Commercial Painting — Toronto & GTA

Commercial Painting
Contractor

FAIME’s own painting crews work for general contractors, property managers and building owners on schools, condos, rental buildings, warehouses and commercial buildings that stay open while we work. Every job gets a written scope, a schedule built around the building, and the WSIB and insurance paperwork before we start.

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Occupied Buildings

Phased so tenants, staff and customers keep working.

Painting Subcontractor to GCs

Suites, corridors, stairwells, amenity rooms and doors on new builds.

Exterior Repaints

Repairs and sealants first, then two full coats.

Intumescent Fireproofing

Thin-film coatings on exposed structural steel, measured and recorded.

What We Paint

Commercial Painting,
Building by Building

We take on painting from a single commercial unit up to multi-storey residential and institutional buildings. Trade scope up to $2M per project.

Multi-Unit Residential

Condos, rental and supportive housing, painted suite by suite.

Suites, corridors and stairwells
Amenity rooms and feature walls
Hollow-metal doors and frames
Garages, striping and exterior metalwork

Schools & Institutional

New-build and occupied schools, scheduled around the school calendar.

Classrooms and gymnasiums
Change rooms and washrooms
Wood and hollow-metal doors
Summer-break schedules

Commercial & Industrial

Offices, retail, warehouses and mixed-use buildings.

Full exterior repaints
Metals, stairs, railings and dock doors
Interior fit-out painting
Intumescent coatings on structural steel

How We Run It

Built Around
Your Building

Walk-Through and Written Scope

We walk the building, note the substrates and the hours you need, and put it all in a written scope with a schedule. No phone-quote guessing.

Paperwork Before Mobilization

WSIB clearance (Class G5), a certificate of insurance for our $2M CGL with Additional Insured available, and the starting package, all before we arrive.

Phasing for Occupied Sites

Work is sectioned so entrances, routes and loading stay usable. On our Vaughan commercial repaint, the tenant stayed open the whole time.

Prep Before Paint

Cracks, failed caulking and damaged substrate are repaired first. Paint over an open joint looks good for a season, then fails along the same line.

The Specified Product, Applied to Its Data Sheet

We buy and apply Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore and Dulux products to the spec on the job, at the coats and film build the product calls for.

Closeout and Warranty

Walkthrough and deficiency list, then a closeout package and a 2-year workmanship warranty certificate at handover.

Proof

Commercial Painting
We Have Actually Done

Every photo below is from a FAIME job, with a full project page behind it. Our role is stated on each page: painting subcontractor on the multi-unit and school projects, general contractor on the Vaughan building.

Oakley Ridge six-storey rental building in Guelph — Oakley Ridge, Guelph: six storeys, 110 rental units, painting subcontractor.

Queensland Condos building in Stratford — Queensland Condos, Stratford: suites, corridors, amenity rooms and doors.

Dunnville Secondary School gymnasium after painting — Dunnville Secondary School: gymnasium, change rooms, doors and frames.

New Catholic school gymnasium in Innisfil, painted by FAIME — New school, Innisfil: the full interior, classrooms to gym.

KW Habilitation affordable housing building in Kitchener — KW Habilitation, Kitchener: 18-unit affordable housing building.

Corridor bulkheads painted at a supportive housing build in Kitchener — Supportive housing, Kitchener: units, corridors, stairs and garage.

Warehouse mezzanine steel after intumescent fireproofing in Newmarket — York Region warehouse, Newmarket: intumescent on beams, columns and deck.

Vaughan commercial building after the full exterior repaint — Vaughan commercial building: repairs, sealants and two full coats, as GC.

Multi-Unit & Institutional

Schools

Commercial & Industrial

Who Paints Occupied Buildings?

What to ask a painting contractor before they work around your tenants.

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Intumescent Fireproofing

Thin-film coatings on exposed interior steel, with coats measured and recorded.

Intumescent fireproofing →

All Painting Services

Interior and exterior painting for homes, condos and stores, plus doors and trim.

Interior & exterior painting →

Where We Work

Commercial Painting
Across the GTA

Toronto

All districts

Vaughan

Concord, Woodbridge, Maple

Mississauga

Full coverage

Brampton

All areas

Markham

Full coverage

Richmond Hill

Full coverage

Kitchener / Guelph

Waterloo Region

Ontario Projects

Stratford, Innisfil, Dunnville

Common Questions

Frequently Asked
Questions

Yes. Occupied buildings are the normal case for our commercial work, not the exception. We section the work, keep entrances and routes usable, and schedule noisy or odorous stages around your hours. On our Vaughan commercial repaint the tenant stayed open for the whole 7 to 10 working days.

Yes. Most of our multi-unit and school projects were done as the painting subcontractor: Oakley Ridge in Guelph, Queensland Condos in Stratford, two Kitchener housing builds and two schools. We bring our own crews, WSIB clearance and a certificate of insurance, and work to your schedule and spec.

From a single commercial unit up to multi-storey residential and institutional buildings, with a trade scope ceiling of $2,000,000 per project. Crews scale from 1 to 10 on site depending on the scope.

Whatever the specification calls for. We buy and apply Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore and Dulux products, applied to the manufacturer's data sheet. We are not an approved applicator for any brand, and we do not claim to be.

Yes, thin-film intumescent on exposed interior structural steel: beams, columns and decks. Coats are measured and the dry film thickness recorded and handed over. The fire rating itself comes from the project specification. We do not do cementitious spray fireproofing.

Before we start: WSIB clearance, a certificate of insurance and a starting package. At handover: a closeout package and a 2-year workmanship warranty certificate. Manufacturer material warranties are separate.

Send Us the Spec.

Send the drawings, the finish schedule or just photos of the building, and we’ll come back with a written scope, a schedule that fits your hours and a firm price before anything starts.

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Commercial Painting
Contractor