News from John Thomas Painting
Just across Newport Bay and on the mesa of Eastside Costa Mesa, this job began with painting the trim on a single condominium unit. The Home Owner’s Association was so impressed by the quality of work that we were asked to paint the entire condo complex. We painted every existing exterior surface that there was…
Another home in the same Balboa neighborhood where we’ve done so much work in the past, this home is just down the street from this home above on G Street. This home required the application of a bleach product to remove mildew from the exterior walls which is then power washed off in preparation for…
This home on the Balboa Peninsula is literally right around the corner from these two homes here and here. The windows needed extensive repair before painting, we used Bondo to fill cracks, holes and termite damage. The windows themselves were re-glazed with new glazing material after the old material was cut out. The fence involved…
This one is actually right next door to this home which we also painted but we actually painted this house first. While working on it we met the homeowner of the place next door and he hired Thomas Painting Contractors to paint his summer rental home as well. Complete interior and exterior paint job including…
Often times when I come out and begin a job the neighbors are so excited at the progress they see on the project that I’m working on that they end up hiring me to do their houses as well. I have had this experience several times recently in the Newport Beach and Newport Mesa area…
Original beach house at least 50 year old building in West Newport around 54th St. The owner wanted to fix up the damaged drywall and plaster walls, repaint the kitchen cabinetry and repaint the exterior in similar colors. The interior took extensive renovation of the plaster owning to a leaky roof. We worked in the…
This Craftsman-style home was remodeled inside and out about 4 years ago but we painted only the outside just recently. As you can see the results are beautiful, especially the front door which, though hard to make out, is a contrasting deep red. We sanded the entire house as is our normal procedure to maximize…
The owner was a landscape architect and wanted to handle the prep work himself. He power-washed the exterior and hired us to paint the entire exterior. We did extensive covering of hardscape putting plastic over the stone walkways, wainscoting, stone accents, plants and trees. We also carefully masked the nicely finished trim with plastic and…
PROTECTING CARPETS WHILE PAINTING Here’s how it always goes for me. I am painting a wall in a room with carpet. If I get lazy and Just put my drop doth up to the edge of the wall, while I’m painting and moving about the drop cloth gets pulled back exposing carpet. That’s exactly where…
I have had the pleasure of working with a great group of guys over the years. I have found that treating people fairly helps you develop a stable and capable crew that you can depend on. Every once in a while I’ll get something like this that is just above and beyond and all I…