We at Texora Painting & Drywall do heritage home restoration in Delta, BC, and across Metro Vancouver. One of the two partners walks the home with you, one of our three uniformed crews does the work, and the written estimate names your 1, 2 or 3-year workmanship warranty.
Heritage homes often carry older materials, historic trim profiles, layers of decades-old coatings and fine architectural details, and rushed prep or the wrong approach can permanently damage original features that can't be replaced.
From the character homes of Ladner Village and older Tsawwassen and Delta neighbourhoods to century and mid-century houses across Vancouver, Burnaby and New Westminster, Metro Vancouver is full of homes with real history. Our heritage restoration service preserves that character while improving the finish.
Health Canada's guidance is direct about this: homes built before 1960 probably contain lead-based paint, and homes built between 1960 and 1990 may have it on the exterior, with the interior sometimes containing smaller amounts that can still be harmful to young children. Homes built after 1990 generally should not have lead-based paint.
The guidance is also clear about what not to do to a suspected lead surface: don't sand it, don't use a heat gun on it, and don't use a blowlamp, since all three release lead into the air. Where a lead surface has to be worked around rather than disturbed, isolating the area with plastic sheeting over doorways and vents is the recommended precaution (Health Canada, lead-based paint).
| Built | Health Canada says | Our approach |
|---|---|---|
| Before 1960 | Probably contains lead-based paint | Lead-safe work practices before disturbing existing paint: no sanding, heat gun or blowlamp on a suspected lead surface, and plastic sheeting over doorways and vents where the area is worked around |
| 1960 to 1990 | May have lead paint on the exterior, with the interior sometimes containing smaller amounts that can still be harmful to young children | The same lead-safe practices |
| After 1990 | Generally should not have lead-based paint | Lead-safe practices wherever lead-based coatings are a factor |
Rotted trim, split wood, failed caulking, layers of decades-old coatings and fine hairline cracks in lath and plaster walls are signs an older home needs repair before it's refinished. On a home built before 1990, lead-based paint may sit under the later layers, so we follow lead-safe work practices before disturbing existing paint.
We walk the home, identify original details worth preserving, note coating layers and any lead concerns, and build a careful plan and written quote.
We remove failing coatings carefully, protecting fragile trim and original wood, using lead-safe procedures where required.
Rot, splits, and damaged trim profiles are repaired or rebuilt so original character is kept.
Bare and repaired areas are primed with products chosen for aged substrates, so the finish bonds and lasts.
Coatings applied with care on trim and detail work for a crisp, high-end finish suited to the home's era.
We review the finished work with you and share how to keep it looking its best.
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We take the time to assess layered coatings, fragile trim and original wood, and work in a way that protects the details.
We prep and coat dentil trim, corbels, gable brackets, mouldings and profile work carefully to keep their crispness.
Many older Metro Vancouver homes have lead-based coatings under later layers. Where that's a factor, we follow lead-safe procedures before disturbing existing paint.
Siding, trim, fascia, porches and railings outside; plaster walls, wood trim, doors and mouldings inside, all restored with the same care.
Rotted trim, split wood and failed caulking are repaired before any finish goes on.
We select primers and coatings suited to older substrates and the details being preserved, since adhesion and flexibility matter on aged wood.
We help choose colours that suit the home's era and character while achieving the refreshed look you want.
We explain what we're doing and why as the work progresses.
Lath and plaster walls develop fine hairline cracks over the decades as the house settles, which is normal in an old building. Patching them properly usually calls for a bonding agent so new material adheres to the old, and mesh reinforcement on wider cracks, or the crack comes back through the next coat of paint.
Off-the-shelf mouldings rarely match a profile milled decades ago, so trim damaged beyond repair sometimes needs a custom-run piece to match the original shape. Ask before any trim comes off whether the plan is to match the existing profile or substitute something similar.
Ladner, one of Delta's three communities, is described on Wikipedia as "a 19th-century fishing village in northwest Delta."
If your Delta or Metro Vancouver character home also has exterior wood that needs attention before it's restored, see our wood rot & fascia repair page. For a repaint without restoration work, see exterior painting.
Many older Metro Vancouver homes have lead-based coatings under later layers. Where that's a factor, as it can be on a home built before 1990, we follow lead-safe work practices before disturbing existing paint to keep your family and our crew safe.
We can. Rot, splits and failed trim are repaired or rebuilt before finishing, and your written estimate names the scope.
We work in Ladner and Tsawwassen, across Delta, and in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody. We are based at 1299 56 St in Tsawwassen, and Highway 17A, 56 Street and Ladner Trunk Road connect Tsawwassen with Ladner Village. In the Tri-Cities, Barnet Highway, Lougheed Highway and Ioco Road connect Port Coquitlam with Port Moody.
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One of the two partners walks the home with you to note the original details and any lead concerns, and the written estimate names the scope and your 1, 2 or 3-year warranty term.
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