Serving Clients Since 1977
Commercial Painting in New Britain, CT
Gagnon Painting & Decorating has worked on Connecticut commercial property since 1977. New Britain is the Hardware City — American Hardware Corporation was the state's largest employer with 12,000 workers by 1913, and Stanley Black & Decker is still headquartered here — which means a commercial building stock built to industrial standards and now serving a broad mix of uses.
We are fully licensed and insured, a PDCA member and BBB accredited. CT Registration H.I.C. #0564200.
Our Commercial Painting Services Include:
Property types
- Office Painting
- Retail Storefront Painting
- Restaurant Painting
- Sanitary Hospital, Nursing Home, and Medical Institutions
Systems and finishes
- Commercial Interior and Exterior Painting
- Epoxy and Concrete Floor Coating
- Commercial Wallcovering Installation
- Rigid Wall Panel Installation
- Graffiti Removal
What should a New Britain business owner check before repainting?
Whether the building is in a historic district, and whether the work touches anything beyond color. New Britain adopted a Historic Preservation Ordinance in September 2011, and its Historic Preservation Commission conducts historic review as part of the building-permit process. The Commission publishes rehabilitation standards for commercial historic properties specifically, alongside a demolition-delay ordinance and guideline sheets on Siding, Porches, Entrances, Windows, Roofs, Masonry, and Paints and Stains.
For a straight repaint, Connecticut law puts color outside that process: CGS section 7-147d(c) says historic district rules shall not extend to the color of paint used on the exterior of any building or structure. For storefront alterations, replacement windows or masonry work, the position is different and the Commission is the right first call.
The other thing worth settling early is hours. Retail, restaurant and medical premises all have windows in which painting is either disruptive or impossible. We schedule commercial work around the business rather than around the crew, and those constraints belong in the quote rather than in a conversation halfway through the job.
New Britain commercial painting questions
Can you paint a storefront in a historic building downtown?
Yes, and New Britain publishes rehabilitation standards for commercial historic properties that are worth reading before you finalise a scope. Repainting in the existing colours, or in new ones, is not what triggers review — state law exempts paint colour. Altering the storefront itself, its windows or its masonry can trigger review through the building-permit process, so establish the scope first.
Do you do epoxy floors and graffiti removal?
Both. Epoxy and concrete floor coating is common in the kind of light-industrial and back-of-house space this city has a lot of, and graffiti removal is ordinary maintenance work on street-facing commercial elevations. Removal method depends entirely on the substrate underneath, which is why we look before quoting.
Does the EPA lead rule apply to commercial premises?
It can. The rule covers housing and child-occupied facilities — including preschools and childcare centers — built before 1978, so a commercial building containing one of those uses is in scope. Given that 82.9% of New Britain's building stock dates from 1979 or earlier, it is worth resolving at the estimate. We are an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm.
Commercial property in New Britain?
Call for a free estimate and a written summary quote on your first visit.