Serving Clients Since 1977
Interior Painting in New Britain, CT
Gagnon Painting & Decorating has painted Connecticut interiors since 1977, and New Britain has the oldest housing stock of any city we serve: about 82.9% of its homes were built in 1979 or earlier. Lead-safe preparation is not an edge case here, it is the default. We are an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm.
New Britain is also unusually tenanted — only 45.1% of its housing is owner-occupied — so a large share of the interior work in this city is commissioned by landlords and property managers rather than the people living in the rooms.
Our Popular Interior Painting Services Include:
Painting and finishing
- Residential and Commercial
- Wall, Woodwork, and Ceiling Painting
- Expert Surface Preparation
- Custom Color Matching
- Paint Color and Design Consultation
- Multicolored Sprayed Coatings
Repair and preparation
- EPA-Certified To Perform Surface Preparation on Pre-1978 Homes
- Drywall and Plaster Repair
- Skim Coating
- Texture Ceiling Repair or Removal
- Wallcovering Stripping and Installation
- Rigid Wall Panel Installation
If I own a rental in New Britain, does the lead rule apply to me?
Yes, if the building predates 1978 and you are paying someone to disturb painted surfaces. The EPA's Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule covers landlords and property managers, not only owner-occupiers. In New Britain that catches an unusually large share of the housing: 9,533 of the city's 32,065 units — 29.7% — were built before 1940, and 26,580 of them date from 1979 or earlier.
The practical consequence for a turnover repaint is that the work has to be done by a certified firm using lead-safe practices: contained work areas, no dry sanding or open-flame burning of old paint, and a verified cleanup. It is slower than a quick coat between tenancies, and it is the difference between a compliant job and an uncomfortable conversation later.
About 21.5% of New Britain housing sits in two-to-four unit buildings, which is the other reason this comes up so often — multi-family means turnover, and turnover means repainting.
Housing figures: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates.
New Britain interior painting questions
Can you schedule around a tenancy turnover?
Yes, and it is worth telling us the handover date at the estimate rather than after. Turnover repaints are a fixed window between one tenant leaving and the next arriving, and lead-safe work in a pre-1978 building takes longer than an uncontained one. Knowing the deadline lets us size the crew to it instead of discovering the problem halfway through.
Do you repair plaster, or only paint over it?
We repair it. Drywall and plaster repair, skim coating and texture ceiling repair or removal are all part of what we do, which matters in a city where nearly 30% of the housing predates 1940 and is therefore lath-and-plaster rather than drywall. Painting a cracked plaster wall without addressing the cracks produces a wall that looks finished for one season.
How do you price an interior job?
We come out, look at the actual rooms, and leave a written summary quote. Pricing is upfront and all-inclusive rather than a per-wall rate, because on New Britain's older interiors the real cost driver is preparation — the state of the plaster, the number of coats the existing color needs, and what the woodwork has been through — not floor area.
Planning interior work in New Britain?
Call for a free estimate and a written summary quote on your first visit.