Lintel Painting Contractor

Windows are built from a variety of materials like different types of woods, high grade plastics, and weather-resistant metals. Weather conditions must be considered when it comes to window installation and maintenance. This, along with choosing the right products to use, can cause a world of confusion where people often miss a crucial element in their facade design plan - the lintel.

What is a lintel and why paint it?

Lintels provide a visible means of support in the structural integrity of windows. They are typically made of angular steel, stone or cast concrete and found on the top of all doors and windows in a typical structure. Despite its diminutive nature, this piece of metal is crucial to a façade’s integrity. They carry heavy weight and require inspection to be approved.

Since they are located on your building’s exterior, they are susceptible to rust. A severely rusted lintel will begin to expand because of moisture and water damage. The expansion can result in cracks in your façade which can lead to a costly repair bill.

For this reason, they need maintenance and upkeep to protect your home or business building exterior. Experts recommend having your lintels checked annually, and this is where Paintworks & Decorating can step in.

Our Process

Our expert team is able to restore lintels by scraping away rust and dirt and sanding the surface to smooth. Professionally-trained employees only use the best products for rust removal - products which will protect your lintel metal from acquiring more rust.

We apply a primer base first so the rust prevention paint over that adheres well to a metal surface. High quality rust preventive exterior paints (such as Rust-Oleum) increase the longevity and integrity of your lintels.

Our experienced specialists have worked on hundreds of homes and businesses, and we are well-positioned to service your lintel service needs.

Free Quotes

If you’re not sure if your lintels need to be repainted, restored or replaced, reach out for a free quote. We are proud to serve all of NYC, Westchester County, Nassau County and Northern NJ.

After grinding, priming and painting

Before we started. You can see the rust and failing coatings at bottom of the landing

NYC Fire Escape Violation Correction

This building owner contacted us after receiving a violation from the city regarding the condition of the fire escapes. In order to correct the situation and avoid future violations we began by grinding off failing coatings and rust with orbital grinder. We then primed the fire escapes with rust converter and painted with uv resistant industrial coatings to help the fire escapes withstand the elements. This satisfied the city requirements bringing the fire escapes back up to code. Maintenance for fire escapes is important due to the sun exposure and weather elements like rain and snow. We were happy to tackle this project.

Before we started

The lovely freshly painted exterior!

Exterior Home Painter New York City

When the weather is amazing there is no better project than painting the outside of a house. This house in Brooklyn hadn’t been painted in over 30 years and paint had started to fail off in bunches. We started by stripping all the failing paint areas as power washing would’ve damaged the house siding. Using a boom lift we were able to reach all areas of the house and paint with precision. The client chose a bold color that looks makes the house look completely new! We love the direction they chose and were very happy to help them. The finished product made the client literally say “Wow!” Very grateful to be an exterior painter in the Park Slope and Prospect Park area.

Maintain and Preserve Exterior Metal Paneling

Despite our best efforts, we do judge a book by its cover, people by their clothing and a building by its outward appearance. First impressions set the stage for everything that follows. Curb appeal can be a deal breaker for a sale - whether you are trying to sell a building, promote products or services from a company inside, lease condos in a high-rise or sell tickets for a performance.

Thus, exterior metal and steel with rust, oxidation spots or other unsightly deformities could cost real money in lost business or contribute to a poor reputation. Inspecting, maintaining and protecting metal is sensible to protect not only your revenue stream, but also your investment. It is incredible how much damage a pin hole or expanding rust issue can cause. Pollution, sunlight, weather, salt from winter road treatment and myriad environmental and man-made factors (like jack hammers digging up a sidewalk nearby) can adversely impact and potentially compromise the strength and durability of exterior metal beyond the appearance.

Paintworks & Decorating possesses years of experience and tons of knowledge in metal maintenance. Based in Manhattan and serving the greater New York City region, Westchester County, and parts of northern New Jersey, the company embraces that a good defense for metal preservation is a positive offense with inspections, appropriate cleaning and sealing or painting.

Cleaning and painting outside metal is not a DIY job or task for the faint-hearted or unskilled. Treatment before painting can include chemical solutions, etch primers and/or sweep blasting. Let Paintworks do what they do best for exterior metal treatments and preservation, so you can spend your time doing whatever you do best.

Painting Fire Escapes in Little Italy NYC

Painting fire escapes in New York is a crucial element for standard upkeep of a building. Fire escapes may rarely get use but they must be ready and sturdy during an emergency. This is why painting them to protect the metal is so important. Fire escapes are constantly beaten down by the NYC elements. We always start by grinding off any failing coatings. Once that is done we apply Rust destroyer primer that converts any remaining rust in preparation for the finish coats. We then apply 2 coats of UV resistant industrial coatings to ensure that the fire escapes are protected long term. We painted the above fire escape in Little Italy last month. The owners were happy to get it done before the cold weather hits.