To the trade
How we work with designers, builders and cabinet shops
Three kinds of client, three kinds of hand-off. The shop works the same way for all of them.
Designers and architects
You specify; we make it true on the door.
We price from your finish schedule and drawings
A board on the substrate before the job
The proposal follows your numbering
Builders and general contractors
You need a date and a clean door.
Door counts by room and phase
Delivery windows agreed with your super
An install-day punch list, signed together
Cabinet shops and fabricators
You build; we finish.
Doors collected or delivered
Intake count and photographs
A shop slot named in the proposal
How a trade job runs
From finish schedule to dock
Six steps, in this order.
- 1
Step 1: Send the schedule
Finish schedule, drawings and the date you need it.
- 2
Step 2: Board
A board on the substrate, signed in writing.
- 3
Step 3: Proposal
Counts, system, sheen, coats and schedule, line by line.
- 4
Step 4: Intake
Doors arrive, are counted and photographed.
- 5
Step 5: Finish and cure
Spray, cure and rack by room.
- 6
Step 6: Deliver and walk
Delivery, touch-up and a signed punch list.
Paperwork
What your accounts office will ask for
What we send with a proposal, and what we send on request.
License and certification
Lead-Safe Certified Firm (RRP)Verify
CO Firm cert. # 000000 · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Needed for paid work that disturbs paint in homes built before 1978
Insurance
General liability insurance
A certificate goes to your office with each proposal
Documents
Certificate of insurance
Sent with each proposal
W-9
On request
Finish and cure schedule
Per project
Questions
For the trade
Can the proposal follow our finish schedule?
Yes. Send the schedule and the drawings and Essie Braxton writes the proposal line by line in your numbering.
Do you send a certificate of insurance and a W-9?
Both go out with the proposal, so your office can set up the account before work starts.
What does a finish board cost?
The first set for a project goes out with the proposal request. A further round is quoted before we spray it, and the terms are in the proposal.
How long are doors in the shop?
Plan on two to three weeks from delivery to ready. A large count, a deep color or a catalyzed system can take longer. Your proposal names the range for your job.
Trade desk
Send the finish schedule
Attach nothing here; send the schedule by email or text and tell us the project and the date. Essie Braxton replies in shop hours.
- Monday – FridayToday
- 7 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Saturday and SundayToday
- Closed