BEP 06 · Live Oak
Interior and exterior work on the East Bank, from the river road to the levee. Every job starts with a free written estimate at the property.
St Rose · St Charles ParishWhat you get
The same four things on every house painting job in St Rose, LA, a community of 7,504 people in St Charles Parish between the river and the wetlands.
We walk the property, then put scope, preparation, product and price in one document.
Washing, scraping, filling and priming are line items, not favors done if there is time.
Covered in Louisiana, on homes and on commercial property, and we will show you the paper.
Beds and floors covered, paths swept, and the drop sheets leave with us.
Why people call
Six reasons owners on the East Bank call us, most of them about where the land sits between two bodies of water.
The parish states that the German Coast slopes from roughly 14 feet above sea level at the river bank to roughly 1 foot at the lake shore, and the low end holds water longer.
The levee north of Airline Highway separates the developed East Bank from about 26,000 acres of the LaBranche Wetlands, so the damp side of the community is a fixed feature.
The parish records flooding on this side of the river during Hurricane Isaac, with Interstate 10 submerged for days. Repairs from that flooding still show on walk-throughs.
The 1991 to 2020 National Weather Service normals at the New Orleans International Airport station in Kenner list 63.35 inches a year, which is what an exterior coat here lives through.
Heavy industry has been on the St Rose riverfront for more than a century, and a thorough wash is the first step on any exterior near it.
A repaint is a fast way to reset a property without touching its layout.
What we paint
Six residential services and five for commercial painting, available anywhere in St Rose, river road to levee.
Walls, ceilings, trim and doors, painted room by room.
Siding, trim and porches, washed and primed before the finish.
Doors off, degreased and primed, then refitted where they came from.
The painting side of a remodel, sequenced around the other trades.
Siding, driveways and patios, at a pressure the surface can take.
Commercial work runs on the same footprint, phased around your opening hours.
Color and finish chosen around your brand, applied after hours so desks stay in use.
Hard-wearing coatings for high-traffic walls, floors and locker areas.
Low-odor systems and calm palettes for clinical and patient-facing spaces.
Scheduled into term breaks so classrooms come back ready to use.
Facades, walkways and parking lots washed down before any coating goes on.
On the job
Washing first, then the coat, on exteriors that sit between the river and the wetlands.
On the ground
Three things about St Rose that change how we prepare.
On a slope that runs from 14 feet at the river to 1 foot at the lake, two properties a street apart do not dry at the same rate. We look at the ground before we price the exterior.
With a long industrial riverfront and this much annual rainfall, the wash is the step that decides whether the coat bonds. It is a line item in the scope.
Homes built before 1978 may contain lead paint, and the EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule sets how those surfaces are disturbed.
When to book
Four signs an East Bank exterior is ready for work.
A wall that stays gray after a hose rinse needs proper washing at a pressure the surface can take, not a heavier coat of paint.
Speckling on the elevation nearest the wetlands rinses off, and that step is what makes the next coat hold.
Open joints at trim and windows let water behind the paint, and that is where the next failure starts.
A brown line from a nail head or a rail means the metal has to be treated before the board is repainted.
Local
Four reasons an East Bank job runs better with a contractor from the parishes.
Crews working these parishes year round know what humidity and wind-driven rain do to a coat.
The people who walk the property are the people on the ladder, not a call center.
We are close enough that snagging something after the job is a short drive, not a claim.
504-380-9862 reaches the people doing the work, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.
How it runs
Four steps, with the wash and the repairs priced in writing before we start.
Call or send the form. We agree a time and confirm it before we come.
We look at the actual surfaces, inside or out, and note what needs repair.
Scope, preparation, product and price, in writing. No verbal numbers.
Washing, repairs and priming first, then the finish coats.
Planning
Three things to settle before we start in St Rose.
Whether a property sits near the river bank or near the levee changes how long surfaces stay damp, and it shapes the preparation we quote.
Pressure washing is priced with the job rather than added afterward, and we set the pressure to match the surface.
We confirm exterior days against the forecast, because a coat caught by rain has to come back off.
About the area
What St Rose is, in the words of the parish and the Census.
Census Bureau QuickFacts lists St. Rose as a census designated place in St. Charles Parish with 7,504 residents at the April 2020 Census. Its land area in 2020 was 6.34 square miles.
St. Rose sits on the East Bank of St. Charles Parish. The parish names Norco, New Sarpy, Destrehan and St. Rose as the communities protected by the federal Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity levee system, which in this parish starts at the Bonnet Carre Spillway.
St. Charles Parish was one of the original 19 parishes of the territory of Orleans and was created in 1807 from the county of the German Coast. The parish describes the German Coast as beginning 25 miles above New Orleans and extending along both sides of the Mississippi River for 40 miles.
Around town
Four places in and around St Rose, spillway and river road included.
