Hydrant Painting

What This Service Involves

Fire hydrants must stay visible and correctly color-coded so responders can identify flow capacity at a glance. Our crews clean, prep, and repaint hydrants with durable coatings, applying your utility's color-coding standard to bonnets and caps. We address surface corrosion during prep to extend hydrant service life and note any operational defects for your water crew. Work is scheduled to minimize disruption in occupied right-of-way.

Benefits

Restores hydrant visibility for emergency response; applies standardized flow-rate color coding; protects against corrosion to extend service life; flags operational defects for the water utility

Our Process

1) Inventory hydrants and confirm the color-coding standard; 2) Clean, prep, and treat surface corrosion; 3) Apply primer and durable finish coats; 4) Document completed units and note any defects

What Affects the Cost

Number of hydrants in the package; extent of corrosion prep required; coating system and color standard; traffic control in the right-of-way; travel between hydrant locations

Best Time of Year

Hydrant painting is scheduled in dry weather from late spring through early fall for proper coating adhesion and cure.