None, just based on answers I got from customer services and store staffs.
Quotes for Exterior House Painting
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Update:
We signed an agreement with Contractor I.
For the final round of negotiations, I created a document with photos of all areas requiring wood replacement. This way, each contractor could submit an apples-to-apples bid.
We're going with Benjamin Moore Aura for the house and SW Woodscapes Rain Refresh for the gate and pergola.
We signed an agreement with Contractor I.
For the final round of negotiations, I created a document with photos of all areas requiring wood replacement. This way, each contractor could submit an apples-to-apples bid.
We're going with Benjamin Moore Aura for the house and SW Woodscapes Rain Refresh for the gate and pergola.
Our guys powerwashed Saturday, drying now and first phase of prep begins
The only scrambling we did was getting the plants and things moved away because he wrapped up the previous job early. We just gave him the check for 1/3 of the job.
Amazing how many small medium paper wasp nests were knocked down from hidey-hide places
Something nasty I had not realized - the lower (ground facing) edges of the siding behind the grill got super greasy over the years. Clean now though. The siding itself never looked too bad, so I had missed that!
No wood rot or anything but I did fix that broken siding piece (see other thread). Head painter guy is amazed how strong the patch is (he loved my small stainless screws) and has done the first application of some type of cementous filler. He says it is sandable and can make it match ok. Good luck with that!
This bid was in the middle, and his references were good. But really talking to those folks made the difference because paint co is easy to work with and will do what you ask, on time.
The only scrambling we did was getting the plants and things moved away because he wrapped up the previous job early. We just gave him the check for 1/3 of the job.
Amazing how many small medium paper wasp nests were knocked down from hidey-hide places
Something nasty I had not realized - the lower (ground facing) edges of the siding behind the grill got super greasy over the years. Clean now though. The siding itself never looked too bad, so I had missed that!
No wood rot or anything but I did fix that broken siding piece (see other thread). Head painter guy is amazed how strong the patch is (he loved my small stainless screws) and has done the first application of some type of cementous filler. He says it is sandable and can make it match ok. Good luck with that!
This bid was in the middle, and his references were good. But really talking to those folks made the difference because paint co is easy to work with and will do what you ask, on time.
Two wet coats? Interesting, as mentioned earlier that's one coat. Spray application, spray from left to right in one sweep equals one coat, then right to left is another. All done while the paint is still wet. Interesting wording. I always found that spraying paint on the interior or exterior of a house needs mechanical action to lay the paint down and get better adhesion. In other words, back brush or back roll the paint after it's sprayed. That takes quite a bit more time. Two coats means apply one coat allow it to fully dry and apply the second coat of paint. That also takes more time.
The contractor told me they'd do one wet coat, followed by back roll, then a 4 hr (minimum) dry. Then they'll repeat the process.
Agree.
But depends on siding material.
Painting Hardiplank way different than cedar
True! I always back brushed or back rolled Hardiplank. It always looked great that way. Weathered Aluminum or vinyl siding was another story. Cedar always back brushed or back rolled.
There isn't anything unique about painting Hardiplank:
https://downloads.ctfassets.net/dzi...37fab43432d4801c080/hardieplank-hz5-us-en.pdf
What demarpaint wrote still applies.
That's fine!
Heed that do not use anything alkyd or oil base!!!!! A lot of these products need to breathe, oil creates a vapor barrier and if the house is poorly insulated, or moisture finds its away behind the siding you can have problems. The sun heats the siding, it turns the moisture behind the siding into vapor and pulls it through the siding. Latex will allow that moisture through, oil will pop, crack, or peel over time. True oil primers allow little to no moisture through.
There are some distinct differences and they are right in what you posted.
After a couple cedar sided houses I’ll take Hardiplank any day. Especially on the sunny sides
As far as painting goes you could probably get away just spraying cement siding with two coats. No way would that be good on cedar
If you were referring to the usage about oil based products, I suppose. But most houses are not typically painted using an oil-based product.
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Thanks for point out the risk of using oil base.
I am going to fix some cracks in the exterior stucco and had planned in using oil based kills primer before using latex exterior paint.
Your comment definitely is having me relook at the oil based primer plan.
I had my hardi plank painted a couple years ago. They sprayed then backbrushed the first coat, then just sprayed the second. 2500 square foot, two story, lots of trim painted by hand as well - $9200.00 all in.
House was a darker color. Changed to a lighter color. All the lighter color houses on my block haven't been repainted yet, so it lowered my cooling bill and hopefully won't have to do it again for a while.
There were 4 painters here for 4 days. First coat first day. Second coat second day. 2 days of painting trim. If materials were a couple grand that works out to roughly $50 / hour for labor - very cheap I think, they did a good job.
That’s pretty cheap actually compared to most of west coast
It was reasonably cheap for here as well. I think I caught a break on timing, late fall 2023 they had stopped building in mass here for a bit and I think companies were looking for work.
That's dirt cheap - I'm at $18K for the paint job with a few sheets of siding.
