient Completion
5. No Clean Up!
6. Safety & Insurance
7. In the End, Saves you Time and Money

1. Precision Preparation

A typical 3,000 square foot home in Colorado Springs might require 30-80 hours of prep time prior to painting. This may include scraping, caulking, patching, taping, and even replacing rotten wood from failed paint. For an exterior house painting project that requires daylight hours, a typical homeowner may only be able to give weekend time to the job. If you were to spend 8 hours a day on both Saturday and Sunday, you are already looking at 4 to 10 days to prep the house. Translated to weekends, that's the equivalent of 2 weeks to 2 months before beginning to paint!

Professional painters know that preparing the painting surface is an extremely essential part of the process. They’ll take the necessary time to clean and prep so that your new paint not only adheres well, but also holds up in the extreme Colorado climate we live in.

2. Quality Tools

If you've been into your local big box home improvement store, you might have noticed they usually carry a "good," "better," and "best" version of every tool and material available. Homeowners who are looking at the cost of a single project may opt for the low or middle quality tools. Professionals who make a living off their trade will always invest in the best quality tools to deliver the best possible work. Whether it's brushes, rollers, ladders, and even caulk and paint, a professional wants to have the highest quality tools to make the job go smoothly and leave nothing but a raving fan of a homeowner.

3. Experienced and Detailed Workmanship

When considering a large project such as painting the exterior of a house, selecting a professional painter brings a certain peace of mind that the job will be done well. The crew at Front Range Painters in Colorado Springs are particularly experienced in exterior paint jobs that are meant to sustain the ebbs and flows of Colorado weather. In addition, their attention to detail far surpasses what a typical homeowner has the patience to insist on. You only need to look at their reviews to have the confidence that you'll get a quality job done right the first time.

4. Timely and Efficient Completion

Homeowners who attempt a do-it-yourself exterior paint job nearly always significantly underestimate the time required to do this project. As a result, they end up cutting corners just to get the job done. With a professional crew of highly qualified tradesmen, Front Range Painters can finish a job within the timeline estimated, barring any unforeseen circumstances such as weather-related delays. With the experience of this team, they know how to estimate jobs accurately. As this is their living, their success depends on delivering award-winning satisfaction to their homeowners.

5. No Clean Up!

If you're not convinced about hiring a professional painter for your exterior painting project yet, the fact that you don't have to worry about cleaning up should seal the deal. Whether it's cleaning your brushes every night, storing your ladders, sealing your paint cans, scrubbing your hands, and washing your painter clothes, the effort involved in cleaning up after each time you paint is a vastly underestimated effort by most homeowners. And keep in mind, you do have to clean all your rollers, brushes, and other equipment each time you stop using them for the day. Removing this hassle from your weekend time is a huge win. In many cases, the very un-fun clean up process is reason enough to answer "yes" to the question, "should I hire a professional painter?"

6. Safety & Insurance

Let's say you made it this far, and you are still considering a DIY job on painting the exterior of your home, let's talk safety. If you have a typical 2-story home, or even 3 at the back if you have walk-out basement, do you have a ladder big enough to reach the heights of your walls? What if you need to replace wood trim or overhang pieces? Many of these tasks require 2 or more people. Are you willing to hang over the edge of your roof to paint facia boards? This may end up being only 10% of the entire paint job, but it can't be skimped. These details around all the edges of the roof are where leaks most frequently occur due to bad or failed paint jobs. Speaking of safety, if you do hire a professional painter, insist on seeing their insurance certificate. The last thing you want to deal with is an injured painter who injured himself by falling off your roof or ladder.