Entries by Michele Wheeler

“That’s not my guy in the attic!”

Wheeler Painting and Restoration Services performs a variety of work in attics. Our team of professional carpenters work in attics to perform leak investigations, secure venting, install venting, treat organic growth on framing, install insulation and many other tasks. No matter what the client needs, we can address it – on time and under budget. […]

Police Visit on the Job

Wheeler Painting and Restoration Services recognizes that our clients are not the only ones impacted by our work. Many times a neighboring property is also impacted. Sometimes on a residential project, we will ask permission to place a ladder in the neighbor’s yard in order to access the side elevation of the home we are […]

Teenage Towel Parade

Our team of professional painters and carpenters work in many different environments – commercial spaces; occupied and unoccupied – residential homes; interior and exterior – multifamily townhomes, apartments and condos. All projects have a certain level of challenge to them, but our team of highly skilled craftsmen figure out a solution for just about everything […]

A Unique Encounter at the Seattle Transfer Station

At Wheeler Painting and Restoration Services, we’ve encountered all sorts of funny, strange, and downright unexpected situations over the past 33 years. While we never go looking for unusual experiences, offering painting and construction services in Seattle for decades naturally brings a few stories worth sharing. From curious job site surprises to fascinating encounters at […]

“if you see something, say something”

All of us here at Wheeler Painting and Restoration Services take job site safety very seriously. When most talk about job site safety, they are referring to an employee’s personal safety. Today, however, we are going to be discussing job site safety from the perspective of the actual job site, the project location. Regardless if […]

Only Queens get a Throne:

When you are the Queen, you get your own throne! About 29 years ago we had a commercial tenant improvement project that was pivotal for our company. It was set to be our first million dollar project –converting an apartment building into condos. We were a painting subcontractor for a major general contractor in the […]

Midnight Bucket Brigade:

You just never know when the phone rings in the middle of the night just what will be asked of you. Wheeler Painting and Restoration Services offers 24/7 hour emergency services for “issues” that come up and need immediate attention. Emergency board-up services due to a car driving through the front of a facility or […]

Thieves on the Project Site:

There are a good number of job sites that have experienced theft. Thieves come to a job site and steal whatever they can to resell or recycle. The problem has become out of hand, but we have been fortunate not to have this happen to us… until now. One of our commercial clients asked us […]

No Request is too much for Wheeler!

All the crew members at Wheeler Painting and Restoration Services are amazing people who are highly-skilled at what they do. They are the type of people who would give you the shirt off their back or do anything they possibly could while working on your project to make the experience a good one. We always […]

The Puffy White Envelope

As a full service general contractor,  Wheeler Painting and Restoration Services offers many diverse services to our clients. Restoration work due to fire, smoke or water damage; new siding, windows and doors, bath room and kitchen remodels, interior and exterior painting , drywall and insulation, waterproofing, concrete work and parking lot striping just to name […]