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Exterior painting

Sash windows, front doors, stucco and rendered frontages — prepared to bare timber where it needs it.

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London weather is unkind to south-facing paintwork and brutal on neglected sash windows. Exterior work is mostly preparation: burning off, raking out, filling and priming. The finish coat is the quick part.

What we find on most London frontages

Old oil paint on sash windows goes brittle and lets water into the joints. By the time it looks bad from the street, the bottom rail of the lower sash is usually soft. Catching that early is the difference between a repair and a new window.

Render and stucco crack where the building has moved. Filling and painting a live crack is a waste of both our time, so those get raked out, filled with a flexible filler and — where the crack is structural rather than cosmetic — flagged to you rather than quietly covered up.

Examples

Exterior painting we have done

Fulham

Front elevation and sash windows, Peterborough Estate

Victorian terrace · Front elevation, six sash windows and front door

Common questions

What time of year can you paint outside?
March to October is comfortable. We will work later than that in a dry spell, but not below about 8°C or onto damp surfaces — the paint will not cure properly and it will fail within a year. We would rather book you for spring than take your money in December.
Do I need permission to change the colour?
Possibly. If the property is listed, or in a conservation area with an Article 4 direction, changing the colour of the front elevation can need consent. Parts of Chiswick, Dulwich and Hampstead are affected. We will tell you what we know at survey, and you can check with the borough before we order paint.
How long does exterior paint last in London?
Six to eight years on timber that was properly prepared, less on a south or west elevation that takes the weather. Painting over failing paint rather than stripping it will get you two or three.

Ready for a fixed price?

Tell us what needs doing and we will come and look. Surveys are free, and the written price we send is the price you pay.

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