How late in the fall can I paint my exterior?

Updated 2023:

Each year in the fall, lots of people start asking us to fit them into our fall schedule for a few reasons:

Fall’s temperature is perfect:

Once average daytime temperatures dip below 50 degrees (usually early-mid November), exterior latex paint cannot be applied until temperatures rise again (usually in early spring, sometimes earlier).

The house is quieter:

It’s infinitely easier for our clients with children to wait until they’re back in school to paint interior rooms.

Paint and stain protect your exterior:

Because paint and stain is a protective coating, it shields your home from Boston’s harsh winters.  Fall is a perfect time to apply a maintenance coat if you home hasn’t been painted in 5+ years.

Not sure when your home was last painted?  It can be hard to remember.  Here’s a tool that will take 20 seconds to determine if your home needs painting now.

Salt air is corrosive:

For homes near the coast, the salt air and unrelenting winds will corrode the wood on homes if it’s not painted and stained regularly and raw wood is exposed.  This means that before wintertime, it’s important that all raw and exposed wood on the outside your home be painted or stained.

Because it’s never a good idea to paint over rotted wood, we have carpenters on staff to fix your wood rot prior to painting.

Putting your home up for sale next Spring:

If you plan to put your home up for sale next spring, you’ll want to paint the exterior in the fall to be “first to market” in February and March.

Unlike smaller painting companies, our fall schedule is not filled (as of late September). We can even handle rush jobs if you need your home painted (interior or exterior) in the next few weeks. We generally stop painting due to low temperatures in early to mid-November.

Fall’s crisp air, comfortable temperatures, and lower humidity make it a great time to paint your home’s exterior. As you can imagine, even our painters love painting in the fall because it is much more comfortable for them to do their very physical work.

Want to know how soon we can paint for you?  

Here’s our calendar showing our wait times which we update every week.

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Written by: Paige NeJame – Franchise Owner

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Meredith “Paige” NeJame is a 1988 graduate of Boston College and is still surprised by how much she enjoys running a painting business. “It’s always fun to surprise customers with great service. They don’t expect it from a contractor”