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Exterior Painting Service in Alexandria, VA

Our painters were recently called out to a beautiful 3-story home in the Alexandria community for exterior repairs and painting. The home needed wood rot repair in addition to painting. This project took our experienced team 5 weeks to complete. You can learn more details about this exterior painting service below.

PROJECT DETAILS

About the Project:

Condition of the home:

The 5,500 square foot, three story home, facing the Potomac River is just down river from George Washington’s Mount Vernon home. The biggest challenge was not the painting, but discovering and restoring rotting trim and window frames/sashes that were unknown to the owner. Because of the house is on the Potomac River, the humidity from the river may have contributed to the extensive wood rot the paining team discovered throughout the exterior.

Project Involvement:

The project involved paint the exterior wooden trim, porch, brick and masonry in three similar shades of white with some exterior drywall repair to the porch ceiling. The painting team uncovered extensive trim, window frame, window sash and door frame rot upon completing the pressure cleaning of the exterior. Because of the height and lot configuration, the rot was not visible from the ground, but clearly need attention. Approximately 40% of this project consisted of carpentry.

Special Challenges:

The identifying the replacement of rotten trim and window frames/sashes due to the historic nature of the property and the available of replacement trim proved challenging. The team actually used a speciality carpentry shop to recreate trim and other items for this project.

Project Timeline:

This project started in fall 2022 and was completed in early spring 2023 as we had to wait for new windows to be manufactured for the property, install the windows and then do interior touch up of the window frames.

Before Photos

Below is what the home looked like prior to painting. Click on any image to zoom in.

Exterior Before

Exterior Before

Window Panels

Window Panels

Worn Exterior

Worn Exterior

Wood Rot

Wood Rot

Peeling Paint

Peeling Paint

Window Frame Before

Window Frame Before

Exterior Damage

Exterior Damage

Home Before Painting

Home Before Painting

Back of Home

Back of Home

Wood Rot Service

Wood Rot Service

After Photos

Check out the final transformation below.

Fresh Paint

Fresh Paint

Back of Home After

Back of Home After

Exterior Refresh

Exterior Refresh

Exterior Painting Service

Exterior Painting Service