House painters in Longmont, Colorado

Longmont has one of the widest ranges of housing in Boulder County: brick bungalows and Victorians near Main Street and the Old Town neighborhoods, 1970s and 1980s ranches and split-levels through the central and south sides, and newer two-story homes on the east side toward the open space. Each of those takes paint differently, and the crew that has worked on all three knows the difference before the first can is opened.

Elements Painting is based in Berthoud, a short drive north on 287, and Longmont is one of the six cities we serve directly.

Painting services for Longmont homes

Interior painting for walls, ceilings, trim and doors. Exterior painting for siding, trim and everything the weather reaches. Cabinet painting and refinishing for kitchens that are built well but look dated. Decorative flake concrete floor coatings for garages, basements and patios. Deck and fence staining and painting for the outdoor wood that takes the worst of the sun.

What Longmont weather does to exterior paint

Longmont sits lower and flatter than Boulder, with less shade and more wind. The sun hits the south and west elevations hard for most of the year, and the binder in exterior paint breaks down faster at this altitude than it does closer to sea level. Add freeze-thaw cycles from late fall through spring, and moisture that gets behind a coating at a failed caulk joint gets pushed out as peeling by the following year. Prep is where that gets prevented: wash, scrape to sound material, sand the edges, caulk the joints, prime bare wood, then two full coats with dry time between them.

Exterior work in late fall depends on surface temperature and dry conditions. We schedule around weather windows and pause when conditions are not right. When the season closes, we put you on the spring schedule and the cold months go to interior work.

Older homes near Old Town Longmont

Older Longmont homes often have layers of previous paint, original wood trim and plaster walls that have been patched more than once. We treat those surfaces with more care, not less: scraping back to sound material, feathering the edges so the old layers do not telegraph through, and priming before color. Inside, plaster and older drywall get the same attention before paint goes on.

Who shows up

Our crews are in-house. Three lead painters have more than 25 years with the company combined, and there are no day-of subcontractors. William Frates, the owner, writes the estimate, buys the paint in the grade written on it, and does a separate final walk-through with you after the crew does theirs. Every project carries a 5-year limited warranty on craftsmanship, written on the estimate, covering cracking, peeling, or uneven coverage due to workmanship. Elements Painting is insured, and a certificate of insurance is available on request.

Get a Longmont painting estimate

Call (720) 290-3513 or send a message through the contact page. We will come to the house, walk it with you, and write an estimate that matches the conversation.