House Painters in Marlboro, NJ

Marlboro is a Monmouth County township formed on February 17, 1848, from part of Freehold Township, and named for the marl beds found there in 1768. Marl, used as fertilizer, was its first export. After the Second World War, housing developments replaced most of the farms. The township is served mainly by two ZIP codes, 07746 for Marlboro and 07751 for Morganville, with a sliver in 07726. Its sections include Morganville, Robertsville and Wickatunk.

Most of Marlboro is younger than people expect. Averaged over 2020 to 2024, the Census Bureau's American Community Survey counts about 14,700 homes in the township and dates 64 percent of them to the three decades from 1980 to 2009. The 1980s alone account for 27 percent. Only 31 percent were built before 1980, and about 2 percent before 1940. That makes the typical Marlboro painting job a house built in the 1980s or 1990s and now on its second or third repaint: two-story foyers, large family rooms, oak kitchens and builder-grade trim.

Marlboro takes its history seriously in one specific way. The township code creates a Historic Preservation Advisory Commission and records more than 130 designated individual historic properties, among them the Old Scots Burying Ground on Gordons Corner Road. For a designated property, the code calls for review of significant changes in exterior appearance by repainting, while repainting in historically certified colors is exempt, and review applies whether or not a building permit is needed. If your house is on the township's list, check with the commission before choosing new colors. In the newer developments, check whether your homeowners' association has its own color rules and approval form.

The work itself follows the age of the house. Inside, we stage the tall walls properly, fill and sand the nail pops and settlement cracks that houses of this age develop, and replace builder flat paint with scrubbable premium Benjamin Moore and Sherwin-Williams finishes. Cabinet refinishing is one of the most common Marlboro projects, because the oak and maple boxes from the 1980s and 1990s are usually sound and only the finish is dated. Outside, we scrape and prime wood trim, keep vinyl colors within the manufacturer's limits, and wash and test aluminum siding before coating it.

For the older homes, the federal lead rule applies. On a house built before 1978, scraping or sanding more than six square feet of paint in a room, or twenty square feet on the outside, is paid work the EPA's Renovation, Repair and Painting rule reserves for certified firms. NJ Painting Co. is not EPA Lead-Safe Certified, so where that work is needed, that part of the job belongs with a certified contractor, and we will flag it when we quote. We are based in Morganville, inside Marlboro Township, and every estimate is free.

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