Stirling Painting

Stirling Painting 2010 Exterior Season Part 1

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 | Uncategorized | No Comments

The exterior season is in full swing.  Below is a nice overview of some of the projects we have completed, are completing, and are going to complete this year.

COMPLETED PROJECTS:

The 6th St. Project in Historic Allentown:

We started off with a bang.  What a neat building.  This project was a full exterior repaint with lots of wood prep.  It was a multiple color paint scheme that really popped out from the brick facade.

The colors selected were a more “grey” version of the previous colors.  And  don’t think grey is a bad thing.  It took the brightness out of the colors and  made them a bit more earthy, which worked well with the facade and slate roofing.

We lucked out with the weather on this one.  The early Spring months are usually unkind but we had some beautiful consecutive days that allowed the project to go smoothly.

The Church St. Maintenance Project:

When looking over this beautiful home during the estimate it was quite apparent to us that much of it was just fine.  The paint was holding up well and the colors hadn’t faded much.

However, it needed a good washing and some of the areas more susceptible to the weather needed some attention (window sills and trim, front door, some failures on high soffit areas, etc.).

So we proposed a maintenance project where only the crucial areas were worked on were able to match the colors up with color scanning.

The Victoria Square Aluminum Project:

This is the quintessential aluminum siding project.  A great home in a great development needed a fresh look.  Working with the home owner we changed the look by lightening the eves, freshening up the siding and adding a new accent color.

Some people don’t know that aluminum can be painted.  But we have always had great success with these projects and they are much, much more economical then siding replacement.  The newest latex products bond incredibly well to these surfaces.

PROJECT BEING COMPLETED:

The Union Blvd. Historic Project:

They do not make them like this one anymore.   We were thrilled to get the chance to give this house a new appearance.  The previous trim color was a yellow and the shutters were a light blue.  They were nice but had a pastel undertone which didn’t do anything for the facade.  The new white color frames out the beautiful stone and the black shutters add to the classical feel.

This is a full wood trim repaint project.  I’ll send pictures of this when it is completed.

PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED SOON:

The Central Moravian Church Project:

To say we are excited about this one would be an understatement.  We will certainly keep you posted on this one (or you can drive by and honk… but not if we are on really high ladders).

Thanks for learning about some of the exterior work we have going on this first half of the exterior painting season.  Let me know if you have any questions.

- Andy

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