Painters in Lorton, VA

4.9 stars across 450+ Google reviews. Most of Lorton went up after 1980, which means a lot of houses are now hitting their first or second real repaint. We know the HardiePlank, the vinyl trim and the HOA palettes. Free estimate, on site.

Interiors, trim, carpentry and exterior work in Lorton run through our interior and exterior painting service.


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Serving Northern Virginia Since 2009

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What We Paint in Lorton

Residential interiors, exteriors, and the surfaces most painting companies will not touch. We are based in Alexandria, a straight run up Route 1 from Lorton, so we have crews working south Fairfax County every week.

Every job starts with a written prep level agreed with you first.

Interior Painting

Walls, ceilings, trim, doors. Prep, primer, two coats, daily cleanup.

Exterior Painting

Siding, brick, stucco, trim, shutters. 100% acrylic, 5-year warranty.

Cabinet Painting

Kitchen and bath cabinets, in-home or shop-sprayed.

Deck Staining and Pressure Washing

Decks, fences, driveways, walkways.

Epoxy Floor Coatings

Garage, basement, workshop floors in two-day installs.

Hardwood Flooring

Bathroom Remodeling, and General Home Improvement also available.

Why Lorton Homeowners Pick Patrick’s Painting

Group 28 (4)

Google reviews built one job at a time across Lorton, Laurel Hill, Newington and the rest of south Fairfax County.

Group 27

Working south Fairfax County out of our Alexandria base. We are local. We are not a national franchise routing crews in from somewhere else.

Group 26

Same standards, whether the job is a Laurel Hill townhome or a detached house out toward Mason Neck. No subcontracted labor.

Group 25

A written prep level, agreed with you before any work starts. Free, itemized estimates. Five-year labor warranty on painting.

Neighborhoods We Serve in Lorton

Lorton is not one kind of house. The planned communities run to townhomes and HardiePlank with an HOA palette to work inside. Out toward the river the lots open up and the exteriors take real weather. Nearly two thirds of Lorton is owner-occupied, so most of what we do here is somebody’s own home rather than a turnover repaint. We have repainted homes across all of it.

Painting labor carries a five-year guarantee.

The master-planned community on the old Lorton Reformatory grounds, anchored by the Workhouse Arts Center. Townhomes and single-family homes from the 2000s, HardiePlank and vinyl, with an HOA palette to work inside. We handle the approval paperwork side of it too.

Townhomes and single-family homes built up around the VRE station. Front doors, shutters and trim are the usual refresh here, and they change how the whole elevation reads for a fraction of a full exterior.

Newer townhomes on tight lots. Most of the work here is interior, plus exterior trim and door refreshes. Tight side yards mean careful staging and protecting your neighbor’s property as much as your own.

Larger lots heading toward the Potomac, with more detached homes than the planned communities. Open exposure means the south and west elevations weather first, so we spec the prep by elevation instead of treating all four sides alike.

Waterfront and wooded acreage. Wind and moisture off the water are hard on exposed elevations, and those sides usually need attention before the rest of the house does.

Older than most of Lorton, largely 1970s and 1980s, which means real wood trim under several layers of paint. Scraping, sanding and priming properly is what separates a finish that lasts from one that peels in two winters.

Detached homes near the park and the bay. Tree cover and humidity slow dry times, so we schedule around the weather rather than pushing a coat on a surface that is not ready.

Homes facing the Occoquan take more sun and wind than a sheltered interior lot. Exteriors here tend to need attention on a shorter cycle, and we will tell you honestly which elevations are due.

Single-family homes from the 1980s and 1990s, most of them now due a second exterior. Original builder-grade paint is usually well past its service life by this point.

Military families move on short notice. We work to firm dates for PCS timelines and turnover repaints, and we put the schedule in writing so you are not guessing the week before a move.

A planned community with its own architectural guidelines. We have worked inside HOA color approvals plenty of times and can tell you early whether a color is going to clear.

Lorton’s median home went up around 1997, so a lot of kitchens still have their original cabinets. If the boxes are sound, refinishing is normally the cheaper route by a wide margin, and we will say so if they are not.

Frequently Asked Questions

What an interior repaint costs comes down to the condition of the surfaces, the prep level we agree on, how much trim there is, whether the color is changing, and access. We price it on site, for free, and put it in writing. Exterior cost follows the substrate and its condition, the prep level, the number of stories and how much painted trim, soffit and fascia the house carries. We look at it on site and put the number in writing, at no charge. Every estimate is itemized.

Two to four weeks during peak season (April through October), one to two weeks in the off-season. We can sometimes accommodate sooner if a slot opens.

Often, yes. Most of Lorton was built after 1980 inside planned communities, and a good number of them run an approved color palette. We have worked inside those guidelines for years and can tell you early whether a color is likely to clear, so you are not repainting twice.

Sherwin-Williams, For Lorton exteriors we typically specify Sherwin-Williams Duration or

Yes. Class A contractor with general liability and workers’ compensation insurance. The labor on all painting projects we complete is guaranteed for five years, covering peeling and flaking. Settlement cracks are repaired properly at the time but are not covered, because nobody can stop a house from settling, and the guarantee does not apply to deck or fence staining.

Most exterior projects take five to ten working days. Weather is the variable, and we tell you the same day if it moves rather than leaving you guessing. Interior projects on a similar home usually run four to seven days.

April through early June and September through late October are our preferred exterior windows. Winter freeze-thaw cycles make exterior work unreliable here. We book interior work year round, so the outside waiting does not stall the inside.

Our crew handles the heavy lifting: pressure washing, scraping, sanding, caulking, primer, drywall patching, and moving lightweight furniture. You clear personal items and breakables. We protect everything else.

Get a Free Painting Estimate in Lorton, VA

Call (703) 253-9268 or use the form on this page. We respond within one business day, often same-day. Estimates are free, on-site, and itemized.

Recent projects are in our project photos.