Painting Companies Index

Worcester is widely credited as the city where the triple-decker housing form originated, with builder Francis Gallagher considered the originator of the type, and today nearly 25 percent of the…

The tobacco and textile fortunes of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries left Winston-Salem with one of the richest residential architectural legacies in the Southeast, with grand estates along…

Wichita’s geographic position in the southern Great Plains produces one of the most extreme annual temperature ranges of any major Kansas city, routinely swinging from highs above 100 degrees Fahrenheit…

Washington, D.C. contains one of the densest concentrations of historic brick rowhouses in the United States, with many dating to the Federal and Victorian periods of the 1800s and some…

Virginia Beach’s 35-mile Atlantic coastline generates a persistent marine environment that affects every exterior surface in the city: salt-laden air settles on painted surfaces and draws moisture directly into the…

Vancouver, Washington (not to be confused with Vancouver, British Columbia) sits just north of Portland, Oregon along the Columbia River, where the Pacific Northwest’s wet climate creates one of the…

Tulsa’s position in Tornado Alley means its housing stock endures some of the most abrupt weather swings of any major American city, with temperatures that can shift 50 degrees in…

Tucson receives more than 350 days of sunshine annually, and that UV load accelerates exterior paint degradation on south- and west-facing walls to a pace that catches homeowners unfamiliar with…

Toledo’s position along the Maumee River and its proximity to Lake Erie creates a climate marked by high humidity, lake-effect moisture, and winters that include significant ice and freeze-thaw cycles….

Tempe’s desert climate subjects stucco-clad homes to some of the most demanding exterior paint conditions in the country: intense UV radiation accelerates paint oxidation and color fading year-round, summer temperatures…

Tampa’s position on Tampa Bay combines the moisture challenges of South Florida with the particular weathering patterns of a city that sits at the intersection of Gulf Coast humidity and…

Tallahassee’s humid subtropical climate produces relative humidity averaging between 72 and 78 percent throughout the year, which creates persistent challenges for exterior paint adhesion and accelerates mildew growth on both…

Tacoma receives roughly 41 inches of rain per year, and its proximity to Puget Sound means winter months can see relative humidity levels above 85 percent, conditions that are hard…

St. Petersburg sits on a peninsula surrounded by Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, and the resulting salt air environment accelerates corrosion and paint degradation on metal fixtures, wood…

St. Paul has one of the largest concentrations of older single-family homes in Minnesota, with a significant number built before 1940 in styles ranging from Craftsman bungalows along Summit Avenue…

Stockton sits in the northern San Joaquin Valley where tule fog rolls in during winter mornings and summer temperatures routinely climb past 95 degrees. That combination of high winter humidity,…

St. Louis sits at the intersection of two major climate zones, producing hot and humid summers alongside cold winters with freeze-thaw cycles that stress exterior paint films. The city’s extensive…

Springfield sits on the Springfield Plateau of the Ozarks at roughly 1,300 feet elevation, where a humid subtropical climate delivers hot and humid summers, frequent thunderstorms, and winters cold enough…

Spokane sits in the Inland Northwest where four distinct seasons put exterior coatings through a demanding annual cycle: summer temperatures that push past 90 degrees Fahrenheit expand wood and siding,…

Sioux Falls has grown faster than nearly any comparably sized city in the Great Plains over the past decade, with a population increase exceeding 14% since 2010, fueled by a…

Shreveport sits in the northwest corner of Louisiana and experiences the full weight of the Gulf South’s subtropical climate, 96 percent of properties carry a severe heat designation, and the…

Seattle receives an average of 37 inches of rain per year, spread across a long gray season that runs from October through May, and that persistent moisture fundamentally shapes how…

Moreno Valley is one of the fastest-growing cities in Riverside County, and its position in the western Inland Empire means summer temperatures frequently push past 100 degrees with 98 percent…

Montgomery’s humid subtropical climate sits at the harsh end of what exterior paint is designed to handle, the city faces 99 percent of its properties classified as having severe heat…

Modesto sits at the heart of California’s Central Valley, where summer temperatures routinely exceed 100 degrees and UV exposure is intense enough to fade and crack exterior paint within a…

Mobile receives more annual rainfall than any other major city in the continental United States, averaging over 65 inches per year, and that persistent moisture drives a painting market sharply…

Minneapolis winters routinely push temperatures below minus twenty degrees Fahrenheit, and those freeze-thaw cycles cause paint to contract and expand repeatedly through every season, making surface adhesion the defining quality…

Milwaukee’s exterior painting season runs approximately 150 to 180 days per year, compressed by winters where temperatures frequently drop below zero and freeze-thaw cycles attack paint adhesion through repeated expansion…

Miami’s subtropical climate presents painters with a demanding environment: intense UV radiation, humidity that regularly exceeds 80%, and salt air from Biscayne Bay that accelerates corrosion on exterior surfaces. These…

Mesa’s housing stock is dominated by stucco-clad homes in master-planned communities, a large share of which are governed by HOAs with strict exterior color guidelines that typically require homeowners to…