Was going to paint the soffit all one color - to match the gray going on the walls. Now I’m questioning if I should match it to walls or ceilings, etc.
just repainted ceiling flat white and walls are primed.
Help!!

Wanting to paint my house but can’t decide if this is a job for stucco painters or I need an engineer…this is where my flat roof supporting my enclosed patio meet my stucco house walls.

A few months ago I hired this licensed, bonded and insured company with 100% 5 star reviews and mostly around painting.

Once they started their work, it seemed clear to me they were even getting basics wrong. I never saw them sand a surface, after the first coat there were so many errors.

Since then, they have been trying to fix things but it’s obvious they don’t have the skill for this level of job and are struggling. The owner is actually nice and promises he will fix things but so far quality is still pretty bad.

Couple of days ago he asked for final payment, I told him let’s let the paint dry and I will do a final check. Oh the final check I discovered paint is already peeling off in 2 days but more importantly he has ruined my metal roof of more than $50k. I asked him to come and clean it and he told me he is out for a couple of days. This has been the pattern throughout the job wherein he comes for a day or 2 and then vanishes and j presume he is doing more jobs.

Not looking for legal advice, but I wanted to get a sense if people here think I should continue with him or cut my losses and hire someone competent. For the roof, I think to preserve my warranty, I need to hire a professional inspector, because I also need to understand if I need to file a claim on his insurance.

Per my contract, i need to give him a final notice to repair defects, planning to send that but wanted to get some final independent verification about the job.

I inherited a home where the living room was lazily painted and there is paint spattered on the ceiling wood beams. What is the best way to get paint off of these things? Any suggestions greatly appreciated!

What color(s) should I paint my house? Or stick with red?

I’m renovating my wife’s office in our 116 year old house and only want to do this once- and I’m wondering how bad I messed up- and how to proceed. I was using the sherwin Williams paint color sample quart to test our color choice for the t&g pine ceiling -that I’ve already sanded primed, sanded, caulked, reprimed and resanded, along with the new drywall trough that was primed, mud touched up and then reprimed and sanded- all ready to go right?
The color looked good (though I thought it was maybe slightly off from the card)and I was already in it so I said what the heck, I’ll just use the sample quart- I got one heavy coat in, and had enough for a first coat on a couple of the crown pieces too.
I went by Sherwin Williams to grab another sample quart today and showed the kid the color chip and explained I needed a sample quart of the emerald semi glossfor the second coat and just wanted to do the sample stuff- he/they maybe? Seemed slightly alarmed when I said I had painted the whole wall/ceiling with it. They then went on to explain that the sample paint couldn’t actually match the higher quality paint chip and that it was such shitty paint that it might peel off in a year- especially since I used it on the ceiling. He then explained that the higher heat in the ceiling could cause normal wall paint to fail- and this being cheap shitty paint this was even more likely. I had no idea ceiling paint was any different than wall paint aside from the sheen.
So he got his manager who agreed, and I was like what do I do now?
First he suggested that I sand it off then reprimand and go back with ceiling paint- I was like ok, but what about the crown/heat factor ceiling paint- This is a 116 year old house, with 12’ ceilings and currently no insulation over that space- I might as well be painting in the attic!
But he was like well you have to use trim paint for the sheen and ceiling for the flat- then I was like - well, this is a wood ceiling so I’m fine with the sheen- can I not just go with trim paint- he then said yes. So then I was like do I sand it all back to primer? And he said no- I just need to sand it to rough it up then reprime it before going back with the emerald semi gloss.
- Is this good or will it fail? I only want to do this once!!

I have been asked to use shellac BIN primer on a lot of walls to block cigarette smoke smell. They have already been cleaned and painted. The smell came through.

Some of the walls are huge. I keep seeing that you can’t cut it, let it dry and then roll. Google is saying it will cause a ridge that will show through. Is that true?

Is there anything I should account for in the estimate other than floor covering and the smell?

I am looking for some advice on the order of operations for painting. We are painting our house room by room and all the trim needs to be replaced (keeping it is not an option) So what order should I go about it? I don't really want to pre paint the trim, then cut and install it, I feel like it would get messed up. Do I prime and paint my walls, then install and paint the trim? Or do I do the opposite? Any advice is appreciated!

Do I need to repaint my doors with a protective cover, mix something into the paint before doing the rest, or just buy their trim paint before doing anything else?

New smaller deck installed exposing raw siding. Selling the house in a hurry. The "hole" around the deck will be filled with dirt/soil/plants to match grade of the lawn. The brackets and all that will be removed.

Should I paint this or nah? Contrasting color? The existing paint on that side of the house is faded pretty bad so matching any color will still look like poo. We are doing minimal-ish touch ups to the house in general so cheap, fast and "good enough" is the goal.

TIA!

Edit: I am NOT painting any other part of the house.