High-rise and condo exterior repaints · St. Lucie County
High-rise and condo exterior repaints in St. Lucie County
On unincorporated Hutchinson Island, the county's height rule allows Zone A buildings up to 125 feet, and oceanfront condominiums stand along the beach. Repainting one means working at height, in salt air, beside residents who live there through the job.
Florida's milestone law requires an inspection by the end of the year a condominium building reaches 30 years of age, and the structural integrity reserve study must list waterproofing and exterior painting. A repaint can be the job that follows that paperwork. We read the engineer's findings first, so concrete and balcony repairs finish before coating starts.
Access is the main planning question. OSHA requires the building owner to tell the employer in writing that each rope descent anchorage was identified, tested, certified and maintained for at least 5,000 pounds per person. Scaffolds must hold at least four times their intended load. Romco asks for the anchorage records before choosing rope, swing stage or lift.
Both hurricanes of 2004, Frances and Jeanne, came ashore on southern Hutchinson Island, and the highest Florida gust reported in Jeanne was at Fort Pierce Inlet. Exposed island facades are scheduled around hurricane season, with rigging plans that can come down quickly.
Building on the barrier island? Read the Hutchinson Island page
Order of work
- Read the milestone report, reserve study and prior coating records.
- Confirm anchorage records and choose the access method.
- Write the scope by elevation and drop, with resident notices.
- Wash, capture water and repair concrete and sealant drop by drop.
- Apply primer and finish coats, drop by drop.
- Review each face of the tower with the board's representative before the rigging comes down.
What usually goes wrong
Where this job goes wrong in St. Lucie County
Anchors with no paperwork
Rope descent work cannot start without the owner's written anchorage confirmation. Where records are missing, Romco plans for an engineer's anchorage inspection or switches to another access method.
Repairs found mid-drop
Cracks and spalls appear once a drop is washed. The scope sets out how repairs found during the job are logged, approved by the board and handled before paint.
Residents and balconies
Residents need notice before their stack is worked. Notices go out by stack and drop, and balcony furniture and screens are cleared to a written schedule.
Outside scope
Concrete restoration design, structural engineering, window and door replacement, roofing and balcony railing replacement are separate licensed scopes. Romco coordinates them inside one schedule but does not sign engineering.
Questions
About high-rise and condo exterior repaints
Does the milestone inspection have to come first?
Not always, but it should be read first if one has been done. Painting over concrete that the engineer flagged hides the defect and the coating fails over it.
Do you work on Hutchinson Island towers?
Yes, we quote condominium repaints there. Height, salt exposure and storm season shape the access plan and the order of the elevations.
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.
Is there a job size Romco will not quote?
No. We quote one repainted tenant suite in a plaza on US 1 and we quote the full exterior of an oceanfront condominium on Hutchinson Island. Small jobs get the same written scope as large ones.
Is Romco licensed?
Yes. Romco Builders is a licensed Florida general contractor. It was founded in 2015, is based in Fort Lauderdale, and runs St. Lucie County painting jobs under that license.
How Romco runs it
The order of work
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.
High-rise and condo exterior repaints across St. Lucie, including Port St. Lucie, Tradition, St. Lucie West, Fort Pierce, Lincoln Park, St. Lucie Village, Hutchinson Island South, Unincorporated St. Lucie County, and every other St. Lucie city.
Other painting work
More commercial painting we quote
- 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 →
- 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 →
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.