Crate and Barrel Painting
– PROJECT REVIEW J.E. TRAVIS PAINTING, INC.
Crate and Barrel
La Cantera Showroom
CLIENT:
Project Size:
$104K
Timeline:
Roughly 6 weeks
General Contractor:
The cathedral ceiling and structural steel, painted from a 32-foot lift, San Antonio.
Scope: tape and float, wall and ceiling paint, structural steel, cap flashing.
The build at a glance
♦ What we did
Travis taped, floated, and painted every wall and the structural ceiling in the showroom. The shell was existing but nearly everything got new sheet rock, so almost every painted surface was built up from bare board to finish. In the space everyone on site called the cathedral ceiling, the crew worked from a 32-foot lift to reach heights around 38 to 40 feet, painting the structural steel that frames the big glass windows. Outside, the building was in good shape, so the only exterior work was cap flashing along the top of the wall.
♦ The Challenges
The schedule drove everything. The timeline was tighter than normal, so instead of taping and floating the whole space and coming back to paint, Travis ran both crews at once. Floaters worked one end of the building with painters right behind them, moving down the space as a single line. At peak the crew had six lifts going at the same time in one room. The finish had to be flawless because the showroom lighting spotlights every wall, so any imperfection would show. On top of that, owner-furnished lighting was staged to come in right behind the paint crew, which meant no room to run late. Travis hit the window and got out of the way.
Have a space that needs
this kind of work?
J.E. Travis Painting delivers commercial painting, coatings, and specialty finishes for construction projects across Texas.
General Contractor: GW Mitchell. Owner: Crate and Barrel. La Cantera, San Antonio, Texas. Photos by BILT Marketing
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(210) 525-8088
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235 W Turbo Dr, San Antonio
