Hutchinson Island South, St. Lucie County
Commercial painting in Hutchinson Island South
Hutchinson Island South is a Census-designated place where water covers about ten times more area than land. County code splits the unincorporated island into height zones: up to 125 feet in Zone A and 35 feet in Zone B. Both 2004 hurricanes, Frances and Jeanne, came ashore on southern Hutchinson Island.
A 125-foot wall is a different job from a 35-foot one. Romco plans access by height: lifts and scaffold for low buildings, and for tall faces whatever system the wall allows. Where rope descent is used, OSHA requires the building owner to state in writing that each anchorage was identified, tested and maintained to hold 5,000 pounds per worker. The St. Lucie nuclear plant site in Zone A follows Utility district rules instead of the island height limits.
For a condominium on the island, Florida's milestone law sets the first inspection at 30 years. The county's milestone page lists 25 years for buildings within 3 miles of the coast, so Romco has the association confirm its trigger with the county. Waterproofing and exterior painting are both items in a condominium's structural integrity reserve study, so the repaint can be phased to that schedule.
Sources: Census 2020 boundary layer for designated places · Hurricane Frances report, landfall point · Hurricane Jeanne report, landfall point · Florida milestone inspection statute · County milestone inspection page · Florida condominium statute on reserve studies · OSHA rule on rope descent anchorages
Who reviews color and permits in Hutchinson Island South
St. Lucie County Building and Code Regulations Division
The island's unincorporated land is under county permitting. LDC Sec. 4.01 sets the Zone A and Zone B height limits for land east of the Intracoastal Waterway.
Read the sourceRules differ between the county, Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce and St. Lucie Village. We check the office for your parcel before the scope is final. St. Lucie permit guide
What we quote in Hutchinson Island South
Painting work we quote here
- Interior commercial paintingOffices, clinics, corridors and suites repainted while the building stays open.Interior commercial painting in St. Lucie →
- Exterior commercial paintingStucco and block exteriors repainted to the color rule that covers the address.Exterior commercial painting in St. Lucie →
- High-rise and condo exterior repaintsOceanfront and lagoon-side condo towers repainted from swing stage, rope or lift.High-rise and condo exterior repaints in St. Lucie →
- Warehouse and industrial paintingMetal-sided warehouses, tilt-wall and steel framing, painted around live operations.Warehouse and industrial painting in St. Lucie →
- Parking garage coatings and stripingGarage decks sealed, columns and walls repainted, stalls re-striped one deck at a time.Parking garage coatings and striping in St. Lucie →
- Airport and transportation facility paintingHangars, terminal and port buildings, painted under the operator's access rules.Airport and transportation facility painting in St. Lucie →
- Office, retail and tenant improvement paintingTenant suites, storefronts and plazas painted on the lease schedule.Office, retail and tenant improvement painting in St. Lucie →
- HOA and multifamily repaintsCondo associations and apartment communities repainted building by building.HOA and multifamily repaints in St. Lucie →
- Hotel and hospitality paintingGuest rooms, pool decks and facades painted floor by floor around guests.Hotel and hospitality painting in St. Lucie →
- Hospital, clinic and school building paintingHospitals, clinics and schools painted around patients, students and staff.Hospital, clinic and school building painting in St. Lucie →
- Elastomeric and waterproofing coatingsElastomeric wall coatings and waterproofing over repaired stucco and block.Elastomeric and waterproofing coatings in St. Lucie →
- Pressure washing and surface prepCommercial walls washed and prepped, with every gallon of rinse water captured.Pressure washing and surface prep in St. Lucie →
- Something else?Prefer to talk it through? Call during office hours, Monday to Friday, 10 to 6, or email info@romcobuilders.com with photos.Call (772) 310-3298 →
From walk to punch list
How the job runs
Romco Builders is a licensed Florida general contractor, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale. This is the order a repaint follows here, from the first site walk to the last punch item.
Walk the building, check the jurisdiction
We confirm whether the address falls under the county, Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce or St. Lucie Village, and note any historic designation.
Write the scope
Surfaces, repairs, coatings, access equipment and working hours go into one written scope, so the quote compares line by line.
Clear color approvals
Where Port St. Lucie's chart or a Fort Pierce certificate applies, the color is approved before any paint is ordered.
Prepare and contain
Cleaning, repairs and masking come first, with wash water captured instead of sent to a storm inlet.
Apply the coatings
Coats go on to the maker's written instructions for temperature, humidity and recoat time, not to a calendar.
Walk it and close out
We walk the finished surfaces with you, write a punch list, finish it and hand over the color and product records.
Questions
Commercial painting in Hutchinson Island South
How does a condo repaint on Hutchinson Island fit the reserve study?
Under Florida's condominium statute, a building's structural integrity reserve study must plan for exterior painting and waterproofing. Romco can quote the repaint in phases that match the study and the board's funding, and coordinates any concrete repair the milestone inspection calls for with a firm licensed for it.
What will painting my St. Lucie building cost?
We do not give a figure until we have walked the building, because the number turns on things a phone call cannot show: how much stucco needs repair, how the walls are reached, whether a Port St. Lucie color review or a Fort Pierce certificate comes first, and how the wash water is captured. After the walk you get a written quote, broken out by surface and by step, so you can compare it line by line.
What if an older building has lead paint?
Federal rules decide this, not the paint's age alone. The EPA renovation rule covers child-occupied facilities built before 1978, such as day care centers inside commercial buildings, and requires a certified firm. OSHA's lead standard covers workers on any structure that contains lead. Romco checks whether either rule applies and arranges a certified firm where it does.
How long will the painting run, start to finish?
We do not promise a duration. Approvals, repairs found during prep and the weather set the pace. The National Weather Service puts the average Fort Pierce wet season between May 25 and October 20, and hurricane season runs June 1 to November 30. Your quote shows the order of work and what each step depends on.
Other St. Lucie cities: Port St. Lucie · Tradition · St. Lucie West · Fort Pierce · Lincoln Park · St. Lucie Village · Unincorporated St. Lucie County
Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce and the island
Send the address and we will tell you which rules your repaint falls under
Romco Builders is a licensed Florida general contractor, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale. Then we quote the scope, the order of work and the approvals it needs.