Wayne Township covers about twenty-five square miles in Passaic County and had close to 55,000 residents at the 2020 census. It was incorporated in 1847 and stayed mostly farmland for its first century. Then the suburbs arrived quickly: the population went from about 11,800 in 1950 to more than 49,000 by 1970. Most Wayne houses date from that boom, the colonials, split-levels, ranches and bi-levels of Mountain View, Preakness, Packanack and the neighborhoods between Route 23, Route 46 and Interstate 80. The township's history is still visible in places like the Dey Mansion, where George Washington kept his headquarters in 1780, and in its lakes.
Two of those lakes have their own kind of house. Pines Lake was set up as a vacation community in the 1920s, and many of its first homes were log cabins built of American chestnut in the 1930s, a number of which are still lived in year-round. Packanack Lake opened in 1928 with a clubhouse, log cabins and small Cape Cods, and a handful of the original cabins remain among the larger homes that replaced most of them. Log and wood-sided houses on the water need a breathable stain or coating rather than ordinary house paint, and the faces toward the lake and under the trees stay damp, so we clean and treat mildew, let the wood dry, and choose the product to suit the wood. Decks and docks get the same attention.
Exterior painting on the typical Wayne colonial or split-level is a different job. Wood trim and fascia from the 1950s to 70s are coming due for proper repair, aluminum siding has chalked, and vinyl has faded. We wash and test siding before coating it, keep vinyl colors within the manufacturer's limits, replace soft trim instead of caulking over it, and use premium Benjamin Moore and Sherwin-Williams exterior systems. Homes built before 1978 get lead-safe prep. Near the Pompton and Passaic rivers, where the township has bought out hundreds of flood-damaged homes since Hurricane Irene, houses that have taken on water often need stain-blocking primer and moisture checks before anything else.
Interior painting in Wayne is mostly whole-house and multi-room repaints in those post-war layouts: living and family rooms, the stairs and landings of split-levels, bedrooms and halls that need a scrubbable finish. Oak kitchen cabinets are common and refinish well, and garages and basements suit an epoxy floor. NJ Painting Co. is a family-owned company based in Morganville in Monmouth County, and we travel to Passaic County for jobs. We are licensed and fully insured, with more than twenty years in the trade. Every Wayne estimate is free and written, includes a color consultation, and the work carries a two-year workmanship warranty.