The Corps of Engineers reports roughly 400,000 visitors a year to this floodway, which has two boat launching sites, a primitive campground provided by St. Charles Parish and on-site park rangers. Activities listed include fishing, crawfishing, hunting, biking, birding and designated riding areas for all terrain vehicles.
The parish lists this River Road site at 13034 River Road in Destrehan as established in 1787. It offers daily tours and demonstrations by costumed artisans.
This parish park at 13244 River Road in Destrehan has baseball and multi purpose fields, a tennis court, an outdoor basketball court, batting cages, a walking track, fitness stations and playground equipment. A pavilion, picnic tables and restrooms are on site.
The parish library system operates a branch inside St. Rose at 90 East Club Drive. It is listed among the parish public library locations.
Next door
The East Bank communities the parish names alongside St Rose, river and levee.
The parish groups Destrehan with St. Rose among the East Bank communities behind the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity levee system. The Cross Bayou Pump Station, completed in 2011 and rated to pump up to 1,300 cubic feet per second, is located in Destrehan.
Norco and New Sarpy are the other two East Bank St. Charles Parish communities the parish names as protected by the same levee system. The Bayou Trepagnier Pump Station in Norco was completed in 2004 and can pump up to 850 cubic feet per second.
The parish's own town history calls Montz once one of the two bustling towns on the East Bank of St. Charles Parish, and names St. Rose as the other. Montz residents still receive mail from LaPlace, after the Montz post office closed in 1927.
We drive New Orleans and nine parish cities for a free walk-through. Tell us the address and we will say plainly whether yours is inside it.
Worth knowing
Four things about St Rose and the German Coast.
St. Rose took its name from St Rose Plantation, which stood near the present-day intersection of River Road and Louisiana Highway 626. The parish says the plantation was named for the patron saint of the Americas and survived until 1904.
A wooden match factory opened on River Road in St. Rose in 1952, and the parish calls it the first large plant of its kind in the South. The parish says it went on to become the largest of its kind in the world before closing in the 1980s.
A village called Elkinsville was established after the Civil War by freed Black residents immediately upriver of the St. Rose community, around First through Fourth Streets. Its post office opened November 21, 1889 and closed in 1893, after which the St. Rose post office opened October 5, 1893.
The Corps of Engineers placed the Bonnet Carre Spillway at an old crevasse site 32.8 river miles above New Orleans, where four major breaks had occurred between 1849 and 1882. Design and construction took about two and a half years after the Great Flood of 1927, and the structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Getting around
The highways, the on-demand service, and the airport that serves the parish.
Airline Highway, now designated U.S. Highway 61, was authorized in the early 1930s as an alternate to River Road between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. It opened as a two lane road.
The parish says truck and freight carriers reach St. Charles Parish through interstate connections on I-310 and I-10. It also credits the parish's position on the Mississippi River with access to the deepwater Port of South Louisiana and Port of New Orleans.
The authority runs transportation on demand in St. Charles and St. John the Baptist parishes, with connectivity to St. James Parish and the city of Kenner's transit systems. Service runs Monday through Friday from 5 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 5:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., at a cost of $2.00.
The parish says air transportation is available from this airport, which it describes as located less than five miles from St. Charles Parish. The parish credits it with one and two stop service to nearly all major domestic and international destinations.
Service areas
The eight other parish cities on our list, and New Orleans itself.
Inside New Orleans itself we work across the Garden District, Uptown, Carrollton, Mid-City, Lakeview, Gentilly, Bywater, Marigny, Treme, the Irish Channel and Algiers, on everything from Creole cottages and shotgun doubles to new-build and commercial property.
Questions
What St Rose owners ask first.
Yes, we paint houses anywhere in St Rose, inside and out, on the East Bank of St Charles Parish.
Yes, and it is a line item rather than an extra. Dirt and chalking stop paint from bonding, and the pressure is set to what the surface can take.
It changes drying time. The levee north of Airline Highway sits between the developed area and about 26,000 acres of wetland, and the elevations facing it stay damp longer.
Yes, once the surface is dry and sound. Patched and replaced material is sealed and primed before any finish coat.
Yes for Kenner, which is one of the nine cities we cover. For Destrehan or anywhere else on the East Bank, tell us the address and we will say plainly whether it is inside the free estimate area.
Yes. We walk the property, look at the actual surfaces, and put scope, preparation, product and price in writing, with no obligation to book.
Yes, in Louisiana, and the cover applies to commercial jobs as well as homes. Ask us for proof before you sign anything.
9:00 am to 6:00 pm. Calling on 504-380-9862 is the quickest way to get a walk-through booked, and the form reaches us outside those hours.
Free estimate
Send the form and we will call to arrange a walk-through. If you would rather talk it through now, the phone is quicker.
We call to agree a time that suits you, and confirm it before the visit.
We walk the property, look at the actual surfaces and talk through color.
You get scope, preparation, product and price in writing, with no obligation.
Serving New Orleans, Metairie, Kenner, Covington, Mandeville, Madisonville, Abita Springs, Hammond, LaPlace and St Rose.
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