Four Benefits of Repainting Your Home’s Exterior
Did you know that your exterior needs to be repainted every 5-10 years? This isn’t just for looks or for the joy of having a new color on your exterior. In fact, there are many benefits to giving your exterior a fresh coat of paint! Paint protects your home, can add value, and more. In this blog, we discuss the top 4 benefits of painting your exterior that go beyond a new color.
Benefit #1 - Painting Your Exterior Gives It Protection
Regular protection of your exterior surfaces ensures the longevity and health of your home. At its essence, paint is a barrier between your surfaces and the elements. By maintaining this layer of protection, you minimize the exposure your surfaces have to weather damage, insects, sun, dust, mold, and mildew.
Signs to look for when considering if your paint is failing to provide protection are easy to spot. Look for areas of paint that are peeling, flaking, bubbling, or cracking. These are signs that your paint is failing and will need attention. When it comes to painting the old saying rings true: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Using paint to protect your home is a relatively inexpensive way to maintain your home's surfaces.
Benefit #2 - Painting Your Exterior Can Add Value
At the end of the day, your home is one of the greatest investments you’ll ever make. Protecting your investment and adding value to your home can be accomplished, in part, by keeping up with the maintenance and painting of your home’s exterior. When you maintain your home, you will prevent it from diminishing in value over time.
Newer-built homes are often painted with a lower grade of paint that is applied with fewer coats than would be in a high-quality paint job. While this allows a home to pass inspection, cutting corners by using below-grade paints won’t provide a durable, long-lasting paint finish. Professional exterior painters have access to commercial-grade paints and primers. This is important because these paints are engineered and designed to outlast and outperform many of the paints that a homeowner can buy at a home improvement store. The results from professionals are longer lasting and less frequent need to repaint your home's surfaces, saving you time and money in the long run.
Benefit #3 - Painting Your Exterior Can Increase Curb Appeal
A fresh coat of paint on your exterior can do wonders for your curb appeal. A new coat of paint will make your home look beautiful and well taken care of.
- Paint is primarily made up of three components: solvents, binders, and pigments. Pigments
- provide color and add depth and character to your home. Over time, pigments that are exposed to
- the sun and precipitation will fade leaving behind a chalky dull appearance. If your home looks
- remarkably
- different today than it did five years ago, it indicates that it may be time to paint the exterior of your home.
Benefit #4 - Regularly Painting Your Exterior Helps Keep You Up to Date on Repairs
- Before your home’s exterior
- is repainted, a good painting contractor will inspect all the surfaces, including your trim, siding,
- windows, and doors. If they find peeling, fading, bubbling, or any other paint failures, your
- painter will repair the area before they begin the complete exterior painting work. Doing so
- can keep your home from deteriorating and prevent you from having more expensive repairs in the future.
When repairs are necessary, finding the root cause of damage is imperative. Water damage, for example, can be caused by permeating rain or other precipitous weather we experience on the classic coast. No matter what the source of the damage is, preventing the source from causing recurring damages and making the necessary repairs is the only way to ensure that your home will not face the same situation in the future. Typically affected surfaces or spots to watch are windows, gutters, roofs, and doorways, all of which may be exposed to excess water.
The reasons to repaint your home’s exterior go beyond just a simple color change or touchup. Paint provides protection for your home and can minimize the exposure your surfaces have to weather damage, insects, sun, dust, mold, and mildew. It also adds value to your home and increases curb appeal, extending its life and keeping your home in good condition. Finally, during the process of repainting, you’ll often keep up to date on small repairs and prevent the need for more extensive and expensive future repairs.
When you’re weighing the benefits to the cost of a home repaint, keep these factors in mind. If you’re considering an exterior repaint this year, contact Ace Hardware Painting Services for a free estimate! We offer FREE paint color consultations with every full exterior painting project!
