Landmark Exteriors – Expert Window Replacement and Painting Services Oakley

When your home’s exterior paint starts to fade is the best time to repaint. A typical paint job should last 5 to 10 years with many external contributing factors, varying the painting time frame. Depending on where you live, the climate, humidity, and weather conditions also effect the duration of your home paint job. More advanced signs of needing to paint are small cracks, flaking paint, and peeling paint. If left untreated this could lead to more serious problems with your home’s painted exterior where wood could become damaged and then other more serious repairs will be needed. You can consult with our exterior painting contractor in Oakley to evaluate your home’s exterior painting needs.

The actual timeline will be determined by the state of your paint surfaces, the type of work necessary, our schedule, and weather conditions if the project entails external work. During our meeting with you, our house painters in Oakley will assess your circumstances and estimate the time it will take to complete your painting project.

A couple of factors effect this decision. If you are staying in the same color or just a shade off then one coat of each will cover just fine. If the color is going to change dramatically then 2 coats of exterior paint will be needed. For stain jobs, it is recommended two coats unless you insist on just one and the wood isn’t very dry. Also, it is necessary to occasionally do two coats on the sunny side of the house and one elsewhere but normally it is encouraged to use two coats.

At Landmark Exteriors, our painting process involves:

• Power washing the home to clean the surface of cobwebs, dirt, organic growth, etc.
• Prep the wood by sanding down, caulking, and adding wood filler where needed. When working with stucco, our house painters in Oakley will fill in hairline cracks or stress cracks with elastomeric paint, which expands and seals up the stucco as it dries. Also, we apply a stucco patch if there are holes or chips in the stucco.
• We will cover and tape off all the windows so no paint gets on the glass.
• Now it’s time to paint. We usually spray the main surfaces and then do the trim work by hand.
• Add touch-ups, if needed.
• Finally, we will go over the entire house with you, the homeowner, to make sure everyone is satisfied.

Vinyl doors Oakley offer many advantages over wood – most notably the minimal maintenance that is required of vinyl doors and windows. Because of exposure to the elements, wood doors need to be sanded, re-stained & coated or re-painted every few years. Vinyl doors and windows are resistant to rotting, peeling & fading. Meaning their appearance will outlast wood. From an energy perspective, vinyl is superior to wood since the extruded frames of vinyl doors are hollow, allowing for foam insulation and therefore increased energy efficiency above wood windows.