Once the project progresses to a certain level of semi finished work, the most painful and costly trade damage begins. This is when careless trades will basically, in their haste and ignorance of anyone else’s work will scratch or damage something. Moving materials around is a major culprit and sensitive painted surfaces take a beating. And of course it is most often impossible to determine who damaged what. Protective materials are available such as what we put on the door frames and posts or railings (very commonly damaged). Some builders have chosen to delay spraying the trim work until after the flooring is done. This necessitates a lot of covering finished surfaces and work for the painters but then once completed, no trade damage will occur. We are examining changing the order of the build to this magnitude but are concerned about unintended consequences. Until then we will continue to protect the most vulnerable surfaces.