House Painters in West Caldwell, NJ

West Caldwell was formed in 1904 from two settlements, Franklin and Westville, that had been part of the old Caldwell Township. It covers about five square miles, with the Hatfield Swamp preserve along its western edge toward Fairfield, Roseland and East Hanover, and it shares Grover Cleveland Park, named for the president born next door in Caldwell, with its neighbors. The town grew from fewer than five hundred residents in 1910 to almost twelve thousand by 1970, and the Census Bureau's American Community Survey for 2020 to 2024 counts about 4,100 homes, dating 84 percent to before 1980, with the 1960s the busiest decade at 32 percent and the 1950s next at 20 percent. That gives West Caldwell a consistent housing stock of capes, ranches, split-levels and colonials, with some later expansions and newer homes mixed in.

Cabinet painting is the project we expect to discuss most here. Kitchens in West Caldwell houses are often solid wood cabinets from the original build or a 1980s or 90s renovation, still sound but dated. Refinishing them gives the kitchen a new look for much less than replacement and without demolition. We take off the doors and drawer fronts, degrease and sand, fill oak grain so it does not show through, prime with a bonding primer, and spray the finish coats. The cabinet boxes are masked and finished in place. We can change the hardware at the same time, and the kitchen is usually usable again within a week.

Exterior painting on a house of this age is mostly about the trim. Many have aluminum or vinyl siding over the original wood, so the work goes into the fascia, soffits, window and door trim and the bottoms of garage door frames, where water and road salt do their damage. We scrape back to sound paint, point out soft wood instead of filling over it, spot-prime and caulk, and use vinyl-safe colors on vinyl. Chalky aluminum siding is washed and tested before painting. Because the trim is original, it takes a slow hand to prepare and a bonding primer over the old oil paint. Past six square feet of disturbed paint in a room or twenty outside, paid work on a pre-1978 house takes an EPA-certified firm under the Renovation, Repair and Painting rule. NJ Painting Co. is not EPA Lead-Safe Certified, so we say at the estimate when a West Caldwell job needs a contractor who is.

Inside, the requests are full repaints, refinished cabinets and the occasional basement or garage coated in epoxy. NJ Painting Co. is family-owned and based in Morganville in Monmouth County, and we travel north to West Caldwell for this work. We are licensed and fully insured, use premium Benjamin Moore and Sherwin-Williams products, and every estimate is free, comes with a color consultation and is backed by a two-year workmanship warranty.