Before Painters Arrive: How to Prepare Your Home
For interior painting in Calgary, we ask that you clear small items and valuables from the work areas — our crew takes care of the rest. We move the larger furniture to the centre of the room, cover everything with plastic, remove switch plates and light fixtures, and protect every floor before any paint is opened. This checklist covers room by room what to do before we arrive, including the kitchen on a cabinet project.
What you clear — and what we handle
Your part. Clear small items and valuables from the work areas before our first day. Everything else is ours to move and protect. Furniture. We move the larger furniture to the centre of the room and cover everything with plastic. In bedrooms, everything is moved to the centre of the room and covered with plastic as well. Floors and carpets. Where needed, carpets are covered with a self-adhesive plastic film designed specifically for carpet protection. Floors are also covered with protective paper designed for this purpose, and with drop sheets; in bedrooms the floors are protected with drop sheets and protective paper. Fixtures. We remove switch plates and light fixtures as part of the preparation.This preparation is part of how professional painters in Calgary should protect a home during residential painting: your furniture, carpets and floors stay fully protected from start to finish. It is the standard of work homeowners expect when they hire interior house painters in Calgary — and if you found us by searching for interior painters near me or for Calgary painters, this is included in every project MV Painting Inc. completes.
Kitchen preparation for a cabinet project
Cabinet boxes stay loaded. No — you do not need to empty your cabinet boxes before a cabinet refinishing project with MV Painting Inc. The cabinet frames are sprayed on site inside a sealed, masked enclosure that protects your floors, countertops and appliances, so the contents of your cabinets can stay where they are. Drawers and countertops. We only ask that you empty the drawers being refinished, since the drawers come with us to our shop, and that you clear small items from the countertops before we start. The refrigerator. For the refrigerator, we simply ask that it be moved out of the work area before our first day, so our crew has clear access to the cabinets around it and everything stays protected.That simple preparation is all a kitchen cabinet refinishing project in Calgary needs from you: our cabinet painters in Calgary take care of the masking, degreasing, sanding and spray work — in your home and in our professional spray booth — from there.
A simple day-before checklist
- Small items and valuables cleared from the rooms being painted
- Small items cleared from kitchen countertops on a cabinet project
- Drawers being refinished emptied (cabinet projects)
- Refrigerator moved out of the work area (cabinet projects)
- Pets arranged to stay out of the work areas while we paint
How long the work itself takes is covered in our guide to how long it takes to paint a house in Calgary. If anyone in your home is sensitive to paint odour, our low-VOC and zero-VOC paint options are worth choosing at the estimate stage.
Common questions
Do you move the furniture and protect the floors, or do I need to clear the area?
We ask that you clear small items and valuables from the work areas — our crew takes care of the rest. We move the larger furniture to the centre of the room and cover everything with plastic, remove switch plates and light fixtures, and protect every floor before any paint is opened.
How are carpets and floors protected during painting?
Where needed, carpets are covered with a self-adhesive plastic film designed specifically for carpet protection. Floors are also covered with protective paper designed for this purpose, and with drop sheets; in bedrooms, the floors are protected with drop sheets and protective paper.
Do I need to empty my kitchen cabinets before a cabinet refinishing project?
No — you do not need to empty your cabinet boxes. The cabinet frames are sprayed on site inside a sealed, masked enclosure that protects your floors, countertops and appliances. We only ask that you empty the drawers being refinished, since the drawers come with us to our shop, and clear small items from the countertops.
What about the refrigerator on a cabinet project?
We simply ask that the refrigerator be moved out of the work area before our first day, so our crew has clear access to the cabinets around it and everything stays protected.
What should I do the day before painters arrive?
Clear small items and valuables from the work areas, keep pets out of the rooms being painted, and — on a cabinet project — empty the drawers being refinished, clear the countertops and move the refrigerator out of the work area. Our crew handles furniture, masking and floor protection from there.
Plan your project
Interior Painting — Walls, ceilings, trim and doors for homes across Calgary and surrounding areas.
Cabinet Painting & Refinishing — Cabinets cleaned, sanded, primed and fine-finish sprayed for a factory-style finish.
How Long Does It Take to Paint a House in Calgary? — Interior and exterior timelines by home size, from our own crews.
Interior Walls Repaint — Mount Pleasant, Calgary — A one-day interior walls repaint: preparation, protection and finished result.
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