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Max Paint Works
Commercial

Commercial Exterior Painting in Ottawa

Buildings, unit blocks and property portfolios. One point of contact, a schedule that works around your tenants, and a crew that does not change every week.

What commercial exterior work involves

The painting is the easy part. What property managers and general contractors are actually buying is scheduling that holds, a crew that does not surprise their tenants, and one person to call when something needs sorting.

We are a small operation and that is the point. The person who quotes your building is on site while the work happens. Nothing gets handed to a subcontractor you have never met and cannot reach.

Exterior work for commercial property in Ottawa is also seasonal, and the good slots go early. If you are budgeting for next season, the conversation is worth having now rather than in June.

Who We Work With

Who this is for

Property managers

Multi-unit and multi-building portfolios where the same work repeats. Predictable scheduling matters more than anything else.

General contractors

Exterior coating as a trade package on a build or a renovation, delivered to your sequence and not ours.

Building owners

Single buildings, plazas and unit blocks where the exterior is the first thing a prospective tenant sees.

Industrial and warehouse

Metal cladding, roofing, structural steel and the rusted metalwork that comes with an older building.

Farm and agricultural operations

Barn roofs, metal buildings, machine sheds and the equipment inside them.

Municipal and public works

Fleet, structures and buildings that have to look maintained because the public is looking at them.

The Work

How a commercial job runs

  1. Site walk and scope

    We walk the building with you, agree the substrates and the scope, and put it in writing. No verbal scope, no surprises later.

  2. Schedule around you

    Tenant access, operating hours, loading bays and parking sorted before the first day, not on the first day.

  3. Access and containment

    How we reach the surface and what gets protected underneath it. Agreed before mobilisation.

  4. Prep

    Washing, scraping, rust removal or abrasive prep depending on substrate. Prep is where the money is really spent on a commercial exterior.

  5. Prime and coat

    The system matched to the substrate and the exposure, applied in the manufacturer spread rate.

  6. Walkthrough and sign off

    We walk it with you at the end, deficiency list handled before we demobilise, site left clean.

Commercial surfaces we take on

  • Metal cladding and wall panels
  • Commercial and industrial metal roofing
  • Structural steel and framing
  • Concrete block and parging
  • Stucco and EIFS
  • Unit block exteriors and entry doors
  • Overhead and loading dock doors
  • Railings, stairs and walkways
  • Fencing and site metalwork
  • Signage structures and canopies
  • Farm and machine buildings
  • Fleet vehicles and equipment
Common Questions

Commercial painting, answered

Can you work around our tenants and operating hours?
Yes, and it is worth raising at the quote stage rather than after. Access windows, loading bays and parking all change how a job is sequenced and priced.
Do you handle multi-building portfolios?
Yes. Repeat work across a portfolio is easier to schedule and price than one-off jobs, because the scope stops being a guess after the first building.
How far ahead should we book?
Exterior season in this region is roughly spring through fall, so the slots fill from the front. If the work has to happen next summer, the quote should happen this winter.
Will the same crew be on site the whole job?
Yes. One crew, one company. The person who quoted the job is the person you deal with on site.
Can you do the roof, the building and the equipment together?
That is the point of the way we are set up. Metal roof coating, building exterior and equipment refinishing under one contact rather than three trades.
What documentation can you provide?
Tell us what your process requires when you ask for the quote and we will tell you straight what we can and cannot supply, before you shortlist us.
Other Services

What else we do

Commercial exterior work across the Ottawa region

Next Step

Book a site walk

Call or text (613) 715-0103, or send the address and photos of the elevations you want priced.