Painting in Fort Collins, CO

Both. Exterior repaints are the most common request — usually after a re-side, a re-roof, or an insurance restoration, when the new work makes the old paint look tired. But Red Hawk also paints interiors: whole-home repaints, single rooms, ceilings, trim and doors. Interior work includes drop-cloth coverage of all furniture, low-VOC paints, and a same-day touch-up pass before the crew leaves. Interior projects are also the easiest to schedule in winter, when exterior painting isn't possible in Colorado.

Yes, and in most interior projects it's the step that decides whether the finished wall looks right. Red Hawk patches holes, cracks and water-damage cutouts, then matches the existing texture — orange peel, knockdown or smooth — so the repair disappears under the finish rather than showing as a flat spot in raking light. Texture matching is done before primer, and the patched area is primed separately so the paint sheen stays even across old and new surface.

Yes. Front doors, garage doors, interior doors and trim get surface prep, primer, and a two-coat finish in your choice of color and sheen, on steel, fiberglass or wood. Metal railings, gates and fences get rust treatment first, then primer and a two-coat finish in either oil or a rust-inhibitive acrylic — galvanized, aluminum and steel all need slightly different prep, and skipping that step is why most repainted railings fail within a season.

A typical Fort Collins asphalt shingle replacement runs $15,000 to $25,000 depending on roof size, pitch, and material grade. Most 2,200–2,800 sq ft homes in Harmony, Rigden Farm, and Observatory Village land between $13,000 and $19,000 for Class 4 impact-resistant shingles. Steep-pitch homes in Old Town or those with multiple dormers run higher. Insurance-funded replacements following a hail event typically cost the homeowner only their deductible. Red Hawk's Fort Collins satellite office at (970) 676-6129 provides free written estimates with line-item pricing — no high-pressure sales.

Yes — Fort Collins sits in the heart of Colorado's Front Range hail alley, and the ground record backs it up: NWS storm spotters confirmed hail on all 5 documented hail days within 10 miles of city center between 2021 and 2026, the largest a 2.5-inch measurement on July 27, 2022 (9 ground reports), where NOAA radar indicated a higher 3.75-inch signature — a SWDI/MEHS estimate that runs high and is never the size that actually fell. Roofs older than 12–15 years almost always carry cumulative hail bruising even if they look intact from the ground. Red Hawk provides free post-storm inspections to ZIPs 80521 through 80528 and pulls the NOAA storm record for every address.

Fort Collins requires a building permit for every roof tear-off and replacement, issued through the Building Services division at 281 N College Ave. Permit fees run $90–$220 depending on roof valuation. Code compliance includes ice-and-water shield to 24 inches inside the heated wall, synthetic underlayment, and proper drip-edge metal. Red Hawk pulls all permits, schedules the post-install inspection, and handles HOA submission packets — homeowners never file paperwork. Larimer County (for unincorporated areas around Fort Collins) uses a slightly different fee schedule but the same code basis.