Painting — Adelaide
The cut-in tells you who you hired.
Common jobs
What we handle.
Most paintingcalls fall into the categories below. Yours doesn’t fit? Send a photo via WhatsApp — we’ll tell you straight whether it’s our job or someone else’s.
- Full interior repaints (walls, ceilings, trim) in occupied or vacant homes
- Exterior weatherboard, render, and brick painting
- Heritage facade repaints with original profile preservation
- Ceiling-only work (water staining, smoke damage)
- Trim and skirting refresh in heritage profiles
- End-of-lease patch, fill, and paint to make-good standard
- Roof painting (terracotta and metal — coordinated w/ roofer for prep)
- Feature wall and accent colour application
- Door, frame, and architrave gloss work
- Gate, fence, and pergola staining and painting
What’s involved
How a Briks painter job actually runs.
- 01
Walk-through first. We agree the colour, sheen, and prep level on-site — paint catalogue or your own samples. We point out hidden costs (rust spots in render, lead paint in pre-1970 homes) before quoting.
- 02
Prep is most of the cost and most of the longevity. Sand, fill, dust, undercoat where bare. We do not paint over loose paint and call it done — that is why exterior work falls off in two years elsewhere.
- 03
Two top coats is standard. Cutting in by brush, rolled out for body. Drop sheets, masked frames, daily clean-down. You can move furniture back the next morning on water-based work.
Standards + compliance
The non-negotiables.
The licenses, standards, and paperwork every Briks-coordinated painting job clears before, during, and after the work.
BLD painter license
Lead painters hold a current SA Painter Contractor license (BLD class) for jobs over the licensed threshold. Smaller jobs are still done to the same standard.
AS/NZS 2311 painting standard
Surface prep, primer selection, and top-coat application follow AS/NZS 2311 (Painting of Buildings). Hot-weather application limits respected — we do not spray render at 38°C.
Low-VOC and SA-approved paints
We use Dulux, Taubmans, and Wattyl product lines — including their low-VOC and zero-VOC ranges. Heritage work uses British Paints or matched alternatives where original spec calls for it.
Honest carve-out
Call us — or don’t.
Some painting jobs need a licensed tradie. Others you can knock over on a Saturday with the right tool. Here is the honest line.
Call a painter for
- Whole-room or whole-house repaints
- Exterior work above one storey
- Heritage homes (pre-1970 — lead paint risk)
- Render or stucco patch-and-paint
- End-of-lease repaint where bond is on the line
- Roof painting (terracotta, Colorbond, Zincalume)
- Anything that needs scaffold or two-storey ladders
Probably DIY
- A single feature wall in a low-traffic room
- Touch-up of existing paint where you have the original tin
- Garden fence panels at ground level
- Re-coating a small piece of furniture
FAQ
Painting questions, answered.
A full 3-bed interior repaint in Adelaide depends on ceiling height, prep required (filling, lead paint), trim coverage, and finish chosen. Briks attends, measures wall and ceiling area, and quotes in writing — no per-square-metre estimating that misses the prep work.
Related trades
Got a painting job? Tell us. We’ll handle it.
Coordinator picks the right specialist off the bench, attends on-site, scopes the work, and gets you a written quote — usually inside 24 hours of the visit.
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