Full plains climate
Intense sun, high wind and big temperature swings move siding constantly. Flexible caulk and good adhesion matter more than usual.
Byers, Colorado
Painters in Byers, CO
A small plains community near our eastern edge on I-70.
Direct answer
Painter Hotline paints houses in Byers, Arapahoe County. Housing there is mostly prewar and newer, with 49.7% from before 1980. Free estimates: 720-208-5645.
Local conditions
What painting in Byers involves
Generations of paint
Older farmhouses carry multiple generations of coatings that get an adhesion test before anything new goes on.
Small sample size
Byers is small enough that Census estimates for it have wide margins of error, so treat the figures below as approximate.
Full days, planned ahead
Byers is a long drive east on I-70, so projects are planned as full working days with materials staged in advance. Bundling the house with a fence or shop is common and saves a second trip.
Old windows
Many older Byers homes still have wood windows. Sills and lower sashes take the most weather, so they get scraped, puttied where needed and primed before any finish coat.
Local dataWhen Byers's homes were built (dark orange: built before 1980)
How old Byers's homes are
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2019–2023 5-year estimates, table B25034. Small sample: ±17 points on the pre-1980 share.
Show the numbers
| Built | Byers | Arapahoe County | Colorado |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 1940 | 19.5% | 1.7% | 7.1% |
| 1940s | 3.6% | 1.2% | 2.3% |
| 1950s | 3% | 6.1% | 6.9% |
| 1960s | 7.1% | 7.3% | 7.8% |
| 1970s | 16.4% | 22.5% | 16.5% |
| 1980s | 15.2% | 21.7% | 13.5% |
| 1990s | 19.2% | 13.1% | 15.2% |
| 2000s | 2.6% | 15.4% | 16.7% |
| 2010s | 13.2% | 9.6% | 12.2% |
| 2020 or later | 0% | 1.4% | 1.8% |
| Before 1980, total | 49.7% | 38.9% | 40.6% |
Byers has about 604 homes, and an estimated 49.7% of them predate 1980, above Colorado's 40.6% and above Arapahoe County's 38.9%. The years before 1940 added the most (19.5%); 15.9% are from 2000 on.
What the numbers mean for Byers jobs
- About 5 in 10 Byers homes are pre-1980; for those, the year built decides how old paint gets scraped. Why 1978 matters.
- 26.2% predate 1960. EPA figures: lead paint is likely in 69% of 1940–1959 homes and 87% of pre-1940 homes.
- 50.8% from 1970–1999, prime years for hardboard siding: board edges and caulk joints get the attention.
| County | Arapahoe County |
|---|---|
| ZIP codes | 80103 |
| Neighborhoods | Downtown Byers, the Kiowa Creek area and surrounding acreages |
Questions
Byers painting questions
Do you charge extra for travel to Byers?
Travel is built into how we schedule and price. You get one written number with no separate trip charge.
Do you work east of Byers?
Along I-70 we go to about Deer Trail. North on I-76 we go to Fort Morgan.
How many Byers homes might have lead paint?
By the Census count, 49.7% of homes in Byers predate 1980, and any of those could hide lead paint (banned for homes in 1978). Tell us your year built.