Mid City
Capital Heights, Bernard Terrace and Ogden Park, mostly built 1910 to 1955. Original wood that has been coated and recoated for a century, so scraping back to sound material and spot priming is the bulk of the job and the bulk of the price.
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Exterior Painting in Baton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge has the oldest housing we regularly work on, and on an exterior that changes almost everything.
The job here
What exterior painting in Baton Rouge actually involves
Baton Rouge has the oldest housing we regularly work on, and on an exterior that changes almost everything. Spanish Town dates to 1805 and Beauregard Town to 1806, while most of Mid City went up between 1910 and 1955, which means the wood on a great many of these houses has been coated and recoated for the better part of a century.
Original wood that has carried eight or ten coats does not take a new finish the way a ten-year-old fiber cement board does. The work is scraping back to genuinely sound material, spot priming everything that comes up bare, and accepting that a wall in that condition may need more than one pass before it is flat enough to finish properly.
Some of it wants a carpenter before it wants a painter, and we would rather say so at the estimate. A rotten sill or a soft length of fascia will pull a new coat apart from underneath inside two years on a house that should have held for eight, and no quality of paint prevents that.
Shade is the second factor and it is easy to underestimate on a small lot. Mature street trees through Capital Heights, Bernard Terrace and Ogden Park keep elevations damp long after the rain has passed and the street itself has dried out, and on a narrow lot the shaded wall can be most of the house.
The application rule holds here exactly as it does downriver. The surface sits more than 5 degrees above the dew point or the coating waits. Summer dew points in this parish are high enough that this genuinely moves start times, so we measure at the wall instead of reading a forecast the night before.
On the ground
Where we do this work in Baton Rouge
Spanish Town
Founded 1805 and the oldest neighborhood in the city, between the river and I-110. Historic houses with a great deal of hand work, and a district where exterior choices are worth checking before colors are settled.
Why the quote says two
A coat and a job are different things
Painting a house here is a different job from painting one in a dry climate. Humidity changes how long a coat stays open, and it decides how much film you need on a wall before the weather starts taking it back.
First coat
Bond and coverage
The first coat is doing a different job from the second. It bonds to what is underneath and it tells us where the substrate is still drinking, which is information you only get once paint is actually on the wall.
Second coat
Color and film build
The second coat is where the color goes true and the film reaches the thickness printed on the tin. One coat over a sound wall looks fine from the driveway and looks thin on the north side by spring.
How it runs
Three steps, from the call to the clean up
The same three on every job in Baton Rouge, whatever the trade.
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Scheduling
Book your free consultation by phone or through the form. Ask for references at any time.
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Free Consultation
You get a project schedule and an accurate quote, whatever the size of the job.
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Work Starts
Your painter starts, keeps you updated, and tidies up when the job is done.
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Jobs finished
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Cities covered
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Coats quoted as standard
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Questions we get asked
Before you book the estimate in Baton Rouge
The first two are about exterior painting in Baton Rouge. The rest come up on almost every estimate.
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View more FAQsMy house is a 1920s bungalow in Mid City. What does that change?
Prep, mostly, and it is most of the price. Original wood painted repeatedly across a century needs scraping back to sound material, spot priming, and in places a carpenter before the first finish coat is worth putting on it.
Do you work in Spanish Town and Beauregard Town?
Yes. Both are historic neighborhoods with older stock, detailed trim and a great deal of brush work, so expect a longer schedule than a newer house of the same size.
Why does your quote include carpentry?
Because on stock this age it is sometimes the difference between a finish that lasts eight years and one that fails in two. We separate it as its own line so you can see it and decide.
Can you match the paint color already on the walls?
Yes. For most projects our paint specialists can match almost any color on your home from a chip or a wet sample. If an exact match is not possible we will talk you through the next best option.
How often should I paint?
It varies by material and exposure. Stucco every 5 to 6 years. Painted brick 15 to 20 years. Aluminum siding every 5 to 6 years. A wall that takes afternoon sun will always come due first.
Do I need to move furniture before the crew arrives?
No. Our team covers and protects furniture and floors. If a piece is delicate or awkward to move, it is worth taking it out of the room beforehand.
Is the second coat included in the price you quote?
Yes. Every estimate is written for two coats over prepared surface, and the number you get is the number for the finished job. If a surface genuinely only needs one, we say so and the quote comes down instead of staying where it was.
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The rest of what we do in Baton Rouge
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Whether you have a small interior project or a large-scale exterior makeover in mind, Big Easy Paintings is your partner for the work. Talk to us about the project, get a quote, and we will tell you plainly what it takes.
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- The prep spelled out, not assumed
- A start date we can hold
- The same crew from first day to last
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