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George

On 9/8/2011 9:54 AM, wrote:
I had the outside of my house painted. I hired a company that does
lots of different exterior work and is rated by lots of people as
practically perfect. They didn’t do some things I think should have
been done. What do you think?

They ignored spots where old paint was peeling and simply painted over
them instead of sanding first.

Did you ask them when they were doing it or after you noticed it? Unless
there were other circumstances such as a negotiated cheap price because
you said "I am going to dump this place, just slap the paint on" it is
definitely standard practice to remove loose and peeling paint. Prep is
the most important part of a paint job.

They left window panes dirty with streaks and handprints after
scraping paint from them (the windows were cleaned before the painters
arrived).

You know how you paint in a gap between two pieces of wood that aren't
flush with one another by painting thicker than on the surface? They
didn't. I think I read that this is a result of the invention of
paint sprayers – that in the days when you painted with a brush, you
were close enough to see things like this and take care of it.

They didn’t avoid walking on my plants over and over instead of
avoiding them, which was possible, albeit inconvenient.