Spring is The Perfect Season for Exterior Painting Projects

Spring is moving into our area and we are all eager to get outside. Moderate temperatures and less precipitation are making the great outdoors seem even greater. It’s the perfect time for baseball, golf, tennis, and painting? You read that right. Exterior painting jobs could be the answer to your winter house woes. Here’s why spring is the perfect season for exterior painting projects.

Scheduling

When summer truly sets in, you’ll be eager to get to the fun. Rather than taking time to paint your home, skip right to the good times. Take care of the exterior work and painting projects now, while you have the time and few invites to decline.

Should you choose to bring in a professional crew to help you, you will find that scheduling moves much more quickly this time of year. You are booking ahead of the onslaught of appointments that painters know come with the summer season.

Protection

Paint is the first line of defense for your home against the elements. Over the winter, ice, wind and rain can take a toll on the paint’s quality. Lesser quality paints and those in particularly damaging areas can lose elasticity and fail. When that happens, it’s a slippery slope downward to flaking, chipping and potentially rot and mold. Adding a new exterior paint coat will protect your home, and make it beautiful.

Temperatures

Springtime temperatures average out just warm enough to allow a perfect paint job. You will still have the majority of the day that is warm enough for the application and the overnight hours won’t get cold enough to hinder dry times. Remember to work with the sun to keep the temperature on the surface of the house warm enough to allow proper paint.

Drier Days

In springtime, exterior surfaces like wood, stucco, brick and metal remain naturally drier and ideal for painting. Summer showers can cause water to seep into the material and prevent painting. Humidity can also stick to surfaces over the summer and make paint jobs more complicated. Working in the spring avoids these issues and gives you a warm, dry surface to work with.

Exterior House Painters

While exterior house painters know that working in the summer is just a hazard of the job, that doesn’t make them any happier to do it. Working in spring temperatures keeps the painters happier. Because the mercury is lower, they won’t need as many breaks to avoid overheating.

Considering an exterior paint job? Our pros are here to help! Schedule a free, in-home estimate today.