Building Restoration Service in Dorchester, Boston MA
Full three-decker exteriors are the core of what we do in Dorchester. Strip the failing coatings, rebuild the porch elements that are gone, prime everything bare, and build the finish back so it lasts through the next decade of winters.
Building Restoration Service Services in Dorchester
Exterior Restoration in Dorchester
Full envelope prep, repair and repaint — Strip failing coatings, repair the wood underneath, prime and build the finish back properly.. If you want the detail, here's how we handle exterior restoration in Dorchester.
Historic Home Painting in Dorchester
Period-appropriate exteriors — Lead-safe practices, historically appropriate colour, and the patience that ornate trim demands.. If you want the detail, here's how we handle historic home painting in Dorchester.
Multi-Family Painting in Dorchester
Two- and three-family buildings — Sequenced around tenants, consistent across units, one point of contact for the owner.. If you want the detail, here's how we handle multi-family painting in Dorchester.
Wood Restoration in Dorchester
Weathered siding, trim and structural wood — Clean, treat, repair and refinish rather than replace, where the wood is still sound.. If you want the detail, here's how we handle wood restoration in Dorchester.
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What Building Restoration Work Here Actually Involves
Three-deckers dominate — three floors, front and rear porches, wood clapboard or vinyl over it. Ashmont Hill and Melville Park break the pattern with Queen Anne and Colonial Revival single-families from the 1880s and 90s.
Restoring an Older Building Is Not a Repaint
What drives the price
Restoration prices on condition and on what has to be matched. Replacing a rotted section of a plain fascia is carpentry. Replicating a moulding profile that has not been manufactured since 1910 involves either sourcing salvage or having a knife ground, and that is a different order of cost and lead time.
How the work is sequenced
Water first. Every restoration starts with finding where moisture is getting in, because coating over an active leak is money spent twice. Then substrate repair, then matched carpentry, then priming of every face of every new piece including the back and the end grain, then finish.
Where it usually goes wrong
The failure specific to older buildings is repair that ignores how the building was designed to breathe. Sealing a wall assembly that was built to dry outward traps moisture inside it, and the damage that follows is worse than the problem being solved. Older buildings need to be understood before they are coated.
How long it takes
Restoration schedules are driven by material sourcing and by weather windows more than by labour. We flag long-lead items at the estimate so you know which parts of the schedule are ours to control and which are not.
Recent Work
Before & After
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Three-family exterior restorationCornice and bay-window brackets had failed with rusted flashing behind them. Carpentry repaired first, then the full envelope prepped and refinished.
Licensed, Insured, and Based in Allston
Family-owned painting contractor working out of Allston. Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor license #193121, full liability and workers' compensation on every job.
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