Commercial and exterior house painting in Grapevine, TX (76051)

Grapevine's oldest houses cluster near Main Street and the original town grid, where you'll find early 1900s wood-frame cottages and bungalows with deep porches, tall double-hung windows and layered paint. Moving outward, 1970s and 1980s brick ranches give way to 1990s and 2000s two-story homes with brick, siding gables and some stucco near the lake. Commercial buildings range from historic brick storefronts downtown to stucco and tilt-wall retail along SH-114 and William D. Tate Avenue. Each of those surfaces wants a different primer and prep routine, and older wood houses usually need the most scraping and patience.

Restaurants, tasting rooms and shops can't afford to look like a work zone on a busy weekend. We stage interior work after closing or on your slowest day, use low-odor waterborne coatings, and pack up completely before you open. For exteriors, we set up in sections, keep entrances clear, and post simple wet-paint barriers so foot traffic flows around us safely. Signs, lighting and awnings get masked and protected rather than painted around loosely.

On older brick storefronts, we test existing coatings first because some historic masonry was painted decades ago with products that don't accept modern acrylics well. A quick adhesion test with tape tells us whether we can recoat or must remove loose layers. Grapevine has a local historic preservation program covering parts of downtown, so if your building may fall under it, we'll suggest checking with the city about any color or material review before we schedule.

• Night, early morning or closed-day scheduling
• Low-odor coatings for dining and retail spaces
• Entrances kept open throughout exterior work
• Daily cleanup before your doors open

Porch floors, columns, spindles and handrails take the hardest wear on an early 1900s house. We scrape loose paint, sand edges smooth, and fill checks in column bases with an exterior epoxy filler before priming. Porch floors get a dedicated porch and floor enamel, and metal handrails get rust converted and primed with a direct-to-metal primer before an alkyd or acrylic enamel topcoat. Old window glazing that has cracked out gets reglazed so the sashes stay tight.

Homes built before 1978 may have lead-based paint under the newer layers. We test before sanding and use containment and wet-scraping methods where it's present, so dust doesn't end up in your yard or a neighbor's. Plastic goes down along the foundation, debris is collected daily, and we never dry-sand or torch old paint. On a house with many decades of layers, those steps add a little time but keep the property and the people living in it safe.

For a typical single-story brick home in Grapevine with painted trim, soffits and a siding gable, exterior repaints usually run $3,940 to $7,860. Older wood-sided houses and two-story homes cost more because prep takes longer and staging is more involved. That range isn't a quote; it moves with square footage, wood repair, color changes and access.

We measure every elevation, note each rotted board and photograph problem areas, then send a written scope with line items so you can see where labor goes. If you're preparing a lakeside rental or a sale, we'll suggest where a fresh coat makes the biggest impression, which is usually the front door, the trim nearest the street and any faded garage door. Call us and describe the house, and we'll set a time to look.