Exterior Painting · Frisco, TX
Frisco exteriors: young houses, harsh sun, thin original coats.
A ten-year-old Frisco house is not an old house, but ten North Texas summers on a west-facing elevation with one builder coat of paint is enough. The fiber cement and stucco are usually sound; the coating on them is chalking.
Here is what exterior painting in Frisco actually involves.
Fiber cement siding is the dominant material in the newer neighborhoods and it behaves well, but the factory or builder finish chalks under UV, and chalk is a bond-breaker. Painting straight over it gives you a coat that looks perfect for a year and then peels in sheets. We wash, then test for chalk by hand, and prime the chalked elevations — typically south and west — with a bonding primer before topcoat. It is an extra step that a cheap bid skips and it decides whether the job lasts four years or twelve.
The other detail is caulk. Builders run a fast bead at the trim, corner boards and window flanges, and on a house this age a lot of it has split or pulled away on the sunny sides. We cut out the failed bead rather than caulking over it — a new bead on top of a failed one bridges nothing and hides an open joint. Every penetration, joint and flange gets re-sealed with an elastomeric before anything is coated.
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 Frisco, 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 Frisco.
My house is only eight years old. Does it really need painting?
Often yes, on the south and west elevations specifically. Rub the siding — if your hand comes away with a chalky residue, the original coat is breaking down and the north side is simply a few years behind.
Do you need to prime fiber cement?
Where it has chalked, yes, with a bonding primer. Chalk stops the new coat bonding, and that is the single most common cause of premature peeling on newer Frisco houses.
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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