Our Process: Exterior & Interior Painting Services

Name: A Tamam Construction
Address: 41060 High St, Fremont, California, 94538
Telephone: 408-478-3111

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When starting a new construction home or Adu or any new room you hang up new drywall from scratch onto the studs
When hanging drywall we hang horizontally and screw down to the studs.
When the drywall is put up you leave an eight-inch gap for the mud to go in you don't want them to be flush.
We have to use special drywall screws and patterns to call for inspection before taping and mudding.
After these steps are complete we call for a nailing inspection

After the nailing inspection, we start the process of mudding and taping.
Drywall panels come with slight bevels on both of their long sides. When the bevels are fitted together, they form a small indentation, about 2 inches wide, along the joints. Use the 6-inch taping knife to smooth and work the mud evenly into the joint, filling the entire indentation and wiping away excess mud including screw holes.
For taping, you Cut a piece of paper tape or mesh tape over the joint while the mud is still wet for a process called “bedding.” Use the 6-inch taping knife to gently smooth the paper onto the wet mud, working out bubbles as you go. Wipe away excess mud with the knife.
Drywall panels come with slight bevels on both of their long sides. When the bevels are fitted together, they form a small indentation, about 2 inches wide, along the joints. Use the 6-inch taping knife to smooth and work the mud evenly into the joint, filling the entire indentation and wiping away excess mud including screw holes.
For taping, you Cut a piece of paper tape or mesh tape over the joint while the mud is still wet for a process called “bedding.” Use the taping knife to gently smooth the paper onto the wet mud, working out bubbles as you go. Wipe away excess mud with the knife.
For corner joints, you use a metal 90-degree angle piece for a straight edge. Then smooth the corners out with mud.
Let the mud dry and repeat the process two more times, then sand everything when dry to smooth.

After all, the sanding of the mud is done the drywall is ready to be primed and textured.
Once ready you cover all floors and everything with tape and plastic for a good finish.
There are two ways to primer, you can use primer and paint together or primer first then texture and paint.
There are a few ways to texture, like orange peel, knockdown, popcorn, or smooth finish.
After you're done with all the steps you can cover all the joints with tape and start to paint, according to the client's choice.

Cover all working areas as needed (Windows, trees, planters, bushes, cars, etc..)
Wash the house with a high-pressure machine (Water blast 2500 PSI)
Prepare stucco as needed (open cracks wider and patch with stucco)
Prepare wood trim by sanding everything down (Fascia board/Eaves & Frame), Apply caulking and bondo and sand as needed.
Prepare a 6” trench around the perimeter of the house so you can fix the stucco that's underground

Apply 2 coats of primer, trim, and stucco(To be selected by the customer)
Apply 2-3 coats of paint (Color coat to be selected by customer) Oil Based.
After the painting is done you can Cover the trench around the perimeter of the house.
Clean up and haul away debris
Make sure that all touchups are done before leaving especially any wood trim that needed to be sanded.

The first step we apply waterproofing paper(shark paper) before the chicken wire.
Install wire mesh over existing walls(chicken wire).
Before applying concrete, we call for a waterproofing inspection.
Apply scratch (Rough base) coat cement, after this step is done we can wait 6 days to dry.
Apply brown coat cement and then Wait about 4 days to dry.
Apply color coat stucco, color texture to be selected by the customer, and then paint.
Clean up and haul away debris