Best Facilities & Maintenance Painters in Toronto

You should look for photos of different projects a painting contractor has done – not just to see how good their work is, but also to see if they’ve handled painting projects similar to your facility (as facilities and their painting needs can be very different from one another). You should also look for reviews and testimonials as to how professional the contractors have been to work with.

The most important thing to look for, however, is that they are properly accredited and insured for painting facilities. When compared to painting houses and other residential buildings, commercial facility painting tends to involve larger and more complex projects where more things can go wrong. So you need to make sure that you won’t be footing the bill if someone gets hurt or your property gets damaged.

Paint jobs deteriorate over time from exposure to the weather, as well as pressure and impacts from foot traffic and other things sitting in or moving around a space. This makes the space less visually appealing, and can also make the space more prone to hazards if specialty coatings or safety markings were used.

That’s why you should hire contractors who know how to work with you to schedule maintenance painting. Together, you should be able to come up with a timeline for routine upkeep so that your space continually looks great and stays safe.

It can be difficult to know what it’s going to cost to paint a facility (or at least part of it) because they’re all so different in terms of size, surfaces, layout, and activity schedules. This can necessitate different paints, equipment, painting crew sizes, amounts of prep work, painting schedules, and so on.

Any painting contractor you approach should be upfront about these variables and explain how they affect the price of your project, based on the specifications you give them about your space.

Painting commercial facilities is usually more complicated than painting residential buildings. There are more types of surfaces to paint, more total area to cover, and more obstacles to work around. So it often requires more prior planning in terms of what paints will provide the nicest and safest finish, what tools are needed to apply the paint properly on different materials, and what other equipment is needed so painters can be safe while painting the space.

Bring your space’s specifications to any painting contractors you approach, and ask them if they can pull together everything they need to effectively work on your unique project.

Commercial facilities in Toronto cost around $3-$4 per square foot, on average, to paint. This is just a median range, however; the price can fluctuate from anywhere between $1-$6 per square foot, or even $7-$12 per square foot, depending on the specifics of the space.

For example, certain paints and equipment may be needed to optimally paint certain surfaces, and they may cost more. Or the painters may need to bring along more equipment and do more prep work to paint safely, especially in industrial settings. There’s also the issue of when painting is scheduled so as to avoid disrupting normal activities in the facility. This may require painters to work on weekends or outside of business hours.

We absolutely are. Painting a facility usually costs a lot of money, and we know the last thing you want is for additional costs to add up because of injuries or property damage. That’s why The City Painters backs up all of our projects – including commercial facility painting – with at least $2 million worth of liability insurance. Our entire painting team is also certified by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), so you can rest assured that we’re trained to handle any kind of painting job safely.

‘Facility painting’ refers to painting a large building (or series of related smaller buildings) on a piece of property. It also refers to maintaining the paint job of the building (or each small building) over time as part of the property upkeep.

Often, a ‘facility’ refers to a very large commercial building, or a group of smaller commercial buildings that serve a related purpose (such as a college campus or office park). The facility will often have a manager responsible for maintaining both the functioning and the aesthetics of the facility. To the latter end, the manager will not only arrange to have the building (or buildings) painted, but will also schedule periodic follow-up painting jobs as part of maintaining the facility.

Yes, and they depend on what kind of building the facility is (or what kinds of buildings it’s made up of), as well as how large the overall facility is. Different surfaces require different paints and tools (e.g. sprayers for large, flat surfaces and brushes or rollers for smaller, more detailed surfaces), and some surfaces may require additional prep or equipment to paint safely (e.g. ladders or even lifts and scaffolding for high ceilings and exteriors). Depending on a facility’s needs or use cases, it may also need specialty coatings to protect machinery or guard against hazards like heat, fire, dampness, corrosion, or contaminants.

In addition, the overall size of a facility can affect how painting contractors schedule maintenance visits. For example, a university campus may have a 4-year maintenance contract, but it’s a huge facility made up of multiple buildings. So it’s impractical for a contractor to finish the entire project all at the same time, as this would cause a backlog with the contractor’s other jobs and lengthy disruptions in the university’s activities. Instead, the contractor may pick times each year when the university isn’t as busy and finish a portion of the project. Then the whole project is complete by the time the 4-year mark rolls around.

Painting a facility can take varying amounts of time based on how much is being painted and what specifically is being painted. The timeline can be anywhere from a few days (1-4) for small area projects to a few weeks for small-to-medium-sized buildings, or even months for larger buildings and complexes.

Remember that certain areas inside or outside the facility can take longer to paint than others. For instance, some surfaces may need to be painted with specific coatings that take longer to dry than regular paint. Or, if you’re painting the exterior of the building, you may need to wait for fair weather so the painters are safe and the paint job doesn’t get ruined. These are just a couple of examples of variables that can affect how long a facility painting project will take.

The specific preparations you take for painting a facility depends on what kind of building (or kinds of buildings) you’re painting, and what exactly in each building you’re painting. With that said, here are some general tips for how to make things easier and quicker for either you or your hired painters:

Every facility is different in terms of size, makeup, and layout, so painting one may require some tools that aren’t needed for painting another. If you’re looking to be well-prepared for a facility painting project, though, here are some key tools we’d suggest investing in: