Exterior Painting · Dallas, TX
Dallas exteriors: stucco, half-timber, and a west wall that takes a beating.
Dallas gives us three exterior problems in one city — original stucco and half-timbering on the Tudors, painted brick that someone committed to twenty years ago, and modern fiber cement that just needs a proper recoat. Each gets a different system.
Here is what exterior painting in Dallas actually involves.
Tudor stucco cracks where the wood frame behind it moves, and the temptation is to caulk the crack and paint over it. That traps water against the lath. We open the crack, patch with a compatible stucco mix rather than acrylic filler, let it cure, then prime with a masonry bonding primer before any topcoat. Half-timbering gets treated as trim: scraped back to sound wood, spot-primed, and finished in a satin that sheds water off the horizontal faces.
Sun exposure decides the spec more than the color does. A west-facing Bluffview elevation takes roughly twice the UV load of the north side of the same house, and that is where a cheap acrylic chalks first. We put the higher-grade resin on the south and west elevations even when the client only asked about color, and we prime chalked surfaces rather than painting straight over the powder.
Here is what the price covers.
- A meeting with our In-Home Color Consultant before anything is ordered
- Full pressure wash of the surfaces to be painted
- Caulking and sealing at joints and penetrations
- Scrape and sand where the existing coating has failed
- Carpentry repairs — soft and rotten wood replaced, not painted over
- Full coverage and protection of windows and brick, then spray application
Exterior Painting in Dallas, in detail.
The parts of a exterior painting job that people ask about separately.
These are the questions we hear most about exterior painting in Dallas.
Should I paint or limewash my Dallas brick?
On a sound brick elevation we usually recommend a mineral coating over a film-forming paint. It breathes, so trapped moisture can escape, and it weathers by fading rather than by peeling — which is the failure mode people regret with painted brick.
How do you handle the big trees in Lakewood?
Heavy canopy means slow drying and organic growth on the north elevations. We soft-wash with a biocide first, and we schedule those elevations for the middle of the day rather than late afternoon so the coat has time to set.
When is the best time to paint my home’s exterior?
Exterior paint applies best in warm temperatures, so late spring through early fall is ideal. That lets the paint dry at a proper speed and gives the best chance of avoiding the high humidity or precipitation that stops paint bonding properly.
What exterior color should I choose if I am selling?
Neutral and muted usually. Lighter colors are the most popular — off-white, light gray, taupe, light blue or green. If you want to make a statement with something bolder and darker, the best sellers are red, yellow and blue.
Do you replace rotten wood before painting?
Yes. Carpentry repairs are a standard part of our exterior process. Painting over soft wood is the fastest route to a callback, so it gets replaced first.
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