It’s time to paint the exterior of your house! The paint on your is starting to fade, or it’s time for a color change.
Ainsworth Painting, a reputable painting company with a team of highly skilled professionals, is here to provide you with the best service for painting the outside of your home. Our expertise and commitment to quality ensure that your home will be painted to the highest standards, giving you peace of mind.
Painting the exterior of your home isn’t just about adding curb appeal; it’s a significant investment in its longevity. With adequately applied coats of paint, your home can be protected for 7 to 10 years. If your home has not been painted in the last ten years, getting a quote from a professional painting contractor like Ainsworth Painting is wise. Ainsworth Painting serves Lake Jackson, TX, and Brazoria County, ensuring your home is in safe hands.
What is Exterior Painting?
Exterior painting is applying paint to the outside of a house or building to protect the structure from premature rot or damage from the elements and insects. Painting outside a home includes siding, soffits, trim, doors, and windows. It also includes painting various materials such as brick, stucco, vinyl, aluminum, steel, wood, composite wood, fiber cement siding, and PCV.
Our Exterior House Painting Process
A good exterior paint job starts with ensuring the surfaces are in good condition. When needed, we do exterior repairs. We will replace pieces of trim boards, siding, and soffits if they are damaged. We make sure that there aren’t any places that have rot or damage. While Ainsworth Painting won’t complete replacement siding projects, we can do minor repairs.
After we address all the repairs, we focus on removing any failing paint. We often find that the old paint has failed on the exterior of homes and started to chip off. We meticulously remove the flaking paint by sanding and scraping. Once all the flaking paint is removed, we will pressure wash the house or building. Pressure washing the house is an essential step before painting. It ensures that your home is free from dirt, grime, mold, or mildew, which can impact the life of your exterior paint job.
We use high-quality caulk to fill gaps, prime raw wood with a high-quality exterior-grade primer before painting, and fill nail holes.
After all the prep work is complete, we protect the areas that we don’t want to get paint on. Protecting means we use drop clothes to protect the concrete and roof and plastic to mask the windows.
Our thorough exterior painting process begins with thorough surface preparation, ensuring all areas are in good condition. We then proceed to protect the areas we don’t want to get paint on, using drop clothes for the concrete and roof and plastic to mask the windows. Next, we apply one or two coats of high-quality exterior paint evenly distributed with a brush, roller, or paint sprayer. Once the painting is complete, we remove all the masking and clean up the area, leaving your home fresh and vibrant.
What Type of Paint to Use on Exteriors?
If you go into a paint supplier, seeing all the available brands and types of paint can be overwhelming. There are paints of different qualities, prices, and sheens. A gallon of exterior paint will cost between $40 and $100 per gallon. With most brands, the quality of paint increases with the price. Higher-quality paint will have better acrylics, better color retention, better adhesion, and additives that protect the paint from mold and mildew. Top-tier paint will also last longer.
Using high-quality exterior acrylic paint can protect your home from the elements, improve the lifespan of the paint job, and save money in the long run.
You have various sheen options, too. Exterior paints come in flat, satin, semi-gloss, and gloss sheens. It is most common to paint the outside of a home with a paint that has a satin sheen, as it provides a good balance between durability and aesthetics. At the same time, flat sheens are becoming more popular for their ability to hide surface imperfections.
Ainsworth Painting recommends using high-quality exterior-grade acrylic paint that has mildewcide additives. Quality paint will ensure that your paint lasts 7 to 10 years while protecting it from mildew.
Exterior Paint Additives
Exterior paint additives have additional benefits that protect your home from insects and mildew. Adding insecticide to the exterior paint protects your home from wasps and spiders building nests on your freshly painted house. Adding mildewcide to paint protects your home from mildew, mold, and algae.
Should I Apply One or Two Coats to the Outside
Applying one or two coats of paint to the outside of a home depends on the situation. If you are repainting your home with the same color, one coat is often enough to protect your home. If you drastically change the color, you may need two coats of paint to cover the existing color. If it is a new home or a home with new wood, the new areas need priming followed by two coats of paint. The first paint job on a home is the most important because it is the foundation to which all future paint jobs will be applied.
Cost to Paint the Exterior of a House
The cost to paint the exterior of a house depends on its size, complexity, and repairs. Larger homes require more paint and labor to complete. The more complex or challenging the house is to paint, the higher the price. Are taller ladders and boom lifts needed? Does the roof have a steep pitch? Is it easy to access? Are there any repairs that need to be completed before we start, like wood replacement, caulking, or mildew removal?
All these factors contribute to the cost of painting your home. However, Ainsworth Painting offers free exterior quotes, ensuring transparency and helping you understand exactly how much painting your home will cost. We strive to provide cost-effective solutions without compromising quality, giving you the best value for your investment.
About Ainsworth Painting
Ainsworth Painting, a professional residential painting contractor, stands out with its unique mission. We strive to bring our clients’ envisioned designs to life by expertly applying stunning coatings that stand the test of time.
With a wide range of services, including exterior, interior, and fine-finish cabinet painting, we cater to all your painting needs and ensure your space looks its best.
Ainsworth Painting, a veteran-owned small business, is committed to your satisfaction. We are fully insured, ensuring your peace of mind. As proud Painting Contractors of America (PCA) members, we uphold the highest standards in the industry.
