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Exterior Painting in Rockland County
Exterior painting in Rockland County, NY: whole-house exteriors, trim, soffits, shutters, doors, and porches, with scraping, priming, and rot repair handled before paint. A small job like a door, a porch, or a section of trim is half a day to a day. A whole house typically runs one to two weeks, and up to two or three weeks where there is heavy preparation or rot repair. Exterior painting is quoted by the job, not billed hourly.
An exterior paint job in this climate is not decoration, it is the layer keeping water out of the wood. That is why preparation matters even more outside than inside. Paint applied over loose, failing paint will take the old layer with it when it lets go, usually within two winters. Paint applied over rotted trim seals moisture in and accelerates the rot it is hiding. The scraping, priming, and repair are the job. The color is the easy part.
What we handle
- Whole-house exterior repainting
- Trim, soffits, fascia, and shutters
- Front doors and porches
- Scraping, sanding, and spot priming
- Rot repair and trim replacement before paint
- Caulking and sealing gaps that let water in
Rot gets repaired before it gets painted over
The places exterior rot starts are predictable: the bottom of door and window casings, the ends of trim boards, fascia behind a gutter that has been overflowing, and anywhere two pieces of wood meet without a proper seal. Those areas get probed rather than glanced at, because soft wood under sound paint is common. Where rot is found, the wood gets repaired or replaced first. Painting over it hides it for exactly one season and makes the eventual repair larger.
Weather sets the schedule, and that is not negotiable
Exterior coatings need surfaces to be dry and temperatures within range to cure properly. Paint applied to damp wood or in the wrong conditions fails early no matter how good the product is. That means exterior schedules move with the weather, and a job may pause for a few days. Being told that honestly up front is better than a contractor working through conditions that guarantee a callback.
Preparation matched to what the old paint is doing
Not every exterior needs to be taken back to bare wood, and pretending otherwise inflates a quote. What it does need is for every area of loose or failing paint to be removed, edges feathered so the transition does not telegraph, and bare spots primed before topcoat. The assessment determines how much of the house needs which level of preparation, and the quote reflects that instead of applying a single blanket assumption.
Caulking as weatherproofing rather than cosmetics
The gaps around windows, doors, and trim joints are where wind-driven rain gets into a wall. Sealing them properly during an exterior paint job is one of the cheapest pieces of weatherproofing a house can get, and it is done as part of the work rather than as an upsell. It also noticeably reduces drafts in an older house.
Honest pricing
Quoted by the job, after a free walkthrough.
Project work is quoted as a flat price, not billed hourly. The walkthrough and the estimate are free, and the quote is one number covering the job, broken out by scope so you can see each part and take anything out. Members save. Licensed and insured, NY License #H26-626.
Questions about exterior painting
A small job, a front door, a porch, a run of trim, is half a day to a day. A whole house is usually one to two weeks, and two to three weeks where there is a lot of scraping or rot repair first. Exterior work also legitimately pauses for rain and for temperatures outside the range the coating needs, so the schedule has some give in it.
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