Sharper Impressions Painting is happy to announce expansion plans to Portland, OR! We’re looking forward to offering our residential and commercial painting services to the West Coast.
The process is well underway and we’ll have more exciting details to share with you throughout the month of February.
Learn more about our services available in your neighborhood.
Stay tuned!
number of view: 816We’re here to tell you how to stop it!
A little “outside-the-box” thinking goes a long way. Coating your roof and attic ceiling is the easiest, most affordable way to increase your property’s energy efficiency. It’s that simple. Now, imagine how you’d spend the extra cash you’ll save each year with one professional paint job.
How Will Painting My Roof Save Money?
The summer sun’s heat is attracted to most roofing materials – asphalt shingle, metal, cedar, etc. Heat saturates the material and conducts through into attic space, working your air-conditioning overtime.
The opposite happens in winter. Interior heat rises to the attic and literally goes “through the roof”, taking your heating bill with it. Business owners continue to seek low-cost methods to reduce heating and cooling costs and roof coatings are quickly catching on as a solution to a costly problem.
Thermal coatings – known as “cool roof” coatings – seal the roof, adding a protective layer to trap heat from coming in or going out. In hot climates, choose roof coatings with reflective properties to redirect sunlight. In addition to roof coatings, interior painting of attic ceilings is a highly effective way to increase energy efficiency.
More Reasons to Paint a Roof
1. Weather Repellant
Elastomeric coatings provide weather protection, sealing roofs from water, wind and snow. Flatter pitched roofs that don’t drain well or multi-level roofs that trap moisture are prime candidates.
2. Preventative Maintenance
While the cost of replacing a commercial roof ranges from $30-50,000, coating it with paint and protective materials can cost as little as $3-5,000 – 90% less! For metal roofs, applying a simple rust-inhibitive primer prevents costly and inevitable damage and premature replacement.
3. Curb Appeal
Cedar shingled roofs incur sun and weather damage and require fresh stain for both cosmetic and maintenance reasons. Remember to include roofs on decks, pool houses and other out-buildings.
Who to Call – Painter or Roofer?
A roofer is going to try to talk you into replacing your roof – that’s where the big money is. On the other hand, a good paint contractor has the expertise to paint all surfaces and fully understands the wide range of benefits to be gained with professional roof painting.
If you know your energy costs are gouged by heating or cooling loss, contact a full-service paint contractor with roof coating experience. Likewise, if your roof is getting close to replacement age, consider this alternative as a fraction of the expense.
Choose a contractor with experience and the right equipment. Ask for references and be sure they have necessary harnesses and lifts. Above all, be sure your contractor shows proof that they are fully licensed and insured.
number of view: 919This February, the Sharper Impressions Painting team will gather in the great city of New Orleans for our annual meeting, affectionately known as “Paint-the-Brain.”
We’re all very excited to spend almost a full week there, enjoying the sites, music and great food. We’ve also made it a priority to show our concern for the city’s rebuilding efforts by taking a tour of the devastated areas. And, thanks to our strong connections with area paint suppliers, we’re able to make a substantial donation of Sharper time, money and Paint to support the Rebuilding Effort.
If there’s one thing the Sharper Impressions Painting team knows about, it’s the value of a home – a safe home that you can share with your family and be proud of. We hope our donation will help some families continue to heal as they rebuild their homes and their lives.
It’s always a valuable time for us to get together to review the past year and plan for the future. This year is especially exciting for us as we celebrate continued growth in sales and quality with some amazing advances in technology.
number of view: 368Christmas 2009…
This past holiday season was extra special for all of us here at Sharper Impressions Painting. We found out about a wonderful family in our area who was faced with some very tough times. Christmas would not be full of joy for them. Both parents had lost their jobs and things were looking pretty grim. In spite of their troubles, they remained thankful for each other and their health. They put on as happy a face as they could.
We decided we could make it better.
This is what "thank-you" looks like! Nice!
(Check out all the photos and view the family’s “thank-you” video)
Everyone at Sharper Impressions Painting—from support staff to District Managers, even some of our awesome suppliers—pitched in to donate enough money to buy gifts for this family of five. Even better, they took time out of their busy holiday schedules to focus on the needs of others. In doing so, I think we all stumbled upon the true meaning of Christmas.
As the saying goes: ‘Tis better to give than to receive.
How true! Our dear friends sent us a heartfelt thank-you video. It brought us all to tears. Mostly because, we are the ones who feel thankful… for the opportunity to know the true meaning of Christmas.
Happy New Year!
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