Tagged as EPA certification
Greg Mrakich Painting: What the EPA RRP Rules Mean to You (If Your Home was Built Before 1978)
Last weekend, my wife and I toured the 38th annual Meridian Kessler Home Tour in our hometown of Indianapolis, Indiana. Greg Mrakich Painting was pleased to be a first time sponsor of this annual tour. Each year, several hundred people buy tickets to tour these wonderful vintage homes. Most of the homes featured on the […]
Greg Mrakich Painting Indianapolis: Tips to Save You Money on Hiring a Painter
After an unusually long and hard winter, it is finally spring here in Indianapolis, Indiana and that means it’s time to get your exterior painting projects started. If you are planning to hire a professional painting company such as Greg Mrakich Painting, here are a few things that you can do to keep costs down […]
New Construction Painting is Not the Same as a Repaint
The skills required to do a quality repaint are not the same skills required for new construction painting. But with the slow down in new housing construction, many new home construction painters are bidding on interior repaint projects, and they may give you a price that is too good to be true to get the […]
Why Paint Before Listing Your House?
So you’ve found your dream home. It meets all the needs of your growing (or shrinking) family and even has that three car garage you have been wanting. Your next call is to your trusted Realtor® to come over and give you advice about what you need to do to get your house ready for […]
Greg Mrakich Painting: Tips to Maintain Your Wood Windows (and Save Money on Window Replacements)
I have received more and more calls lately to re-paint or touch up the interior of wood windows. Windows are subjected to the extremes of weather causing them to expand and contract every day. When you consider the ‘oven effect’ of heavy blinds, curtains, drapes and shutters, it’s a lot for the wood and the […]
EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule for Pre-1978 Houses
I just completed the EPA certification class and test for working in houses that were built prior to 1978. Kudos to Sherwin Williams for sponsoring the certification class. This RRP rule is a real game changer in as far as what it will cost to paint and remodel these homes. If there are cracks to […]
Painting Tips For the Do-It-Yourselfer
One thing I have noticed here in Indianapolis when doing painting estimates is that many interiors were not previously painted by professional painters. Wall paint on ceilings and trim, thin coverage of paint, paint on the carpet or floor, and crooked lines are all giveaways. If you are going to tackle your painting project yourself, […]
