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House painters in Ottawa, prep first

Carleton Prime Painting paints the inside and outside of homes, cottages, condos and apartments across Ottawa and the Ottawa Valley. Thorough prep, careful painting and a clean finish.

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Living room with fresh light walls around a dark floor-to-ceiling fireplace wall, paint cans still on the floor

Why Carleton Prime Painting

The difference is in what you don't see

Anyone can roll paint on a wall. What makes a job last, and look right for years, is everything that happens before the colour goes on and the care taken at the edges.

We're a family-owned, owner-operated company and the painting division of Carleton Prime Construction, an Ottawa renovation company. Our own painters do the work, and the team has over 100 years of combined experience. Over the years we've been called in to fix jobs other contractors started, and the lesson is always the same: projects go wrong because of rushed prep, shortcuts and unclear expectations, not because of the paint.

100+ years of combined painting experience on the team

  • Free in-home consultation
  • 2-year warranty on painting
  • Liability insurance
  • WSIB coverage
  • Sherwin-Williams and Benjamin Moore paints
  • Our own painters, family owned
  • BBB Accredited Business

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What we paint

Living room with fresh light walls around a dark floor-to-ceiling fireplace wall, paint cans still on the floorInterior paintingWalls, ceilings, trim and doors, prepped properly and painted with care.Bungalow with white siding, black window frames and white trim in winterExterior paintingPaint that has to survive an Ottawa winter starts with the prep underneath it.Open kitchen and dining area with light walls, white trim and patio doorsCondo and apartment paintingPainting in a building means working around the building as well as your unit.House on a rocky, wooded lot in the Ottawa ValleyCottage paintingInside and out, planned around when you can be there and when you can't.Kitchen with sage-green cabinets, light walls and a butcher-block islandKitchen cabinet paintingA new kitchen colour without tearing out the cabinets.Open timber pavilion with stained posts and beams on a rural propertyDeck and fence stainingWood that sits outside all year needs the right finish and the right prep.Finished basement with deep purple walls below a white chair rail and light walls aboveDrywall repair and patchingPaint shows every flaw underneath it. Fix the wall first.Finished basement with deep purple walls below a white chair rail and light walls abovePopcorn ceiling removalFrom dated texture to a smooth, painted ceiling.Entryway with light painted walls, white doors and trim, and a glass back doorCommercial paintingOffices, stores and common areas, painted with as little disruption as possible.Bungalow with white siding, black window frames and white trim in winterSiding, stucco and brick paintingEvery exterior surface needs its own prep and its own paint.Entryway with light painted walls, white doors and trim, and a glass back doorTrim, door and stair paintingFresh trim and doors make a whole house look cleaner.Basement laundry room with deep purple walls, white trim and a patterned wallpaper wallWallpaper removalOff with the paper, the glue and the damage, then a clean painted wall.

What a painting customer said

I asked them to re-paint some rooms in my house, and the painter did an excellent job. The mistakes from years ago were erased. He even painted behind the toilets.

Eric Clara, interior painting, several rooms, on Google

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Prep

Thorough prep, in practice

Most paint jobs that fail, fail because of the prep, not the paint. Here's what good prep covers.

  • Protect

    Floors, furniture, fixtures and anything that stays in the room get covered or moved.

  • Repair

    Nail holes, dents, cracks and old patches get filled and sanded so they disappear under the paint.

  • Clean and sand

    Dirty, glossy or greasy surfaces get cleaned and scuffed so new paint grips instead of peeling.

  • Prime where it's needed

    Patches, stains, bare wood and big colour changes get primer so the finish coat looks even.

  • Cut clean lines

    Edges along ceilings, trim and corners get the slow, careful work that makes a room look finished.

  • The places people skip

    Behind the toilet, the top edge of the door, behind the radiator. A customer's Google review mentions exactly this.

Our process

How a painting job works

  1. Free in-home consultation

    We come to you, walk the rooms or the outside of the house with you, and listen to what you want the finished result to look like.

  2. A written estimate

    You get the scope in writing: which surfaces, what prep, what's included and what isn't, so there are no surprises later.

  3. A schedule that fits your life

    We book the work around how you use your home, and tell you ahead of time what needs moving and when we'll be there.

  4. Prep, then paint

    Prep comes first and gets the time it needs. Then the painting, done carefully, and a clean site at the end of each day.

  5. Walkthrough together

    We go over every room or wall with you before we call it finished, and fix anything you're not happy with. The leftover paint stays with you for touch-ups.

More about how we work

Where we work

Ottawa and the Ottawa Valley

From city condos to Valley cottages. If you're not sure we cover your area, ask.

Ottawa · Nepean · Barrhaven · Kanata · Stittsville · Orleans · Greely · Manotick · Carleton Place · Perth · Smiths Falls · the Ottawa Valley

Areas we serve

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Tell us what you'd like painted

Start with a free in-home consultation. We'll look at the job with you and follow up with a written estimate.

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