City we serve
Marietta house painting for historic homes near the square and established subdivisions (30060)
Marietta's oldest blocks around the square hold Victorian and early 1900s houses with deep porches and a lot of turned trim. Beyond them, decades of subdivisions spread across the city, from 1960s ranches to 1990s two-stories. ZIP 30060.
- Area
- Marietta
- ZIP code
- 30060
- County
- Cobb County
- Nearest office
- Atlanta office, Peachtree St NE
- Phones
- Answered 24/7
- Estimates
- Free walkthrough
Painting in Marietta covers slow, detailed work on historic houses near the square and routine repaints on ranches and two-story subdivision homes. Historic exteriors can take two to three weeks; subdivision homes usually take four to seven days. Interiors and rental repaints are steady year-round. Call (470) 458-0461 for a free walkthrough and written estimate.
Marietta is the Cobb County seat, and the streets radiating from its central square carry some of the oldest houses in the metro. Kennesaw Mountain rises just to the northwest. Older neighborhoods close to downtown are lined with big trees, and many houses there have wraparound porches, tall double-hung windows and decorative brackets that someone has to paint by hand.
Drive a few minutes out along the main roads and Marietta turns into a long run of subdivisions built over several decades. We see 1960s brick ranches, 1970s split-levels, and 1980s and 1990s two-stories on wooded lots. Plenty of homes here are rentals, too, which keeps turnover painting on our calendar between bigger projects.
Homes here
From turned porch posts to split-level siding
Historic Marietta houses tend to fail at the porch first. Floor boards cup, column bases rot where they meet the deck, and decorative spindles lose paint on every edge. Siding is usually old-growth clapboard that's still solid under heavy paint buildup. Lead is likely on anything painted before 1978, so we test, contain and clean according to lead-safe practice. Original windows often need glazing repair before paint will hold on the sash.
Out in the subdivisions, it's a mix. Brick ranches mostly need trim, fascia and shutters. Split-levels from the 1970s often combine brick on the lower story with wood or hardboard siding above, and the upper siding gets the most sun and rain. The 1980s and 1990s homes bring rotted garage trim and swollen hardboard at the bottom courses. Each type gets a different prep list on our estimate.
Most requested
The Marietta painting jobs we see most
Porch repairs and repainting
Replacing cupped floor boards, rebuilding column bases, scraping spindles and coating floors with a porch enamel. A full porch on an older house runs about $2,370 to $5,640 depending on repairs.
Porch & Column PaintingHistoric house exteriors
Hand-scraped clapboard, consolidated sills, reglazed sash and brushed finish coats, with lead-safe setup where testing calls for it. These jobs take time and we plan for it.
Historic Home PaintingSplit-level and ranch repaints
Upper siding, trim and shutters on 1960s and 1970s homes, with brick left natural or cleaned. Many split-levels finish in four to five working days.
Exterior House PaintingRental repaints between tenants
Fast wall, ceiling and trim repaints with patching and stain-blocking primer so a unit can be shown again within a few days of move-out.
Rental Turnover PaintingPopcorn ceiling removal in 1970s homes
Testing first, then scraping, skim coating and painting textured ceilings in split-levels and ranches for a cleaner, brighter room.
Popcorn Ceiling RemovalLocal conditions
What Marietta's houses and lots throw at paint
Porch moisture
Covered porches still take rain on the steps and outer boards. Water sits where columns meet the floor, and that's where we find rot most often on older homes.
Paint layer buildup
A century of coats can be thick enough to crack in sheets. We scrape to a firm edge and spot-prime bare wood, rather than adding another layer on a failing base.
Hillside lots and red clay
Many subdivision lots slope, and rain splashes clay onto the lower siding and brick. We wash it all off, because paint won't bond to a clay film.
Shaded rear yards
Mature hardwoods keep backs of houses cool and damp, so mildew returns faster there. A mildewcide wash and good primer matter more on those walls than anywhere else.
Timing
Good painting windows in Marietta
We schedule historic exteriors in Marietta for the longest dry stretches, usually mid-April through June and September into early November, because scraping and priming bare wood can't be rushed. Pollen season in early spring makes porch floors and railings gritty, so those get done after it passes. Summer works if we follow the shade. Rental turnovers happen any month, and interior projects or ceiling work in split-levels fit nicely into winter when exterior work slows down.
Questions
Painting questions from Marietta
Can you paint my old Marietta porch floor so it doesn't peel every year?
Peeling porch floors usually mean moisture is coming up from below or the old coating has lost its bond. We scrape and sand to a sound surface, replace soft boards, prime bare wood on all exposed faces we can reach, and use a porch-and-floor enamel. Good airflow under the porch helps too. A sound floor coating should last several years with light touch-ups.
How do you handle lead paint on houses near Marietta Square?
We test before any scraping or sanding. If lead is present, we lay down plastic, limit dust with wet scraping and HEPA vacuums, keep work areas closed off, and clean up carefully each day. It adds time and cost, and the estimate shows it. Our lead-safe painting process page explains each step.
My split-level has brick below and siding above. Do I paint both?
Most owners paint only the upper siding and trim and keep the brick natural, which looks right on 1970s homes. If the brick is already painted or badly mismatched, painting it can tie the house together. We'll show both options with samples. The upper siding usually needs the most attention, since it takes direct sun and rain.
How fast can you turn over a Marietta rental?
A two or three bedroom rental with patching, stain-blocking and one wall color typically takes two to three working days if the unit is empty and clean. We stick to a short list of durable, matchable colors so future touch-ups are simple. See how we approach turnover repaints for landlords.
Should I remove the popcorn ceilings before painting my 1970s Marietta home?
If you're repainting the rooms anyway, it makes sense to do it now. Ceilings from that era can contain asbestos, so we have a sample tested first. When it's clear, we wet and scrape, skim coat any rough spots and paint. Plan on about a day per large room including drying time, and do ceilings before walls.
Painting in Marietta? Call us first
Tell us the house, the surfaces and the timing. We will book a free walkthrough and send a written scope.