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Max Paint Works
Interior Painting

Interior Painting in Ottawa

Walls, ceilings, trim and doors. Empty houses sprayed out fast, occupied rooms kept clean, and the unfinished spaces most painters would rather skip.

What we do inside

The same discipline that makes an exterior last is what makes an interior look right: protection, prep, and the correct product for the surface. We are a spray outfit, so on an empty house we spray walls, ceilings, trim and doors and get a finish a brush cannot match.

In an occupied house it is a different job. Masking, containment and clean edges matter more than speed, and we work room by room so you keep living in the place.

We also take the work a lot of painters turn down: ceilings, basements, garages, joists and unfinished space. Big surfaces, awkward access, and no interest in fussy decorative work.

Residential

Three things we get called for most

Whole-home and empty-house repaints

Between owners, before a listing, or after a renovation. An empty house is the cheapest interior you will ever buy because nothing has to be worked around.

Ceilings

Flat white resprays, stipple and popcorn ceilings, and sealing water stains so they stop bleeding through. Most painters quietly hope you do not ask.

Basements, garages and unfinished space

Exposed joists, ductwork and sprinkler pipe sprayed out, block and concrete walls, garage interiors. Cheap square footage that changes how a space feels.

Ceiling painting

A ceiling is the largest uninterrupted surface in the room and the one everybody notices when it is patchy. It is also the one that shows every roller lap, which is why we spray them.

Stipple and popcorn ceilings can be painted, and they need to be sprayed rather than rolled, because a wet roller pulls the texture off the board. Water stains need a stain-blocking primer first, or they bleed straight back through the finish coat within days.

If the stain is fresh, find out where the water came from before we paint. Sealing a stain does nothing about the leak that made it.

Basement, garage and unfinished space

Spraying exposed joists, ductwork and the underside of the floor above in one colour is the fastest way to make a raw basement feel finished, and it costs a fraction of framing and drywalling it.

Concrete block and poured walls take coating well once they are clean and any efflorescence is dealt with. Garage interiors are the same job with more oil on the floor and more traffic on the walls.

The Work

How an interior job runs

  1. Walk it and agree the scope

    Rooms, surfaces, colours, and what is staying versus being moved. In writing before anything starts.

  2. Move and protect

    Floors covered, furniture moved and wrapped, fixtures and hardware off or masked. This stage is what separates a clean job from a nightmare.

  3. Repair and prep

    Filling, patching, sanding, caulking. Nail pops, cracks and old anchor holes get dealt with instead of being painted over.

  4. Prime what needs it

    Bare drywall, patches, stains and any colour change that needs blocking. Not the whole house unless the whole house needs it.

  5. Spray or roll

    Sprayed on empty rooms and ceilings for an even finish. Rolled and cut in where furniture stays and overspray is not an option.

  6. Detail and second coat

    Trim, doors, cut lines and the second coat where the colour needs it.

  7. Clean up and walk it

    Everything back where it was, masking off, and we walk the rooms with you before we leave.

Interior surfaces we take on

  • Drywall walls and ceilings
  • Stipple and popcorn ceilings
  • Water-stained ceilings and drywall
  • Trim, baseboards and casings
  • Interior doors and closets
  • Stairwells, hallways and landings
  • Stair risers and railings
  • Exposed basement joists and ductwork
  • Concrete block and poured walls
  • Garage interiors, walls and ceilings
  • Laundry, utility and mechanical rooms
  • Bare drywall in new construction
Common Questions

Interior painting, answered

Can you paint a stipple or popcorn ceiling?
Yes, and it has to be sprayed. A loaded roller wets the texture and pulls it off the board, which turns a paint job into a repair job. Spraying lays the coating on without dragging at it.
Do I have to move out?
No. Empty rooms are faster and cheaper because nothing has to be worked around, but we do occupied houses room by room all the time. Tell us what has to stay usable and we will sequence it that way.
Can you paint over water stains?
Only after a stain-blocking primer, otherwise the stain bleeds back through within days. And if the stain is recent, sort out the leak first. Paint does not fix water.
Do you do the drywall repair too?
Filling, patching, sanding and caulking are part of prep, not an extra. Larger structural drywall work or a full re-board is a different trade, and we will say so rather than pretend otherwise.
Do you work indoors in winter?
Yes, and winter is the right time for it. Exterior work in this region stops when the temperature drops, so interiors, floors and equipment are what we do through the cold months.
How long does a whole house take?
It comes down to square footage, how many colours, whether it is empty, and how much repair the walls need. Send photos and a rough room count and we will give you a real timeline rather than a guess.
Other Services

What else we do

Interior painting across the Ottawa region

Next Step

Getting a house ready?

Call or text (613) 715-0103, or email contact@maxpaint.work with a room count and a few photos.