Short answer
Yes, we paint in Lombard, the Lilac Village of 44,476 residents. Its older housing, reflected in the 1881 LeRoy house and the Sheldon Peck Homestead, means exterior trim, porches and siding often need scraping, wood repair and priming, while newer homes need regular repaints and interior updates.
Italianate trim and older Lombard houses
Lombard's 1881 Italianate LeRoy house and the restored Sheldon Peck Homestead reflect the village's older housing. Italianate houses typically carry brackets, detailed cornices and tall window casings that hold many coats of paint. Scraping them back to a sound edge, repairing soft wood and priming every bare spot is slow work, but it is what lets the new finish last.
Porches, floors and railings
Porch floors take foot traffic, snow shovels and standing water, so they need a floor enamel rather than wall paint. Columns get caulked at the base where water collects, and railings are scraped and primed with the right product for wood or iron. See porch and railing painting for each surface.
Lead rules on Lombard's older homes
On a house finished before 1978, EPA's lead program sets rules for any paid scraping, sanding or stripping. Many of the village's older homes sit well inside that line, so the build year shapes how trim is scraped and how the yard and porch are protected and cleaned.
Lombard jobs for older trim and porches
Exterior Trim, Soffit & Fascia Painting
Detailed trim on older Lombard houses holds many paint layers and needs scraping to a sound edge first.
Porch, Railing & Column Painting
Porch floors, columns and railings each need a different coating, and they wear faster than siding.
Wood Rot Repair Before Painting
Column bases, sills and brackets on older houses can rot quietly under paint and get repaired before priming.
Exterior House Painting
Full repaints on older homes start with scraping, priming bare wood and confirming the build year.
Interior Painting
Interior rooms in houses of every age get patched, primed and painted through the colder months.
Color Consultation
Older houses often look best in multi-color schemes, and painted samples help pick the body, trim and accent.
Nearby areas we paint
Sources: en.wikipedia.org, epa.gov.