Some people repaint their homes when they buy them simply to change the color and others repaint just before they sell their home to enhance its curb appeal. Normally though, you want to have your house painted every 5-10 years, and every 4-7 years if it’s stained. Homes along the shoreline tend to need painting more often due to the effects of salt air. Some factors that determine the lifespan of your current paint job include the amount of prep work done the last time (sanding, scraping) and the quality of the paint used. If your house is not well insulated and lacks a good moisture barrier then moisture from inside the house could cause peeling. If you have leaky gutters or if your caulking is cracking and separating your paint job will suffer. Siding can shrink, crack or begin to cup and nails can pop if the paint’s weather protection is beginning to fail.

With stain you can see the wood beginning to dry out. Paint can become chalky or faded with direct sun exposure. Cheap paint with minimal pigment can begin to look like different shades depending on sun exposure as well. Stucco should be painted every 5-7 years and if it’s not it can begin to crack and pieces can fall off the house. Many people tend to get into a routine of painting their home every 5-7 years in the same way as you would change the oil on your car – so that they prevent any damage from starting in the first place.

No, a quick phone call to answer some basic questions about your requirements (or an email reply to questions) is all that we need to give you an exterior painting quote. We need to know certain things like what you want included (house, garage, deck etc.) and if you require a lot of carpentry work or window re-glazing etc. We also need to know if you are planning a complete color change. We do have a mobile phone app you can use to speed the quote process for both exterior and interior painting.

For interior and exterior painting, we will generally need to know what your choices are the day before we start. For exterior painting, if we have a lot of prep work then you can decide even slightly after we get started. For interior painting, when we are doing prep work, we can put some sample colors on the wall for you to see how they look in real life as well.

To prepare for interior painting you can move small items and things that are fragile. You might want to take pictures or mirrors off the wall but only if you can easily handle them yourself.

We will move any heavy objects that we can’t work around and we will cover everything in plastic and tarps etc. For exterior painting you should move small items, like potted plants, away from the house. If you have window-based AC units you will want to move them inside your house. We can help you with that if needed. We do ask that you don’t park near your house and that you turn the hose water on for our use.