Early Birds & Rotting Trim

Friday, February 26th, 2010 | Uncategorized

Now, we know having the entire exterior of your home painted may not be in the budget this year. But that doesn’t mean you should just ignore the problems (and by problems I mean the rotting door trim or window sills or porch rails or decks). Problems that are ignored lead to bigger problems and bigger problems are more expensive to fix.

Here are some of the non-budget busting services we can offer you to go along with our exterior painting work.

- Rotting wood repair

The cement board on this beautiful house had a problem. It was falling off. But we had a solution. Mainly, we replaced (a lot) of it and painted it. However, most repairs aren’t nearly as expensive.

- Rotting TrimRepair

Rotting window sills or door trim pieces shouldn’t be ignored. They can easily be replaced and painted.

- Shutters

Painting shutters or going with a new color gives your house a fresh look (front doors too!). Wooden shutters that are starting to go should be prepped and painted before they are past the point of no return. Plastic shutters that have faded can be brought back to life.

- Pressure washing

A clean house is a happy house… or at least isn’t a dirty house (I don’t think a pic is needed here… you get the point)

- Aluminum siding repaint (its not as expensive as you think)

A house with aluminum siding and metal or plastic shutters can be given a completely new look for less money then you might think. Its also just a percentage of what it would cost to replace the siding. And your color choices are endless.

- Maintenance work

Let us scope out your exterior and set up a plan to get the worst of the worst done and put off the rest for next year. The picture here is a good example. It’s an absolutely beautiful historic house in Bethlehem. Last year we worked with the condo association and scoped out the priority areas to repair and paint for them. We hope to do this on an annual basis. This will save them a large lump sum budget busting bill. We can do the same for you.

- Decks

Is it true what they say. Decks really need to be stained every couple years. If not it will start to flake and the cost of the project with be multiplied. The alternative is to get a refresher coat once in a while to keep the water beading.